Is it just me, or does this feel like stepping into a painting? Bordeauxplatz has this way of making you forget you’re just steps from Munich’s bustling Ostbahnhof. The perfectly trimmed hedges and those rows of proud linden trees, they’re like a living fence, keeping the city’s energy at bay. We’re in Haidhausen, a district that truly comes alive here at Bordeauxplatz. This green oasis, measuring a grand 5,700 square meters, is no happy accident. It was meticulously designed in the 1870s to echo the classic French garden style. See those vibrant flowerbeds at either end? The city refreshes them several times a year. And that fountain? It’s not just any fountain, it’s the “Fountain of the Huntable Animals”. Each of those majestic creatures, the roebuck, ram, boar, and ibex, are crafted from shell limestone. Bordeauxplatz may have found its namesake in a city across the border, twinned with Munich in 1964, but its heart belongs to Bavaria. It’s a place where the echoes of history mingle with the laughter of children playing and the quiet murmur of conversations.
Gaststätte Fraunhofer
Picture the Gaststätte Fraunhofer. Its history whispers from the very wood of its interior. This isn’t just any tavern. It’s