Dreigroschenkeller (Munich)

Advantages: Beautiful City, Great Food, Wonderful Museums, Close to Alps
Disadvantages: Too Many Tourists In The Summer

...'In Munich Stands a Hofbräuhaus'…or so, roughly translated, runs one well-known staple of Munich's beerhall sing-alongs. For many who've never visited this charming city (and perhaps, even for a few who have…) this, along with the even better-known Oktoberfest, an event which, to all intents and purposes, is little more than the Hofbräuhaus writ large, condensed into a month & transferred on to a circus ground, is pretty much all that Munich amounts to. Well, it isn't. MY MUNICH: I lived in Munich for about four years, in the late-seventies and early eighties. My earliest memories of the Hofbräuhaus involve sitting outside it in a parked Mercedes with my two brothers, when I was about six. Our father would drop in to have a beer, or two, with his German work colleagues, leaving us to wait squabbling in the back seat for an hour or so... Read review

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Advantages: Safety, Size, Greenery, Location
Disadvantages: Language, Entertainment possibilities

...As a place to visit on your European Tour, Munich is a beautiful, safe city with plenty of greenery and a relaxing atmosphere to help you regain your energy for the next big city. Being quite a small and rich city, Munich probably isn't the best place to go shopping for cheap clothes, but with lots of culture and interesting history, certainly a place to at least spend a couple of days. Language Speaking German - don't ask if people can speak English, just ask them (slowly and clearly) and they will answer. Ask them if they speak your tongue and they will invariably deny it! However, in Munich there are so many international companies, that most employees of the big companies (BMW, Allianz, Munich Re, Siemens) will at least have a basic level of English, if not speak it well. Important Bavarian words: "servus" (alright? / Howz... Read review

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Advantages: clean | many clubs/bars/restaurants/shops | can earn much money
Disadvantages: expensive | sometimes too many people

...Hallo all of you! Today I want to tell you something about Munich, the biggest town in bavaria (germany). As you can tell from my horrible english, I'm a german girl. Since 3 years I go to munich at the weekends because my boyfriend lives here. Now, I'm actually living in this big town since one year and I want to tell you some facts about this town: + WORKING IN MUNICH + To get a job in munich is not very easy! A lot of people have no job and are hanging around in parks every day. In munich we have especially BMW and SIEMENS, to very big employers. When I'm talking to friends who don't live in Munich and I tell them what I (or friends) earn, they always look like "What? Now you're rich!". But that's not right because living in Munich is very, very expensive... + LIVING IN MUNICH + Very expensive, like I said... Read review

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