Tag: munich
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From Munich to Vienna by Railjet
After we attended the Champions League final football game, we left Munich the next day for Vienna – the beginning of a week’s vacation. Our train was RJ65 departing at 11:27 from Munich to Budapest on platform 11. Our train is run by the Austrian Federal Railway (Österreichische Bundesbahnen or ÖBB) and the service is…
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Champions League Final Munich 2012
As mentioned in the last post, we were the guests of a broadcaster of the Champions League Final in Munich. We were so excited. Go back to the post and see us holding the cup ! The game started with the usual fanfare, which we normally ignore when watching the game on TV. The two…
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Champions League Final Munich 2012 pre-game
We were very lucky to be the guests of a broadcast partner of the Champions League Final in Munich. For my American friends and readers, this is the Superbowl equivalent in European football (soccer) – so it is a very big deal here. The final match was held on May 19, 2012 in Munich at…
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Museum Brandhorst in Munich
The last museum that I “visited” in the Kunstareal was Museum Brandhorst which features 20th and 21st century art. Unlike the Der Moderne which was mostly monochromatic concrete and glass, the building is colorful. The facade of the building by Sauerbruch Hutton looks like an abstract painting, as if it is an advertisement of what…
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Der Moderne, Munich
The other museum that I ran in and out of is the Pinokothek der Moderne that houses art from the 20th and 21st centuries. Designed by the German Architect Stephan Braunfels, the Pinakothek der Moderne was opened in September 2002 after seven years of construction. As it was drizzling that morning, the visitors deposited their…
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Neue Pinakothek, Munich
On my last day in Munich, I had only 3 hours to do some sightseeing. Several art museums are clustered in an area (Kunstareal; go check out its cool web site) just north of the center of Munich which I can reach easily. I would not have enough time to enter and view the art…