Viktualienmarkt

Kick off the day at Munich’s most famous foodie market, excellent for people-watching as much as fine regional produce. Kick back with a drink at one of the numerous stands—no shame in a radler (beer and lemonade) if you need to take it easy—and set about sampling the array of fresh and local produce, with specialties including bread, speck and Schweinshax'n (ham hock), the love-it-or-hate-it Weißwurst, as well as locally foraged mushrooms. If you’re in town over late November or December, the Viktualienmarkt hosts an annual Christmas Market, Alpenwahn, complete with carols, home-made cards and gifts and lashings of glühwein (mulled wine).