Opening hours, public holidays, and the rhythm of the Bavarian year. Bavaria has more public holidays than any other German state, and shops close on every one of them.
This is the section that stops a week going wrong. Two rules govern most of it.
Shops close on Sundays. German law keeps retail shut on Sundays and public holidays, with narrow exceptions for stations, airports and petrol stations. There is no equivalent of a Sunday supermarket run; you plan around it or you go without.
Bavaria has more public holidays than any other German state, and several are Catholic feast days that fall midweek and close everything a Sunday would. Two of them are regional enough that they apply in some Bavarian towns and not others.
The year has a shape too: the city empties in August, fills violently for the two weeks of Oktoberfest in late September, and turns over to Christmas markets from late November.
What are Bavaria’s public holidays, and what actually shuts? Bavaria observes 13 public holidays in a typical year, more than any other German state. That figure applies in roughly 1,600 municipalities, including Munich. Elsewhere in Bavaria it drops to 12. One extra holiday exists only in a single city: Augsburg. Shops, banks, offices and most … Read more
What is open in Munich on a Sunday? Very little retail. Bavaria’s shop-closing law keeps ordinary stores shut on Sundays, with narrow exceptions: Hauptbahnhof and airport shops under travel-retail rules, petrol stations, and a few bakeries for a short morning window. Museums, churches, and beer gardens run as normal. Markets, including the Viktualienmarkt’s stalls, do … Read more
Where can you leave luggage in Munich between checkout and your train? Munich Hauptbahnhof and Ostbahnhof both have coin- and card-operated luggage lockers, run by Deutsche Bahn, sized for anything from a day bag to a large suitcase. When those run full — common on Oktoberfest weekends — staffed storage counters and app-based services such … Read more
Is the München Card or CityTourCard Worth It for a Short Stay? Usually not, unless the day is built around it. Both cards bundle unlimited travel on the MVV (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, the regional transit authority) with discounted entry to museums and attractions. The saving only appears once those discounts, plus the transit fares … Read more
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