Munich Activities From Morning to Night
A pretzel from a Munich bakery costs under €2.50, and by 11:00 the Glockenspiel is already chiming over Marienplatz. The city works best when you plan around the clock, because what is on offer changes sharply from first coffee to the last Maß.
Early morning: bakeries and market stalls
Start at a bakery counter such as Rischart or Müller, where a fresh Laugenbrezn runs €1.50 to €2.50. Then walk to Viktualienmarkt, where about 140 open-air stalls sell regional cheese, mountain honey, wild mushrooms and horseradish. A classic Weißwurst breakfast (two veal-and-pork sausages, sweet mustard and a pretzel) costs €6.50 to €9.50 and is traditionally eaten before noon. Many stalls and counters prefer cash, so carry coins.
Late morning: towers and chimes
The Glockenspiel in the New Town Hall tower performs at 11:00 and 12:00, with 43 bells and 32 mechanical figures. The tower lift is from €7 and runs in timed 20-minute slots between 10:00 and 20:00, with details on munich.travel . The Frauenkirche south tower costs €7.50 (€5.50 reduced), opens Monday to Saturday 10:00 to 17:00 and Sunday from 11:30, and the last ascent is at 16:30. If you would rather have a guide for the old town, compare Munich tours on GetYourGuide before you arrive.
Afternoon: museums and parks
The Deutsches Museum on Museum Island opens daily 9:00 to 17:00. Adults pay €16 and children aged 6 to 17 pay €9, while its Kinderreich suits ages 3 to 8. BMW Welt is free to walk through, and the museum across the bridge is €17 with card or mobile payment only. Afterwards, head for the Englischer Garten. The standing wave on the Eisbach near Prinzregentenstraße is for experienced surfers only, with a leash and no surfing after 22:00, so watch from the bank and keep out of the water. Details sit on muenchen.de .
Evening: beer gardens
Self-service tables under the chestnut trees follow a custom dating from an 1812 royal decree: bring your own bread, cheese and radishes, but buy every drink at the counter. A Maß at the Augustiner-Keller self-service garden costs about €8.50. Tables with cloths and waiters mean ordering from the kitchen, where a pork knuckle dinner at an Augustiner restaurant runs €18 to €28.
The festival calendar
Oktoberfest 2026 has finished. The next Wiesn runs 18 September to 3 October 2027 on the Theresienwiese, with free entry and bags limited to 3 litres. Beer prices for 2027 have not been announced.
Moving around the clock
A single MVV ticket in Zone M costs €4.20 and a Kurzstrecke €2.10, while the day ticket is €10.10. Fares and zones are listed at mvv-muenchen.de . Regular shops close on Sundays, apart from those inside the Hauptbahnhof and Ostbahnhof, so buy supplies on Saturday. For daytime ideas outside the centre, see the day trips from Munich or the two-day itinerary .
Verdict: the morning belongs to the market and the towers, the afternoon to a museum or the park, and the evening to a beer garden. Buy your picnic food before 17:00 on Saturday if you plan a Sunday outdoors.