• The major streets of the old town of Munich were pedestrianized for the Olympics in 1972 and have stayed pedestrian-only ever since
  • The movie “Munich” was not filmed in Munich
  • Munich is further north than all major cities of the continental U.S.
  • The local name for Munich is “Minga”
  • Munich is home to the world’s only BMW museum
  • Beer is officially considered a food in Munich
  • At Munich’s Technische Universiät (Tech University) 4-story-high slides help the students to get to classes faster
  • Munich is the world’s second largest publishing center