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Munich's Beer and Oktoberfest Museum is to beer museums what beer is to Bavarians: godlike. It's noticeable by the crowds of people stumbling out of the door as if emerging from a lucid dream of Willy Wonka-esque proportions.
Address: 2 STERNECKERSTRASSE. | Tel: +49 (0)89 2423 1607
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If little leather pants and groups of men wearing them while hurling themselves, often drunkenly, around a big wooden stick sounds like your cup of tea, don't miss Munich's annual May Pole celebrations, which start on the last day of April.
Address: VARIOUS LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MUNICH AND BAVARIA.
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As the birthplace of the current Pope, Benedict XVI, a former Archbishop of Munich, Marktl, close to the border with Austria, is a place of pilgrimage for those eager to see the toll house where the Pope spent his early years or simply to ramble through the town in the footsteps of the holy one.
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There are over 20 fairy-tale markets in Munich in December, offering everything from handicrafts to gingerbread. Start at Marienplatz, then wander to Rindermarkt for Germany's largest nativity market.
Address: VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
