02-24-2013, 08:29 PM | #1 |
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Visit to BMW HQ and Museum in Munich, Germany
I will be visiting Munich later this year on holiday. Munich is the city which houses the BMW headquarters and the famous museum. Anyone has been there before? How was the experience? And any tips on what are the must see / do activity there?
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02-25-2013, 01:27 AM | #2 |
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It's definitely a must see. Schedule a factory tour as well, as it is pretty cool to see the 3 series being built. The BMW museum is pretty cool as well as the Welt. You can see people taking delivery of their BMWs in the Welt (euro delivery would be a great way to enjoy Munchen).
Check out the Deutsches Museum and drink some Weisbier. If you get out of town, Neuschwanstein (sp?) is about 1.5 hours to the south, and Salzburg Austria (Mozart and Sound of Music) is 1.5 hours to the east.
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I went specifically to Munich to visit the BMW welt in September 2011 for my birthday. The museum, welt and factory tour are all a must. One thing I would say though is make sure you schedule a whole day out for it as we spent nearly all day at the Welt as there's so much to see.
The Olympic park is right next door to the Welt too, that's also well worth a look round on a nice day. I'm not particularly interested in sports but the buildings and the park in general are quite interesting. We also went up the tower, and you can see the whole BMW plant and views around Munich which was quite spectacular (pic attached). Munich in general is really nice, we stayed right in the centre. The U-bahn is excellent for traveling around on, and quite cheap. Just one word of advice, don't forget to stamp your ticket in the machines! |
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02-26-2013, 01:56 AM | #7 | |
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Thanks guys for your inputs.
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Also, in this trip, I wish to fullfill a long time dream ( fantasy? ) of mine to take a drive on a BMW M5 or M6 along the famous autobahn. Do you think I will be able to rent one in Munich? And there is another problem, I think cars in Germany are left hand drive whereas from where I come from, it's right hand drive. BTW, it will be my first trip to Germany. |
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I can't seem to find when it closes in August on the website, I know when I went (7th Sept) the factory had just reopened the week before I think. So that would suggest it closed all August?
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I think it's cool that the HQ building (in pic above) was designed after a four-cylinder engine.
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Sorry for the bump.
My dealer is also offering me a customized program, offered to BMW selected customers only ( according to him ) called "BMW Fascination Driving Experience". The program involves me being able to select a variety of BMW cars at the BMW Driving Academy Maisach under the guidance of a personal coach. Has anyone tried this before? |
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Munich is by far my favorite city here in Germany.
I have lived here for almost 4 years now and have absolutely loved it. I go to Munich as often as I can too. Been to the Welt meet twice now as well. The Welt is one of COUNTLESS things to do in and around Munich. Make sure you go to the city center. Walk around down there and see the sites and sample some local beer at either the Hofbrauhaus or Augustiner (my personal favorite). Stop by the European section of the 1addicts forum on here. It is a pretty active, mostly Germany, group that has some great resources for knowledge. One of the mods, Dackelone, can help you out with pretty much anything you need to know about Munich or Germany in general. He is a great wealth of knowledge and a very helpful person as well.
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Will do. Thank you very much for your suggestion!
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