Altes Rathaus — iBurkhard Mücke (CC BY 4.0)

Ready-made walk · Munich

Beer Halls of Old Munich

6 stops · ~1 hr 45 min · 2.1 km

Food & Drink

A walk through Munich’s beer culture, starting at the Old Town Hall and the Weisses Bräuhaus on Tal, then climbing the old staircase of the Beer and Oktoberfest Museum. Raise a glass at the Hofbräuhaus, pass through the medieval Isartor and cross the river to the Hofbräukeller and its beer garden in Haidhausen.

The stops, in walking order

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Stop 1: Altes Rathaus
~3 min here
Altes Rathaus is the historic town hall enclosing the eastern edge of Marienplatz.
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Stop 2: Weisses Bräuhaus im Tal
~3 min here
The Weisses Bräuhaus im Tal is a five-storey corner building with a restaurant, completed in 1903.
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Stop 3: Hofbräuhaus am Platzl
~3 min here
Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is the historic beer hall filling this lively corner of Munich’s old town.
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Stop 4: Bier- und Oktoberfestmuseum
~1 hr here
The Beer and Oktoberfest Museum explores the story of beer and Munich’s Oktoberfest inside an old Munich townhouse.
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Stop 5: Isartor
~3 min here
Isartor is a medieval city gate and a surviving part of Munich’s historic fortifications.
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Stop 6: Hofbräukeller
~3 min here
Hofbräukeller is the large historic building before you, now housing a Bavarian restaurant and beer garden in Haidhausen.