Munich - Munich, Bavaria and the Black Forest - page 206

Staffed by native English speakers, Euraide ( www.euraide.de ; Desk 1, Reisezentrum,
Hauptbahnhof; 9.30-8pm Mon-Fri May-Jul, 10am-7pm Mon-Fri Aug-Apr) is a
friendly agency based at the Hauptbahnhof that sells all DB products, makes reservations
and can create personalised rail tours of Germany and beyond. EurAide's free newsletter,
the Inside Track , is packed with practical info about the city and surroundings.
Connections from Munich:
Nuremberg €52, 1¼ hours, twice hourly
Regensberg €25.20, 1½ hours, hourly
Würzburg €67, two hours, twice hourly
Freiburg €88, 4½ hours, hourly (change in Mannheim)
Baden-Baden €81, five hours, hourly, (change in Mannheim)
Frankfurt €95, 3¼ hours, hourly
Berlin €121, six hours, every two hours
Cologne €134, 4½ hours, hourly
Vienna €85.80, 4½ hours, every two hours
Prague €66, five hours 50 minutes, two daily
Zürich €75.20, 4¼ hours, three daily
Paris from €143, 10¾ hours, daily (night train)
Getting Around
Central Munich is compact enough to explore on foot. To get to the outlying suburbs
make use of the public transport network, which is extensive and efficient, if showing its
age slightly.
Over the next few years there is likely to be some disruption to Munich's public trans-
port, especially to the S-Bahn system as a new tunnel is burrowed beneath the city centre
to relieve the pressure on the Stammstrecke (the trunk route via which all S-Bahn trains
travel).
To/From the Airport
Munich's airport is about 30km northeast of the city and linked by S-Bahn (S1 and S8) to
the Hauptbahnhof. The trip costs €10, takes about 40 minutes and runs every 20 minutes
almost 24 hours a day.