Elisabethmarkt, Munich

Elisabethmarkt is a working food and flower market spread across Elisabethplatz, with small market buildings shaping the scene around you. It belongs to Munich’s permanent markets and serves Schwabing with groceries, delicatessen, snacks, and fresh produce. The market reopened in September 2024 after a complete renovation, and in June 2025 two of its buildings gained public rooftop terraces where you can pause without having to buy anything.

Its story reaches back to 1880, when the market began at Maffeianger. Road construction brought it here, and a municipal decision created the market on Elisabethplatz on 1 October 1903. The original market hall was destroyed by bombing during the Second World War.

Afterward, it was replaced by separate little sales pavilions, a pattern that still gives the market its distinctive character. Look for the pavilion facing Nordendstraße: the Milchhäusl dates from the late 19th century. Physician Carl Brendel encouraged its construction to promote milk instead of alcohol, and he personally supervised morning milk distribution from 5 a.m.

It now houses a small restaurant called Wintergarten, complete with a beer garden. The square and market honour Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known as Sisi, whose family connections brought her and Emperor Franz Joseph I to Schwabing.