Thewave
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Munich isadecentbet formixingacitybreakwithaski trip.Thenearest
decent-sized resort isGarmisch-Partenkirchen, less than80kmaround the
Zugspitze,Germany’shighestmountain.WhileGarmisch,with43 runs, isa
solid,mid-sized resort, inaround twohoursyoucanget the train to theAustrian
Zillertal valleyand take thequaintZillertalbahn to trulyworld-class resortssuch
asMayrhofenandHintertux– the latterhasaglacieryoucouldbeskiingon
rightnow.
zugspitze.de, zillertalbahn.at
Hitting theslopes
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For
thekids
Munich’seasy toget around, and so safe that
localshavenicknamed it “Toytown”, so itmakes
for agood familybreak. There’s theDeutsches
Museum, oneof theoldest andbiggest science
museums in theworld,whichhasmore than
1,000kid-friendlyexhibits, especially in the
Kids’ Kingdom,wherekidscanplay giant guitars
orwatch theirparents shrink to the sizeof
amouse. Anothermassiveattraction is the
ThermeErding, half anhour north,which is
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Bell’sBeach, Pipeline,
Jaws…Eisbach.Munich’s
EnglischerGarten
, one
of theworld’sbiggest
publicparks,maynot
sharemuch incommon
withHawaii –but it
doeshavea famoussurf
break. Thestandingwave
on the2kmman-made
Eisbach riverhasdrawn
surferssince 1972 (legally
since2010) andbecome
theworld’smost famous
stationarywave. It’s
strictly forexpertsdue
to thestrengthof the
waveand rocksbelow
thesurface; there’sa
morebeginner-friendly
50cmwaveatFloßlände,
near theThalkirchen
U-Bahnstation.
Meaning
business
Munich isGermany’s
economicpowerhouse,
home toBMW, Allianz,
Siemens and the
famousBavariaFilm
Studios. It’s also the
largest publishingcity
inEurope, hosting the
SüddeutscheZeitung
,
Germany’smost-read
dailynewspaper.
the largest
thermal bath
complex
inEurope
andhas20
waterslides,
including the
longest tube
slide inEurope. Finally,Hellabrunnwas founded
in 1911 as theworld’sfirstGeozoo,whereanimals
live inhugeenclosures,making itmore likea
safari parkor naturepreserve. Thecurrent stars
are the twinpolarbear cubsNelaandNobby.
deutsches-museum.de, therme-erding.de,hellabrunn.de
Skiingat Zugspitze,
nearGarmisch-
Partenkirchen
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