TIP: 19/20 October 2024 - the art weekend in Munich

The weekend of culture in Munich - October 19th and 20th, 2024

 25th Long Night of the Munich Museums on October 19th, 2024, Residence Week (Residenzwoche) until October 20th and International Art Fair at the Hofgarten in the Residenz

October 19th and 20th, 2024 are for art in Munich!

Munich. Museum fans are looking forward to the classic in the city of Munich's cultural calendar. 25th anniversary and this year 100 participating museums, galleries and inner-city exhibitions. ... and at the same time, collectors and art enthusiasts are currently looking forward to the big art fair in the Residenz (daily until October 20, 2024), the 15th HIGHLIGHTS - International Art Fair Munich 2024 (15. HIGHLIGHTS). The special program at the Long Night of Munich Museums is also exciting.  October 19, 2024 is the evening of art, culture and science. The program is on the official homepage: https://www.muenchner.de/museumsnacht/en/  ... and then there is the residence week, during which the residence and the castles Schleißheim and Nymphenburg can be visited (daily until October 20, 2024 ).

 

Pinakothek der Moderne and Alte Pinakothek, Munich, photos and collage: Helga Waess (press archive)

The Long Night program of the Munich museums

•     There is a collection of contemporary art at the European Patent Office;
•     The Sudeten German Museum is showing a light installation in colors;
•      the House of the German East is showing an exhibition about “German Minority in Romania”
•     We waited eight years, now the State Archaeological Collection has been renovated and is showing its important finds from prehistory and early history.
•     Weaving takes place at the Galerie Handwerk.
•     In the Church of St. Andreas there is a light installation called the “Mysterious Garden”. #The Five Continents Museum is intended to impress as a source of inspiration for intercultural topics with artistic discussions.
•     The Munich fire brigade exhibition invites you to explore the history of urban fire protection.
•     The WOW Museum lets you experience interactive optical illusions and creative installations
•     and so forth....

Special program with an exploration tour through Munich

•      Whether by bike or by bus, cultural advisor Anton Biebl brings the favorite places of Munich club culture to life.
•     The historic wholesale market hall in Munich,
•     the nighttime view from the museum tower of the German Museum
•     and so forth.

There are afternoon activities for children and families at 14 locations, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m

•      children's tours,
•     Workshops
•     Participatory activities from antiquity and

See children's program: www.muenchner.de/museumsnacht

•      A children's ticket for 5 euros (up to 4 children, if necessary an accompanying adult)
•     or a regular ticket for 20 euros,

    ...

The MVG shuttle buses turn the Long Night of Munich Museums into a mobile journey of discovery

ALL INFORMATION about the website

•     https://www.muenchner.de/museumsnacht/en/

 

Munich - excursion tip: swimming in the Isar at Brauneck

Excursion tip: take the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) towards Bayerischzell to the upper reaches of the Isar

Swimming in the ISAR in Munich or in Lengries! It couldn't be more refreshing!

Insider tip: from Munich to the Isar in the Bavarian Oberland

 
Munich. It's summer in the city. What do you do in Munich, which the locals affectionately call MINGA? The people of Munich like to be on the Isar! He hikes or cycles along the Isar bank path or is happy when the Isar meadows are shown in the TV crime drama “Hubert ohne Staller” or previously “Hubert und Staller”. But: Where does the Isar water come from that refreshes people here in Munich when the outside temperature is over 30 degrees? The Isar rises with a water temperature of five degrees in the beautiful Karwendel Mountains - and here from three sources. Then it flows further and rushes to cozy Munich via the beautiful town of Mittenwald via Lengries and Bad Tölz to Wolfratshausen. Here it flows past Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo, which is always worth a visit because it is one of the most renowned zoos in Europe, thanks to its scientists. It flows through the city past the German Museum, passes numerous beaches before bubbling briskly into the English Garden. You should at least see the ice wave here - it's amazing how many hours of fun water sports enthusiasts spend on this wave. Our beautiful river flows from Munich towards Plattling, where the Isarwasser flows into the Danube after 295 kilometers. - By the way, the Danube is sometimes called the white sausage equator because white sausage breakfasts are common on the south side of the wide river all the way to the Alps. (There is an article in this blog about this: Weisswurst is a cultural asset in Bavaria!!!  Weißwurst ist in Bayern  ein Kulturgut!!!  ITALIANO, ENGLISH)  We are going to Lengries, where swimming in the Isar is particularly refreshing!

The clear water of the Isar is inviting when the outside temperature is 30 degrees in Lengries (near Bad Tölz) to swim - not just the ducks, photo: Helga Waess

 

 So packed your swimsuit and headed to Munich Central Station

 
... and off we go with the Bavarian Regiobahn (BRB) towards Bayerischzell, with a stopover in Lengries. If you have your bike with you, you can cycle to Wegscheid. The BRB trains are divided into three target trains. The section at the front in the direction of travel goes to Bayrischzell - by the way, the train goes via Schliersee train station, where some Schliersee trains end! We stay in the middle part and end up in Lenggries. Anyone who got in at the back can get out in Tegernsee! Also a tip and a must for visitors to Munich or Bavaria. The Tegernsee brewery is known nationwide! The Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee also invites you to linger.

 We go swimming in the Isar and build a water mill

Why don't you even build a water mill? That's what the designer of this functioning rattlesnake mill in the upper reaches of the Isar behind Bad Tölz thought.
 
The cool Isar water immediately refreshes your feet. Here on the bank in Wegscheid under the Brauneck there are still a few lonely places that encourage children and adults to create creative buildings.
 

And the hang gliders that take off from Brauneck fly circles in the sky

 
By the way, you can quickly reach lofty heights from Wegscheid with the Brauneck cable car. The mountain view, the air and also the hut with the Bavarian snack platter (the snack platter includes not only coleslaw, sausage salad, Obazda but also hearty white sausages and fresh bread) are highly recommended.

water mill, photo: Helga WAess

 

We are building our watermill at the foot of the mountain!

water mill, photo: Helga WAess

You wouldn't believe how quickly your imagination can lead to such a construction using just a few materials and in the right place.

our water mill, photo: Helga WAess

 

What it took wasn't much. A bit of flotsam, a wire and a little skill. Well, some children may need a source of ideas and a great helper.

our water mill, photo: Helga WAess

our water mill, photo: Helga WAess

Standing in the cool water of the Isar is definitely a way to cool off. The air in the Oberland near Bad Tölz provides the oxygen shower. You can swim from time to time. Then a fish jumps or a few ducks pass by. There are restaurants and beer gardens nearby and the health resort of Bad Tölz delights with its location.


And if you have a boat, you can overcome the rapids here with a little practice.

Boats keep passing by. Isar near Bad Tölz, photo: Helga Waess

Isar river with small, cool bathing opportunities, photo: Helga Waess

Isar in the Oberland, photo: Helga Waess

A few years ago the first stone towers were built on the Isar. Its construction is simple and a must for every visitor to the Isar.

Small tower seen from below, very large, photo: Helga Waess

A high cross made of willow branches and wooden flotsam and jetsam is particularly eye-catching here on the upper reaches of the Isar in Wegscheid

Cross made of willow trunks, photo: Helga Waess

Munich: Snail sculpture - Art in public spaces

 Munich: Snail sculpture on the Theresienhoehe - What is a delicacy in France is a sight of great proportions in Munich...

The snail sculpture by Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy on the Old Trade Fair Square - on Theresienhöhe

 

 "Sweet Brown Snail" by Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy

Munich. Art in construction. At 4.50 meters high, the snail sculpture "Sweet Brown Snail" fits into its generously sized surroundings on the 23,000 square meter space between the congress hall and the transport center of the German Museum. A snail body with its brick-colored, red snail shell was made from the light limestone of the Altmühltal.

Large Snail, Munich Alter Messeplatz, photo: Helga Waess (press photo archive)

 "Sweet Brown Snail" by Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy

Snail sculpture: "Sweet Brown Snail" by Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy,
Munich Theresienhöhe, photo: Helga Waess

As an art in construction project, the well-known American artists Jason Rhoades and Paul McCarthy created this object that ironically reflects the mobility illustrated in the transport center by the portable snail shell.

German Museum Transport Center on Theresienhöhe, photo: Helga Wäß

And humanity's longing for speed, which resonates in the exhibition objects, is twisted into its opposite by the animal's inherent slowness. In a neutral gray, the snail body with its brick-colored, red snail shell stands out from the light limestone from the Altmühltal, which occupies the entire space between the congress hall and the traffic center.