Scavenger hunt in Munich

Beer garden moment

Find a Biergarten (the English Garden has the Chinese Tower one). Take a group photo at a long wooden table with drinks and pretzels.

Checkpoint: English Garden

Navigate to the English Garden (Englischer Garten) and check in.

Checkpoint: Hofbräuhaus

Navigate to the Hofbräuhaus, the most famous beer hall in the world. Check in.

Checkpoint: Marienplatz

Navigate to Marienplatz, Munich's central square, and check in.

Checkpoint: Olympiapark

Navigate to the Olympiapark and check in.

Eisbach surfer pose

In the English Garden: find the Eisbach standing wave (where surfers ride). Take a group photo where everyone strikes a surfer pose, with or without an actual surfer in shot.

Hofbräuhaus stein pose

At the Hofbräuhaus: take a group photo where everyone holds a Maß (one-liter beer stein, real or imaginary) with both hands and serious faces.

Lederhosen or Dirndl spot

Find someone wearing traditional Bavarian dress (Lederhosen or Dirndl). Take a respectful photo (with permission) or photograph a shop window display.

Local Münchner tip

Convince a local to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide.

Marienplatz Glockenspiel pose

On Marienplatz: take a group photo with the New Town Hall facade and Glockenspiel behind. If the figures are dancing (11am, noon, 5pm), get them in shot.

Munich finale

Final challenge. Find a beautiful Munich spot (a square, a beer garden, a riverbank) and take an amazing group photo.

Munich kick-off

The hunt begins! Find a typical Munich backdrop (a beer garden, a bakery window with pretzels, a Bavarian flag) and take a group photo with everyone striking a Bavarian welcome.

Olympic ring pose

At Olympiapark: take a group photo where the team imitates the Olympic rings (five members in a circle, hands joined high). Bonus if you can do it with the stadium roof in shot.

Pretzel moment

Find a real Bavarian pretzel (Brezel). Take a group photo where everyone bites into one at the same time.

Skyline cheers Munich

Find a viewpoint or rooftop, raise a beer (or non-beer) and take a group toast photo. Prost!

Spot a Bavarian "Servus" greeting sign

Find a Bavarian "Servus" or "Grüß Gott" greeting on a shop window, doormat or pub sign. Photograph the lettering.

Spot a Bavarian blue-and-white flag

Find a Bavarian flag (white-and-blue diamond / lozenge pattern) flying on a balcony, bus or pub. Photograph the rhombi.

Spot a Bavarian deer or hunting trophy

Find a deer trophy mounted on a Bavarian beerhall wall, or an alpine hunting horn, or stuffed Bavarian fauna. Photograph the trophy.

Spot a Bavarian pretzel (Brezn)

Find a giant Bavarian Brezn (pretzel) at a bakery or biergarten. The salt crystals on the dark crust. Photograph the loop.

Spot a Bayern Munich kit

Find a red FC Bayern Munich shirt on someone or in a shop window (or a poster of Müller, Kane, etc). Photograph the kit.

Spot a beer garden long table

Find a Munich biergarten with wooden long tables, gravel underfoot and beer steins everywhere. Photograph the rows.

Spot a BMW logo

Find a BMW logo on a parked car, a billboard, the BMW Welt facade or a souvenir. Photograph the blue-white propeller.

Spot a litre Maß beer stein

Find a 1-litre Maß beer stein on a beer hall or biergarten table. Photograph the glass with the head and the brewery logo (Hofbräu, Augustiner, Paulaner, Spaten, Löwenbräu).

Spot a maypole (Maibaum)

Find a Bavarian Maibaum (blue-and-white spiral maypole with craft trade symbols) on the Viktualienmarkt or in a beer garden. Photograph the pole.