Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.ehc-muenchen.de
;
Olympia Eishalle, Olympiapark; Olympiazentrum)
Not one
of Germany's premier ice-hockey outfits, but games at the Olympic ice rink are exciting
spectacles nonetheless, plus the team features several Canadian and Swedish players.
Shopping
Munich is a fun and sophisticated place to shop that goes far beyond chains and depart-
ment stores. If you want those, head to Neuhauser Strasse and Kaufingerstrasse. East of
there, Sendlinger Strasse has smaller and somewhat more individualistic stores, including
a few resale and vintage emporia.
To truly unchain yourself, though, you need to hit the Gärtnerplatzviertel and Glocken-
bachviertel, the bastion of well-edited indie stores and local designer boutiques. Hans-
Sachs-Strasse and Reichenbachstrasse are especially promising. Maxvorstadt, especially
Türkenstrasse, also has an interesting line-up of stores with stuff you won't find on the
high street back home.
Maximilianstrasse, meanwhile, is the catwalk for the Prada and Escada brigade, espe-
cially in the new, minimalist Maximilianhöfe in the Bürkleinbau just past the Nation-
altheater. High-flying shoppers will also be happy on Theatinerstrasse (home of the Fünf
Höfe arcade), on Residenzstrasse and Brienner Strasse.
Manufactum
(Dienerstrasse 12; 9.30am-7pm Mon-Sat; Marienplatz, Marienplatz)
Anyone
with an admiration for top-quality German design classics should make a beeline for this
store. Last-a-lifetime household items compete for shelf space with retro toys, Bauhaus
lamps and times-gone-by stationary.
HOMEWARES
Munich Readery
(
www.readery.de
;
Augustenstrasse 104; 11am-8pm Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat; Ther-
esienstrasse)
Germany's biggest collection of secondhand English-language titles.
BOOKSTORE
Holareidulijö
(Schellingstrasse 81; noon-6.30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat; Schellingstrasse)
Mu-
nich's only secondhand traditional clothing store, and worth a look even if you don't in-
CLOTHING
