Beer is considered food and not an alcoholic beverage in Bavaria
The Biergartenverordnung allows you to bring and eat your own food in a Bavarian beergarden
Oktoberfest is held in September mainly and ends the first weekend in October
The Bavarian dialect is difficult, even for other Germans: Brötchen (Buns) are called Semmeln and the city’s name ‘München’ becomes ‘Minga’
Munich’s specialty the ‘Weisswürste’ (white sausages) is served with sweet mustard and freshly baked pretzels and ONLY until 12:00 noon
not counting the cities in Alaska, Munich is located more north than any larger city in the US
The city’s name ‘München’ was derived from the old High German ‘Munichen’ and means ‘by the monks the place’
According to legend the architect of the well-known Frauenkirche (Cathedral of Our Lady) tricked the devil into thinking the church having no windows. However, when the devil realised he had been duped he stamped his foot near the entrance. You can view the footprint called the devil’s step even today.
Munich’s English Garden is heavily influenced by Asian architecture, comprising Chinese pagodas, a Japanese teahouse as well as temples
the oldest building in Munich known today is neither a church nor a Bavarian pub or tavern – it’s a toilet of the year 1260
