My 24 Hours in Munich

For me and my family our two favourite places are home and the hood. We live in Munich, in the district Schwabing, and we don’t own a car. We love to have everything around us, within walking distance.

A perfect day starts with a long breakfast. If we don’t do breakfast at home, we love to go to Café Reitschule. It’s perfect with kids because it is spacious, has a beautiful terrace and a nice view, not just of the horses, but also of the English Garden.

Café Reitschule is right next to the park, so it’s ideally situated to go for a nice long walk afterwards, take a break at one of the many playgrounds, watch the ducks or the surfers at the Eisbach-Welle.

For a small lunch one of the many beer gardens in the English Garden is perfect, for example the one at Seehaus. You can also bring your own food and just get the drinks there.

After that it’s time for a stroll through our neighbourhood with some (window-)shopping. There are lots of nice little stores! Make sure you go to Anni Bazar for cool kids-stuff (because cool starts early!), to Sunday in Bed for everything you need for, well, a Sunday in bed, and to Zentgraf and Azucar for beautiful fashion and accessories. Last but not least stop by Weißglut, a concept store featuring young design (mostly in white).

When you get a little hungry in between take a break at one of the many little cafés in the area or, even better, visit our favourite fruit stand. The owner Vito will recommend to you the most delicious Italian pears or figs (according to season).

Just make sure you leave room for dinner. We love to have “Schnitzel” and “Schweinsbraten” at Kaisergarten. And a nice cool beer of course. My perfect 24 hrs end with ice cream for dessert. My favourite ice cream place in Schwabing is Bartu Bio-Eis Manufaktur. And while we enjoy their delicious sorbets, we slowly walk home through the busy streets of our neighbourhood.