When to Go

When to Go

Munich is a year-round city, but it is nicer to walk through the Englischer Garten in June and have your beer under a shady chestnut tree in August. But if fate takes you to Munich in winter, there are lots museums and good restaurants to keep you entertained. Theater and opera fans will especially enjoy the winter season, when the tour buses and the camera-toting crowds are gone. Munich comes alive during Fasching, the German Mardi Gras, in the pre-Easter season. The festival of festivals, Oktoberfest, takes place from the end of September to early October.