Travel Reference
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Other greenhouses shelter cacti, orchids, ferns, carnivorous plants and other leafy treas-
ures.
MUSEUM
Museum Mensch und Natur
(Museum of Humankind & Nature; 179 5890;
www.musmn.de
; Schloss Nymphenburg;
adult/child €3/2, Sun €1; 9am-5pm Tue, Wed & Fri, to 8pm Thu, 10am-6pm Sat &
Sun; Schloss Nymphenburg)
Kids will have plenty of ooh and aah moments in the Mu-
seum of Humankind & Nature, in the Schloss Nymphenburg north wing. Anything but old
school, it puts a premium on interactive displays, models, audiovisual presentations and
attractive animal dioramas. Sadly it's all in German but few language skills are needed to
appreciate the visuals.
LUDWIGSVORSTADT & WESTEND
Once a neglected working-class backwater scented by the hop-laden aroma wafting gently
from its breweries, the Westend is gradually finding its groove and evolving into one of
Munich's most vibrant and intriguing neighbourhoods. There are no major sights, which is
just fine because its charms reveal themselves in subtler, often unexpected ways: on leafy
Gollierplatz, for instance, or in hip cafes and pubs, in the growing number of artist's studi-
os and indie boutiques, and the Turkish corner store with its artfully piled produce.
For contrast, head west of the Theresienwiese Oktoberfest grounds, where Ludwigsvor-
stadt basks in an air of bourgeois haughtiness, its leafy streets hemmed with grand old
mansions looking as impeccable now as they did a century ago. However, the district's
face changes drastically the further north, and closer to the Hauptbahnhof, you get where
strip clubs, sex shops and made-in-China import stores dominate.
