This blog covers the second half of our time staying in Munich back in November 2025, so if you haven’t yet read the first part you can check that out here. Part 1 ended with us having spent the morning of day two enjoying a couple of the City Sightseeing bus tours and so part 2 starts with us heading to find some lunch. Our destination had been somewhere we had spotted whilst on the Schwabing bus tour, the Park Café in Munich’s Old Botanical Gardens, which was about a five-minute walk from where the bus tours start and finish outside the Hauptbahnhof.
Park Café is ran by another of the six Munich breweries, HofBräu, and once again we were not let down by the food served at this brewery restaurant. We both went for the roast crusted pork with bacon coleslaw, which was cooked beautifully and tasted amazing, accompanied by one of the HofBräu beers and, in my case, finished off with a portion of tiramisu. The café itself was also a beautiful place to enjoy a meal and was well placed between the Hauptbahnhof and our next destination, the medieval Christmas market at Wittelsbacherplatz. From Park Café it was a 10 to 15-minute walk to the market, via a route which also took us past the Square for the Victims of National Socialism and the caged eternal flame which burns there in memory of the victims.
The medieval Christmas market at Wittelsbacherplatz is a much smaller market than the city’s main market in and around Marienplatz, however is an interesting mix of Christmas market and Renaissance Fair and is certainly worth a visit. After having a wander around the stalls, looking at the various wares (both standard Christmas market stuff and medieval themed things) and enjoying a Glühwein we decided it was time to find a coffee shop where we could sit, relax and read for a bit of a break. Ending up at Maleu, a confectioner’s and café, this ended up not really being a place we could loiter, so we enjoyed a melted chocolate hot chocolate and some pastries before heading back to our hotel for a bit of a break.
After a relax and refresh, we headed back into town to explore the main Christmas market in Marienplatz which we had seen bits of during our previous 36 hours in the city but had not fully explored. Of course, this included some more Glühwein and Eggnog along with a dinner of Käsespätzle (cheese pasta) and some very tasty quark balls. We also explore the much smaller market located in the Innenhof (inner square) of the Neues Rathaus as well as buying some small Christmas decorations to take home before finishing off the evening with a final Glühwein before calling it a night.
Our final day in Munich started with us heading into Marienplatz for the final time and grabbing some breakfast at the Rischart Café am Marienplatz. Rischart is a chain of bakeries, so it gives the same vibes as visiting a Bird’s café for those from the English Midlands will know what I’m talking about with that reference. I once again went for the traditional Weißwurst and embarrassed myself a lot less than the previous day, whilst Beth opted for what looked like a very tasty smoked salmon and scrambled eggs. Whilst not quite as fancy as the Glockenspiel café the previous day, the food was just as tasty, and it was a bit more budget conscious.
With a bit of time before we needed to collect our bags and head to the airport, we decided to head to the Neues Rathaus and pay the €7 each to ascend the iconic tower. Getting to the top is nice and easy with a pair of lifts taking you right to the top and when you get up there you are treated to brilliant views across the city. It is something I would highly (get it…) recommend doing and is great value for money especially if, like us, you are at the top of the tower for one of the Glockenspiel performances. Whilst you can’t see the performance from the tower as you are above it, it certainly feels special to see Marienplatz filled with people looking up towards you whilst the bells peel.
Heading back down to Marienplatz, we had a wander around the Rindermarkt, Sendlinger Straße and the Löwenturm, a bit of the city centre that we hadn’t really explored, although being a Sunday the majority of shops were closed. Back in Marienplatz we enjoyed a final Kaffe und Kuchen at Wildmosers Restaurant-Café before heading back to the hotel to collect our bags. The S-bahn to the airport takes around 40-45 minutes from the city centre and costs €14.30 each with special tickets being required for the journey. Despite there being engineering works at Ostbahnhof reducing the amount of trains through the central section of the S-bahn, I was impressed that these engineering works had ensured the S8 (one of the two airport lines) was still operating through the city centre.
Munich city centre is full of Christmas markets during the Christmas season, and we only scraped the surface in what we explored. Everywhere we wandered, we found another square filled with stalls and even if we had ignored all of the markets, there was still more things to see and do than we could possibly fit into a weekend. I think this was my fourth- or fifth-time visiting Munich and it is one of my favourite cities, so I would certainly recommend a visit even if its not in Christmas market season. However, if you do want to visit for the markets, you definitely won’t be disappointed!
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