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Great pictures. I was in Munich for the first time this September for Oktoberfest (FUN!) and just loved it. We will be returning frequently (yearly?). The "faux" buildings look great, the contemporary architecture is nice, if not outstanding. Fantastic art museums. The parks and squares are lovely, the public transportation is amazing! The countryside outside the city, especially to the south, is gorgeous. Think rolling farming countryside, a la Wisconsin or Leelanau MI, and then the Alps shooting up. Very different from the US, where our major mountain ranges rise in arid/semi arid or temperate rainforest.

I read that acknowledging the city's Nazi past really didn't take off until the 2000's, driven by younger people. There is an excellent, though depressing and chilling museum about the rise of the NSDAP. I understand the Bavaria is still more conservative than most of Germany.

This excellent set brought back lovely memories of a great city.