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Kids’ Entertainment
Children will love Kids’ Kingdom
– Kinderreich – in the
Deutsches Museum. The area
is designated for children and
has giant interactive games
and water games, plus a real
fire engine. Adults can only
enter with their kids. Several
playgrounds can be found
along the River Isar in the city
centre, but the best is
Westpark Spielzone Ost,
which can be reached by
Munich’s ultra-modern Allianz Arena the underground. The Sea
Life Olympiapark centre
trips to the not too distant Alps. For Bayern Munich merchandise also provides an excellent
Running, skiing, rollerblading, head to the FC Bayern Shop in outing, as does the zoo at
cycling, Nordic walking and the Arena. The shop website Tierpark Hellabrunn.
football are all very popular. The gives details of other stores
English Garden in the city located at Central Station and
centre is a huge park where the Hofbräuhaus.
people rollerblade, cycle, run Other key sporting events
or just meet up with friends. are the Bavarian International
Munich has two football Tennis Championships
teams: FC Bayern and TSV (ATP tournament), the BMW
1860 München, also known International Golf Open and
as “the Lions” because they Munich Blade Night, Monday
are sponsored by the evenings from April to
Löwenbräu Munich brewery September, when rollerbladers
with a lion as its coat of arms. take over the streets. Runners
The Allianz Arena is the will enjoy the Media Marathon
fantastic stadium built for and also the Münchner
the 2006 World Cup. It is an Stadtlauf (city run). A sport
architectural marvel which unique to Munich is surfing on
lights up in various colours. the River Isar at the weirs. Sea life exhibit at Olympiapark, Munich
DIRECTORY
Entertainment Nationaltheater Pasinger Fabrik Sport
Guides and Tickets Max-Joseph-Pl. Map 2 B4. August-Exter-Str. 1. Allianz Arena
Abendzeitung Tel (089) 218501. Tel (089) 8292900. ∑ allianz-arena.de
Schalterhalle Prinzregententheater Zenith FC Bayern Shop
Sendlingerstr. 10. Map 2 Prinzregentenpl. 12. Kulturhalle ∑ shop.fcbayern.de
A5. Tel (089) 267024. Map 3 D3. Lilienthalallee 29.
Munich Tourist Board Tel (089) 21852899. ∑ zenith- Kids’
∑ muenchen.de Staatstheater am muenchen.de Entertainment
Zentraler Gärtnerplatz
Kartenverkauf Gärtnerpl. 3. Film Kinderreich
Deutsches Museum,
Tel (0180) 54818181. Tel (089) 202411. Museumsinsel 1. Tel (089)
∑ muenchenticket.de Bavaria Film Studios
Music and Dance ∑ filmstadt.de 21791. ∑ deutsches-
Theatre, Opera & Circus Krone Bau Munich museum.de
Classical Music Westpark
Marsstr. 43. Film Festival
Deutsches Theater Map 1 E3. ∑ filmfest-muenchen. Spielzone Ost
Schwanthalerstr. 13. Tel (085) 545 8000. de Pressburger Str.
Map 1 E4. Tel (089) 5523 ∑ circus-krone.de Sea Life Olympiapark
4444.∑ deutsches- Olympiahalle and Festivals Willi-Daume-Pl. 1.
theater.de Olympic Stadium Oktoberfest Tel (089) 45 00 00.
∑ visitsealife.com
Gasteig Culture Center Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21. ∑ oktoberfest.de
Rosenheimer Str. 5. Tel (089) 54 818181 Tierpark Hellabrunn
Tel (089) 480980. (tickets).∑ olympia Tollwood Festival Tierparkstr. 30. Tel (089) 625
∑ gasteig.de park.de ∑ tollwood.de 080. ∑ hellabrunn.de

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