The BEST two days in Munich, Germany! 🇩🇪 (Things to do + local FOOD!)

we are currently in Munich one of Germany's largest cities located in the southeastern state of Bavaria and after spending a fun delicious and festive Day visiting some of the city's Christmas markets have I mentioned that today is my favorite day we're spending the next 2 days exploring the city itself including its gorgeous architecture local Cuisine Rich history and so much [Music] more we're kicking off our morning at Cafe F Sho to try some Bavarian pastries and first up we have schms noodle this is a pastry with tall doughy walls and a thinner layer in the middle and you're supposed to pour sugar in the middle before you eat it look at the giant spout for this sugar thing here it's huge so you can get the maximum amount of sugar oh yeah nice and light and Airy the outside's nice and crispy the inside's a little chewy and fluffy it just has a nice fried dough flavor and then when you get a bite with the sugar it adds a little sugar crystal Crunch and just look at how thin the middle of this is you actually get to see them making them in the front which is super cool too we also got a crap fin which is a Bavarian style donut and it also has some Jam inside m is an excellent Donut oh my God so pillowy oh my gosh wow oh that jam is so good these nice sugar crystals on the outside probably have sugar all over my face right now this one's definitely sweeter I might like it better just because it is sweeter more what you think of when you think of a [Music] dut the history of Munich dates all the way back to the mid 8th century when Benedictine monks founded a monastery in the area in fact the name munic or munin in German actually means home of the monks however the city wasn't considered to be founded until 1158 and in 1506 it became the capital of Bavaria which at the time wasn't part of Germany over the years the city has endured fires plagues and Wars including World War II where bombs destroyed more than 40% of the city the city was meticulously rebuilt to look like its pre-war celf including a rule that no building is allowed to be taller than the spires of FR and kerser one of the most prominent cathedrals in the city we're currently walking around Marian plat which has been the city's main Square since it was founded and the buildings around here are so beautiful I especially like the new town hall right behind me which has this gorgeous ornate Gothic architecture you like scratches like scratch [Music] is [Music] besides the Striking New Town Hall another prominent building in Marian plat is the St Peter Church which is the oldest church in Munich with its original version being built in 1180 which is so crazy to comprehend and for 5eo a person you can go up in its Tower to see a view of the [Music] city the tower is 91 M tall with 306 steps and it's two-way traffic so it's very tight sometimes you have to pull over to let people pass oh I'm out of breath the sections where you actually get to go because no one's coming the other way you just have to go fast so I'm huffing and puffing this feels like more than 300 steps that was a wow yeah that's a view oh my gosh wow it's taking my breath away literally it wasn't already it wasn't already what a [Music] view being one of the tallest structures with nothing blocking your sound you can really hear the hum and the buzz of the city music off in the distance cars driving people kind of talking down below [Music] I think my favorite part of this view is just seeing all the orange roofs all across the city you can also see the stadium for Bayern Munich and being a huge football fan that I am that is so cool wish we could go to a game they have one tomorrow but the tickets are very difficult to get but man it is packed up here at some points we've been packed in like sardines there's nothing like being smooshed up against a bunch of strangers 91 m above the [Music] ground you exit down from the tower inside the church and it is gorgeous in here [Music] we made it down just in time to see the Glock and Spiel this is a clock with 43 bells and 32 life-size figurines and at 11 and 12 and 5 in the summertime it reenacts stories from Munich's [Music] history [Music] I'm not sure what any of the stories meant but the music is super fun to listen to so it turns out that the first story is about a night's tournament that took place in honor of the wedding of Duke vilhelm I to ranata of Lorraine in 1568 in the Second Story shows Barrel makers dancing in the streets to cheer up people frightened by a severe plague it's kind of crazy just how much a crowd the Glock and Spiel attracts as soon as it starts playing the entire Plaza just fills with people all staring up all filming on their phones as they listen to the [Music] [Music] music in our last video we visited three of the city's Christmas markets which if you're here during the holiday SE season we highly recommend but there's also a year- round Open Air Market called the vcan market which has over 140 stalls with produce meats and cheeses food vendors flowers gifts and so much more this is probably my favorite Market that we have been to in a long time all the Stalls are so nice and everything just seems very high [Music] quality for our first stop in the market we're trying Vice vers which is a popular breakfast off it's a white sausage that is made with ve and pork back bacon it's typically seasoned with parsley onions lemon and some ground spices like nutmeg and cardamone I think I read that you're supposed to take the casing off so if it's wrong blame Google the color of the sausage is so interesting it is bright white M that is a lot of flavor oh wow it almost has like a holiday flavor to it that is one of the most unique sausages that I've ever had that mustard is really good not super mustardy it almost kind of has like apple in it or something kind of sweet little Tangy this is probably like our fifth or six sausage that we've had in our 3 days here in Munich we're on a sausage diet [Music] now picking out some really cool postcards for the fam [Applause] this one of my favorite things about Europe the drinking [Music] fountain since it's a cold winter day we stop by the Munich soup kitchen to get some hot soups we got some goulash which is a Hungarian beef stew with a red wine sauce and lebach noodle which is a traditional German soup with a beef liver dumpling that's very good I know it might not might not be on my face but it just has a lot of flavor in there the texture of The Dumpling very interesting it's it's ground but you can just tell it kind of tastes kind of fattier feels a little fattier in the mouth the only time I've really had liver was pate in Vietnam which I did not mind and then also chicken liver in changai which I did not love very much I don't like the texture I'm a tad nervous for this usually not big a big organ organ meat kind of girl yeah it doesn't have like an overpowering liver taste actually yeah it just tastes T kind of like meat and Adam was right there's a ton of flavor in this it doesn't look like it would be overly flavorful cuz it's very brown but yeah there's a lot of stuff going on in there we knew we'd like the goulash so we got this one as our safe option and it looks delicious oh yeah reminds me a lot of chili very similar like kind of tomatoey flavor profile [Music] we cannot express how happy we are to be traveling abroad again traveling internationally is just so energizing and fulfilling for us just being surrounded by so many different people speaking all sorts of languages having all the science being a language that we don't understand getting to try new foods and just wandering among all this architecture that's unlike anything that we have at home plus the challenges of figuring out how to get around and using a new currency it's all just just so overwhelming but in a good way because it pushes us out of our comfort zone and everything even the littlest of things are just extra [Music] exciting wow oh my gosh it's humongous for dinner we came to Andy's craer Garten to try schnitzel which is technically an Austrian dish but it's also very popular here in Germany it's meat that is pounded thin with a tenderizer and then breaded and fried they have a handful of different variations here but we both got the pork schnitzel and I got the oad oazo one which has this special Bavarian cheese inside of it and I can kind of see it oozing out I'm so excited I just can't get over how big this thing is too when they put it down I thought they miss misunderstood us and thought we wanted like two each cuz it's so much meat oh my gosh oh baby you can see some of the cheese in there oh it's so hot oh my go wow that alone would be so Heavenly because the meat is perfectly tender and it's so crispy and fried but that cheese takes it to the next level the cheese just adds a nice creaminess to the middle since it's so hot it just melts in your mouth so I ordered mine with a mushroom cream sauce and this huge Pierce here I guess they didn't think that was enough they had to add this other big piece on top of [Music] it oh baby baby oh my God that is so good that cream sauce is ridiculous this is so good this is better than I thought it would be it's one of those classic dishes you know is it going to live up to the hype this one is freaking good I tried my hardest but I could not conquer the Schnitzel if you come here be ready to eat maybe don't eat the entire day so you have enough room in your stomach or maybe split it between two people Adam's going to have to roll me out of [Music] here [Music] we love taking public transportation when we're in cities and the public transportation here in Munich has been amazing there are a handful of different ways you can get around you can take a bus you can take a tram you can take the ubon which is an underground train and you can take the esbon which is what we're going to be taking this morning we downloaded an app that way we could pay for tickets easily and we actually got a weekl long pass for only €21 per person which gives us unlimited rides all around the main city area the trains here are super clean and they're also very very quiet it's like a library in here right [Applause] now to get the rest of the way we're going to take a gram which so far has been our favorite mode of transportation because you get to wind through the [Music] streets we just grabbed some coffee from a delicious spot called Man versus machine and this morning we're headed to the Munich residence from 1180 to 1918 Bavaria was ruled by the VB d Dynasty and here in Munich the Munich residents served as the seat of government and residents of the Bavarian rulers from 1508 to 1918 we checked out its Christmas Market in its Courtyard in our last video but this morning we're going to head inside to see some Bavarian [Music] royalty there are different tickets you can get to visit the Munich residents but we chose the 14 ticket which got us access to the museum and Treasury in the treasury you can find a bunch of different jewels and swords from the rulers of Bavaria which are a sight to behold and in the museum there are 130 rooms including the antiquarium which is the oldest room in the residence and the largest and most lavish Renaissance Hall north of the Alps the museum was beautiful and a ton of fun to walk around even though much of it was destroyed during World War II it was really well reconstructed and it seemed very authentic but my favorite part was walking around and seeing all the old antiques and artifacts like the crowns that was so cool seeing all the Family Jewels the museum is way bigger than it looks like from the outside there are so many different floors so many different rooms you could spend hours in there but we were on a bit of a time crunch because we had some very special visitors arrive this morning to Munich from Texas my brothers Nick and Daniel and Daniel's girlfriend christe it's my brother's first time ever in Europe so we're about to go meet up with them and they're going to be with us for the next week and we're so excited all right the gang's all here and we're now off to see something you wouldn't expect to see in a city nowhere near the ocean Surfers this is cool it's so [Music] cool [Music] right in the heart of Munich along the iceb river is a man-made wave where locals visitors and even famous Surfers have been surfing for over 40 years even in the [Music] [Applause] [Music] winter [Music] these Surfers are incredibly talented it is so mesmerizing to watch I can seriously just stand here and watch this all day long they're okay maybe I should jump out there and show them how it's done they get wrecked insert footage of Adam wiping out on waves in California and Vancouver [Music] Island [Music] the river and surfing area is located in the English garden which is one of the largest urban parks in the world it has tons of green space and walking paths and even in the winter when the vegetation is less Lush it is a super nice place to walk around [Music] they have a Christmas Market here the English garden which is actually a lot larger than we thought it would be there are tons of different stands we grabbed some BR worst surprise surprise and they even have curling you can watch I don't think we're uh brave enough to I embarrass in front of all all the [Music] Germans [Music] o one thing that Munich is famous for is October Fest which is an annual beer festival and Carnival that takes place for 2 weeks in late September through early October but outside of October Fest you can still experience some of the beer culture here in Munich by visiting a Beer Garden in the summer or a beer hall even though we don't drink it feels like a Musto experience to go to one so for our last stop in Munich we're going to go to the most famous one in the city Hof Bry [Music] house hulf Bry house was founded in 1589 by the Duke of Bavaria with the original purpose to serve beer to the Bavarian Court it wasn't until 1828 that the brewery opened to the public and today it is considered to be one of the most famous beer halls in the world mostly with tourists but also with some special locals who have their own designated table and store their Steines in a locker in the [Music] [Music] brewery is survival of the fittest in here you got to be on the tables like a hawk looking for an open one jeez this is a leader of the hot Roy house beer look how huge it is this is Catherine's brothers and we just got little alcohol-free half liters they also have people that walk around selling pretzels so we got our first Bavarian pretzel it's humongous salty [Music] roast I think I think Munich wins for the most stairs we've gotten while filming a video yeah it's okay my social anxiety is not freaking out or anything I'm being stared at right now I feel so awkward everyone's staring at us is it not normal to film yourself eating soup doesn't everyone do this we also got a crap Crain these German words are hard they're fun to say though Adam what's your favorite German phrase Gat what does that mean which means have a good trip or have a good [Music] f