Hidden in the first floor of the art museum there's a cute little café with a cool interior, yummy…read morecakes and refreshments. You do not have to enter the museum to visit it (even if you should since the Kunsthalle always has very interesting exhibitions). It's perfectly located for a pit stop during a shopping afternoon!

If you get to Munich before 27 April 2008, you might want to go to this wonderful Mark Rothko…read moreexhibition. It is conveniently located in the Kunsthalle within the famous "Fünf Höfe" Shopping Gallery by architects Herzog & de Meuron.

This was a wonderful day at the museum. Monet, Gauguin, and many more…read more We were here over four hours and it wasn't t enough. Come if you can...

While the Alte Pinakothek, located a block away, contains 'old' paintings, the Neue contains 18th…read moreand 19th century art. It's mainly European paintings, but some sculptures are scattered in small rooms and hallways throughout the building. While I didn't enjoy the art here as much as I liked the ones at the Alte (I just like old paintings more), the building here is easier to navigate and has a much brighter atmosphere. This museum has a easy layout, just follow the signs for the Tour and you'll get through the museum easily. Admission is 1 euro here for Sundays too.

I really enjoyed visiting this small museum. The space is beautifully designed with large rooms…read moreflowing very well together. The outside of the building is also worth looking at. It's located right next to the Pinakothek der Moderne, and if you visit both, you may want to buy a combined ticket to save a few Euros. There is a pleasant coffee shop on the ground floor.

This museum was really neat! Lots of Pop Art, and Andy Warhol!…read moreVery happy they offer audio guides in English. They also have guided tours in English. The cafe was very busy, and there's seating to enjoy your meal or beverage. If you come on a bike you can leave it right outside of the museum. Very convenient!

Incredible museum featuring centuries of historic artifacts. The museum itself is huge and has an…read moreimpressive collection. We were there for over 2 hours, and if you're really into history, plan to be there for longer. The building and collection is expansive. There are audio guides available in English. Every item has a descriptive plaque, but not every plaque is in English (which personally I was OK with just looking.l because every room has an audio file in English so I got the gist. Very well worth the visit!

Admission was €7 and it was very quiet inside the National Museum on a Saturday afternoon. We…read morechecked our bag and then began to explore under the beautiful ornamental arched ceiling. Strange it felt like we were the only ones here, there weren't even security guards. We had the whole Museum to ourselves, and I'm not quite sure where we were walking, but we didn't see much that was uniquely German. We went through many galleries with a mix of modern art & antiquities. It was disappointing that the Cafe & Restaurant were closed on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. The National Museum really looks like a Fortress. King Maximilian II of Bavaria founded the museum in 1855 to celebrate Bavarian history & the Wittelsbach dynasty. The museum moved to this grand palace-like home on Prinzregentenstrabe in 1900. It was designed by architect Gabriel Seidl in a striking blend of Renaissance, Baroque, and Gothic revival. The Schatzhaus an der Eisbachwelle is one of the largest museums in Germany. It presents outstanding art from late antiquity to Art Nouveau and tells in a unique way European cultural history in Bavaria. With the successive renewal of its exhibition collections and exciting special exhibitions, it builds bridges between the past and the present.

Memmingen!! Came…read morehere on a very cold September morning to catch my train to Munchen aka Munich for Oktoberfest! Almost everything was closed at 7 am. It was a Friday! I don't think they opened till 8 or 9 am. And you do need to stay inside. September is freezing in Germany. I came from Rome in short dress and heels. If it weren't for that little café , I would've froze before I boarded that train. The station is small, cozy and efficient. The train came on time! Exactly at 8:05 am I believe. The café had hot coffee, cappuccinos and German pastries! it's probably their equivalent to 7-eleven but the donuts/ pastries were pretty tasty. Well that's how you know you are in Germany anyways. Everything tasted good. I wish they have heaters inside the space or even outside. But don't think they did. Not for inside walk ways at least. If that building/café wasn't opened....wouldn't been a long hour plus wait in the cold. Still was a long, quiet wait! But the pastries helped!

It's fairly hard to imagine that an extremely wealthy and influential family decided to dedicate a…read morecluster of housing, meant to mimic a small city, to those living in poverty in early 16th century Europe. Well, the Fugger family did just that and its 'experiment' in social housing has lasted for almost five hundred years. Visitors are able to view a 'model dwelling' decorated as it would have been during the genesis of this project. In an adjacent room a film (auf Deutsch) about the Fugger family and how it came to create the Fuggerei runs on a loop. Pamphlets at the entrance are offered in a multiplicity of languages (including Chinese and Japanese), so non-German speakers are also able to gain a solid understanding of what's what. The on-site WW II bunker is quite worth a visit. One sees how the Fuggerei was severely damaged during the war and how quickly and determinedly those in charge decided to rebuild. While I very much enjoyed visiting the Fuggerei, I was constantly aware of walking around a complex in which people live. One is cautioned to be respectful and to not 'take pictures'. It's hard not to look at the facades of all the buildings when one walks by them. Well, it's hard for me, at least. Being a fan of architecture, I walked the streets of Augsburg en route to the Fuggerei pretty much doing the same thing. I happened to walk past a small boy kicking a soccer ball around, presumably, the front of his Fugger flat. He scowled at me when I passed him. That's when I decided it was time for me to go. There is information regarding who is eligible to live at the Fuggerei (adherents to the Catholic faith) and how much one pays (0,88 euro annually & three prayers daily, apparently). What I wasn't able to find out was how one is picked to live on premises. Not that I'd qualify...

This is a must-see for any visitor to Augsburg. I learned so much about Augsburger history, German…read morehistory, European history, social history...HISTORY. The story of the Fuggerei - a "social settlement" started during the late Middle Ages/early Renaissance by Jakob Fugger to help the poor and disenfranchised get their feet back under them and become self-sufficient citizens during a time where social Darwinism and caste-like class stratification were ravaging Europe - is one that will touch your heart and provide leagues of depth to your big picture understanding of life. It doesn't take long to come here, but the impact will stay with you for life. Added benefit: Almost everything that's written down is also translated into English.