Street Art Sightings in Quirky Munich

2Summers | 15 May 2024
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Thorsten and I recently spent three days in Munich, Germany, at the beginning of our whirlwind European trip. We went to Munich because it was a logical place to meet up with Thorsten’s kids, who live across the border in Austria, and because we wanted to visit Thorsten’s friend Susi, who was his schoolmate many years ago at the German School in Joburg. Susi lives with her family just outside Munich, in the quaint town of Pullach.

Catholic church in Pullach
This quirky church was my favorite thing in Pullach.
Thorsten’s sketch of the church in Pullach
Thorsten’s sketch of the church.
Thorsten’s sketch of the Isar River in Munich
Thorsten’s quirky sketch of Munich’s Isar River, which I like better than any of my photos. FYI, Thorsten wrote his own architecture-inspired blog post about Munich.

We saw a lot of beautiful, interesting sights during our romp around Munich, but the graffiti and street art really stood out to me. Berlin, the only other German city I’d visited before this, is Germany’s graffiti capital, and Munich is considered to be a lot more conservative and less gritty in comparison. But thanks to Susi, our rock-star local guide, we discovered our share of grittiness (and quirkiness) in Munich. And there was fantastic graffiti and street art everywhere I looked.

Street art mural at the Schwere Reiter Theater in Munich
One of my favorite murals, spotted outside Munich’s Schwere Reiter Theater.

Here are a few more of my favorite Munich graffiti and street art shots.

Thorsten peeling stickers from a building near the Isar River
Thorsten peeling stickers from a graffiti’d building near the Isar River. Collecting graffiti stickers has become Thorsten’s favorite travel hobby after sketching.
Thorsten’s graffiti sticker collage
He puts the stickers into his sketchbook and makes cool collages like this.
Graffiti wall
I like how the graffiti pieces are stacked on top of one another.
Graffiti’d outbuilding in Pullach
A lonely building in Pullach, spotted during a cold, rainy walk near the river.
Mural under a highway overpass
Under the bridge.
Can you spot the small, bretzel-shaped Space Invader hiding in this picture? And how cool is that quirky passenger-ship-turned-bar perched on a decommissioned railway bridge? It’s called Alte Utting and Susi took us there for a beer.
Susi behind Alte Utting
Susi above the beer garden behind Alte Utting.
Bahnwärter Thiel
Another retired transport vehicle at the fantastic Bahnwärter Thiel complex, which I mentioned briefly in my previous Europe post.
Bar at Bahnwärter Thiel
A cool bar at Bahnwärter Thiel.

Thanks again to Susi and her husband Beni for hosting us in Munich. Expect more European snippets in the coming weeks.