My 24 Hours in Munich

My perfect 24hrs in Munich start with sleeping in on the weekend. When we wake up, we get ready and leave the house to have a nice late brunch, preferably at Ooh Baby I like it raw in the Glockenbachviertel, or at the Café Westend. Sometimes we have a second coffee, sitting by the window of the cute French Café Marais. On weekends we love to stroll through the city without any particular destination or plan.

We walk through the district Glockenbachviertel and get a heavenly piece of marble cake at Emilo. They also serve the best coffee and this place is a real insider tip. Eating the marble cake as we go, we head to my own clothing store, the contemporary Scandinavian design inspired VANESSAMORIN, where we enjoy our sweet treat sitting in front of the store, basking in the afternoon sun.

The entire Glockenbachviertel is full of unique little stores that want to be discovered. Go and check out beautiful jewellery at the Werkstatt München, minimalist Scandinavian furniture at HAY, men’s fashion at Hannibal, tortoiseshell glasses at Rosenberger or Ace&Tate.

After all the walking, shopping and eating we head back home, grab our sports gear and drive to the Crossfit-Eo Studio and complete some really exhausting but thrilling workouts, or we go play indoor beach volleyball at Beach 38. In the summer we go to Beacharena instead.

It’s the weekend, so why not have an aperitivo before dinner. Head up to the Café Vorhölzer, sit on the rooftop terrace and enjoy an Aperol Spritz with a wonderful view over Munich.

Now you are already close by the excellent and stylish steak restaurant Theresa Grill, where we love to go for dinner. A great alternative is the Turkish restaurant Keko, which serves very delicious food, or the Japanese place Koi.

Before walking home, we enjoy a last drink at High Bar or listen to some hip-hop at the bar at Frauenstr. 26, the bar without a name or website.

If we want to spend a day in nature, outside of Munich, we drive all the way to the restaurant Dinzler Kaffeerösterei at Irschenberg. From the outside it looks a bit like a service station, as it’s close to the highway, but when you walk inside you’ll be surprised! It has a wonderful interior, the best coffee and an all-round great breakfast, with all ingredients coming from regional suppliers. Afterwards we continue south, because when we’re in the area we always visit this vintage furniture dealer close to the small town Bad Aibling, Der Kandlbinder.

You can find real treasures for a more than fair price there. All the vintage furniture we’ve got at home comes from this place. We’re especially proud of our beautiful dining table that they hand crafted specially for us! The nearby magically beautiful Herreninsel at lake Chiemsee is always worth a visit, too. Since we’re close to the lake anyway, we decide to sit down at Sundowner, a laid-back beach bar with sun chairs, cool music and good drinks. This is a great spot for watching the sun go down on the other side of the lake. For a nice typical Bavarian dinner we drive all along the shore to the little village Prien and sit down at the Wieninger Bräu. They serve the world’s best Wiener Schnitzel. Enjoy!