There's more to Munich than Oktoberfest and beer

As Munich celebrates another Oktoberfest, Conor Power visits the city and finds it has far more to offer than beer-soaked streets. Expect history, culture, fine food and shopping on a visit to the annual festival

WHEN I first visited Munich in the 1980s, I was a student who didn’t seem to have much time for the city’s art and culture but I did love its irresistible energy, the ability of its citizens to work hard and play harder and the uncanny knack its public transport systems had of always being on time.

This all helps to make ambling around Munich a relaxing experience. In spite of the fact that a great percentage of the city was destroyed during the second world war, it doesn’t really show and there are enough stand-out monument buildings and elegantly rebuilt parts to join up with the more modern buildings so that it sums up to a very appealing city centre.