Munich, Germany

Munich self-guided walking tours

Audio walks you take at your own pace, on your own phone: audio, text, a map and pictures, all working offline. Each one follows a different question through Munich.

This is a self-guided smartphone experience. No human guide will meet you. Start when you want, pause whenever you like, explore side streets, and go at your own pace.

The Marienplatz at the blue hour under a deep blue sky: the floodlit Neues Rathaus with its tall tower at center, the two... — Photo: -wuppertaler, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (license)

Which walk is for you?

Munich After Dark: Witch Trials, Plague and the Christmas of 1705. The stories Munich tells about the dark, and the people who paid for them, on lit streets from the Glockenspiel to the Sendlinger Tor. 8 stops, about 90 minutes, 3 km (1.9 mi). Carries a content advisory.
Beer and the City: Five Hundred Years of Munich in a Glass. Dukes, monopolies, a riot over a Maß and a royal wedding, from the Platzl to the Stachus, with no tastings and nothing to drink. 9 stops, about 75 minutes, 2.2 km (1.4 mi).
The Capital of the Movement: Munich 1918 to 1945. From the sidewalk where Bavaria’s first republican premier was shot to the square the Nazis paved for their dead. 8 stops, about 90 minutes, 2.9 km (1.8 mi). Carries a content advisory.
How It Happened: Munich from 1913 to Today. The complete walk, in three parts: from a rented room of 1913 to the return of Jewish life to the heart of the city. 15 stops, about 2 hours 50 minutes, 6.3 km (3.9 mi). Carries a content advisory.
The House That Ran Bavaria: Munich’s Old Town from Dukes to Kings. One family ruled Bavaria from these streets for more than seven centuries: who really ran the city, and from where?. 9 stops, about 90 minutes, 3.1 km (1.9 mi). Carries a content advisory.

Munich After Dark

Beer and the City

The Capital of the Movement

How It Happened

The House That Ran Bavaria

Where each tour starts

Munich After Dark: starts at Rathaus-Glockenspiel, ends at Sendlinger Tor.
Beer and the City: starts at Staatliches Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, ends at Karlstor.
The Capital of the Movement: starts at Bodendenkmal für Kurt Eisner, ends at Ehrentempel.
How It Happened: starts at Schleißheimer Straße 34, ends at Ohel-Jakob-Synagoge.
The House That Ran Bavaria: starts at Marienplatz, ends at Rathaus-Glockenspiel.

Each tour page explains how to find its start, with directions from the nearest public transport.

The House That Ran Bavaria ends at Rathaus-Glockenspiel, where Munich After Dark starts, so the two make an easy pair.