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Landmarks & Sights

Churches, palaces, squares and towers u2014 what costs money, what is free, which climb is worth it, and when each is closed. Practical questions only, never history you can read anywhere.

Marienplatz and the Neues Rathaus in Munich
Photograph by Steffen Flor, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

We write about landmarks as practical questions — what costs money, what is free, which entrance, and when it is shut — rather than as history you can read anywhere.

Munich's pattern is unusually generous. The Marienplatz, the courtyards of the Residenz, most church naves and the whole of the old town cost nothing. What you pay for are towers, treasuries and specific interiors.

Munich's rooftops seen from the Neues Rathaus tower
Photograph by AuHaidhausen, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

The Glockenspiel in the Neues Rathaus tower performs daily and is free to stand and watch; the tower lift beneath it is not. St. Peter's — Munich's oldest parish church, known as the Alter Peter — charges a small fee for the climb and gives the better view, because it is the one tower that has the Rathaus in front of it.

The general rule: Munich charges for height and for interiors, and gives away the streets.

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