Self-guided walking tour

Munich Walking Tour: Quirky Munich – Upstairs Churches to the Bavaria Statue (about 2.5 hours, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Munich, from Alter Südlicher Friedhof to Bavaria: 4.6 km on foot, about 56 min of walking, 2 h 40 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Quirky Munich: Upstairs Churches to the Bavaria Statue”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 2 h 40 min
Distance: 4.6 km
Walking: 56 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Alter Südlicher Friedhof
Alter Südfriedhof is a historic cemetery founded as a plague burial ground and later used as Munich’s general burial place.
18 min walk · 1.6 km
Bürgersaalkirche
A church whose worship space occupies the upper floor, while the lower level preserves the former meeting hall and Rupert Mayer’s grave.
4 min walk · 300 m
Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum
The Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum occupies Munich’s former Augustinian church and explores hunting and fishing history.
7 min walk · 530 m
Sankt Johann Nepomuk
Sankt Johann Nepomuk, widely known as the Asam Church, is a compact Baroque church created by Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam as a private chapel.
23 min walk · 1.9 km
Theresienwiese
Munich’s open-air event ground and the home of Oktoberfest.
4 min walk · 350 m
Bavaria
A monumental statue of a woman representing Bavaria, created for King Ludwig I and designed by Leo von Klenze.