Munich Travel Guru

Willkommen!

‣ This is an engaging and visual e-learning program that will lead to the award of the Munich Travel Guru Certification

‣ These lessons shall be available for you to download, too, for reference later

‣ Have fun while you learn!

Program Structure

‣ This e-learning program is divided into ten modules

‣ Each module will cover a distinctive aspect of Munich

‣ There will be a multiple-choice quiz after every module

‣ It is mandatory to complete the quiz to move further

‣ If you fail the quiz, you will have to take the module again

‣ Your journey to be a Munich Travel Guru begins now…

The Modules1. Munich: An Overview

2. The History of Munich

3. Getting There, Staying There and Getting Around

4. Museums, Castles & Palaces

5. Sightseeing Tours

6. Oktoberfest and Other Traditions

7. Shopping, Eating Out and Nightlife

8. The Munich Airport

9. Excursions and Day Trips

10.Visa Application Process

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Let’s begin…

Module 01

Munich An Overview

Location

‣ Munich is the capital and largest city of the German state Bavaria and the third largest city in Germany

‣ It is located on the banks of River Isar

‣ Munich is situated on the plains of Upper Bavaria, about 50 km from the northern edge of the Alps

Climate‣ The elevation of Munich and its proximity to

the Alps play an important role on the climate

‣ July and August are the hottest months in Munich with an average of 30° C

‣ The lowest temperature of -10 ° C is reached in January and February

‣ Munich is an all-year tourist destination

History ‣ The German name of the city, München,

is derived from the old German term Munichen, meaning Home of the monks

‣ This comes from the Benedictine monks who ran a monastery at the place that later became the Old Town of Munich

‣ The year 1158 is assumed to be Munich's foundation date as this is the earliest date the city is mentioned in a document

‣ In 1506 Munich became the capital of united Bavaria

An engraving by artist Matthäus Merian shows the Marketplace of Munich, Marienplatz in 1650

Culture‣ Munich has been and is a major cultural

centre in Europe

‣ It has been home to and has played host to many prominent artists and musical composers

‣ Not just for music, but for both literature and the fine arts Munich has served as an important centre

‣ Its preeminence was second to none in Europe and numerous German and non-German artists moved here

The National Theatre Munich is the opera house in Munich. Its first theatre was commissioned in 1810 by King

Maximilian I of Bavaria because the nearby Cuvilliés Theatre was getting to be too small

Culture

‣ Even today Munich’s cultural scene continues to be second to none in Germany

‣ The Frauenkirche is a church that serves as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and seat of its Archbishop

‣ It is a landmark and symbolic for Munich

‣ The steeples are widely visible because of local height limits

A view of the Frauenkirche in the evening

Despite protecting its cultural heritage, Munich is at the forefront of technology, too

By 2025 Munich will produce 100% electricity from renewables

With a population of nearly 1.5 million, the people speak German although English is

also widely spoken in Munich

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In addition to the local population, Munich is home to a large number of migrants from across the world

Center of Business

‣ Munich has the strongest economy of any German city and the lowest unemployment rate for any German city with a population of more than 1.5 million people

‣ It is home to

The BMW Tower, the headquarters of BMW, is a landmark

The 101 metre high building mimics the shape of four cylinders of a car engine

The BMW museum stands adjacent to the tower and is shaped like a cylinder head

Public Transportation

Munich and its suburbs have one of the most comprehensive and punctual public transportation systems in the world ‣ The Munich U-Bahn (the underground

railway) ‣ The Munich S-Bahn (the suburban trains) ‣ Trams and buses

A tram from 1901 The Munich tramway is the oldest existing public

transportation system in the city, which has been in operation since 1876.

Nightlife

‣ Munich has a Feierbanane (party banana), a roughly banana-shaped unofficial party zone spanning 1.3 km along Sonnenstraße, characterized by a high concentration of clubs, bars and restaurants

‣ Munich has more than 100 night clubs and thousands of bars and restaurants within city limits

‣ The Kultfabrik is an exclusive party place next to the Ostbahnhof train station

The Kultfabrik is a hotspot and the party folks converge here to let their hair down

Oktoberfest

‣ Oktoberfest is the world's largest annual traditional folk festival

‣ It is a 16-day festival running from late September to the first weekend in October

‣ More than 6 million people from around the world attend the event every year

‣ Module 6 of this program is devoted to the Oktoberfest A view of the Oktoberfest fair

The euro is the official currency of the Eurozone, which consists of 19 of the 28 member states of the European Union

The euro is divided into 100 cents, sometimes referred to as euro cents

Currency notes are issued in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500

Coins are issued in denominations of €2 & €1 and 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents

Some Do’s‣ Shake hands when you’re introduced to

someone – it’s impolite not to

‣ Say Prost! (cheers!) before you sip your beer

‣ Feel free to have serious discussions in social settings – Germans like talking politics and philosophy

‣ Say your name at the beginning of a phone call, even if it’s followed by 'do you speak English?'

‣ Address people with the formal 'you' (Sie)

‣ Use the ATM often as many restaurants don’t take credit cards

‣ Don't be late – everyone is always on time

‣ Don't start eating before your host says Guten Appetit (good appetite)

‣ Don't stroll in the bike lane. You’ll get bruised or yelled at (or both). It’s marked red for a reason

‣ Don’t jaywalk. Nobody else does, and you might get fined

‣ Don't walk around drunk as public drunkenness is frowned upon

Some Don’ts

Did you know…

World's Most Livable City

Munich was the

with the highest quality of life, in 2013*

*as ranked by Monocle, which is a global affairs and lifestyle magazine, 24-hour radio station, website, and media brand

You do not even go somewhere else, I tell you there's nothing like Munich.

Everything else is a waste of time in Germany.

Ernest Hemingway Nobel Laureate

End of ModuleYou can proceed to the quiz now