“Business meets leisure in Munich like in hardly any other German city. In recent years, many fresh, new hotel and gastronomy concepts have brought a bit of modernity into the city.”
When you are on the road as much as we are, you sometimes forget that there are always new things to discover at home. A lot changes, but just as many places and institutions have maintained their status over decades: FC Bayern, the beer gardens and the many hotel and restaurant classics. And yet, and especially in recent years, we are regularly surprised by the many trends that the city is picking up and shaping. The people of Munich just live it. You: “We are who we are”.
Business Transportation
In terms of traffic, there is no easy way around Munich in many directions, and this gives the city regular traffic jams. Those who do not necessarily have to, should give up the car, take the bicycle or use public transport. And if you do need to use your own four wheels, then you better use one of the many Car-Sharing services. They already offer their cars at the airport and can be parked free of charge in official car parks throughout the city (parking fees in downtown Munich otherwise make you break out in a cold sweat). And if you have never been with a “grumbling” but helpful Munich taxi driver, you are missing out.
Business Stay
The Bayerischer Hof and the Four Seasons are, in cordial enmity, the most established names in Munich’s hotel heaven. Yes, we also have a Mandarin Oriental and a splendid Charles Hotel in the city – but history still has a nose for it here. Yet the Four Seasons Kempinski Munich has been able to make a remarkable, modern leap in recent years. The restaurants are fresh, the banqueting area has an open kitchen, the service has been spiced up warmly and most of the rooms have been renovated. The “living room of Munich” is more than ever worth a visit. And what walks in and out of here is truly international.
But also in other respects the casual and exciting modern age has just moved into Munich in terms of hotels. Be it with the colourful 25hours Hotel The Royal Bavarian at the main station, which in its lobby with its elephant fountain and show stairs invites you to lounge around in the café and enjoy babaganoush in the Neni (photo). Or it could the new Roomers Munich with casual-light chic including a bright red hidden room and Japanese fusion cuisine. Or luxury announcements like the new Beyond by Geisel with a direct view of Marienplatz.
Since September 2018, there is also a new pop-up concept in the city – the Hotel Krone directly on the Theresienwiese. Because Munich hotelier Alexander Lutz became a leaseholder faster than expected and plans for a five-star hotel were not yet ready, he is currently using it with an interim concept – and with that, just to live and let live. A small creative team has provided all 30 rooms with 30 themes such as white, newspaper or pop-up culture. A lounge has been created in the basement, which has already provided chilly after-wiesn experiences at the last Oktoberfest. Just try out the hotel before it is completely transformed for the big renovation.
