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There’s nothing morbid about this park-like former cemetery that dates back to 1866 and has since been given over to the public for recreation and relaxation. Children play on the lawn among old tombstones while adults seek shade on the benches beneath the trees.

The clover-leaf BMW-tower and the bowl-shaped museum at its base are being modernized. For the next few years, the exhibits on the history of automobile design will be shown in the Earth Lounge (the parking garage deck at the Olympic Tower).

A piece of old Schwabing, this square is named after the Austrian empress. A market, the largest in the city after Viktualienmarkt, has been held here since 1903.

This Protestant Art Nouveau church occupies the northern end of the Münchner Freiheit.

Russian Expressionist painter Vasili Kandinsky captured the silhouette of St Ursula’s church on canvas. Ornate buildings from the Foundation Period flank the Kaiserstraße. In 1902, Lenin lived at No. 46.

This park was created out of rubble from World War II. The restaurant in the Baroque Bamberger Haus features ornate dining rooms and a pretty terrace for outdoor dining during warm weather.

Next door to the Pinakothek der Moderne, this museum houses a large collection of crystals and minerals.

The upper end of Prinzregentenstraße is home to the Haus der Kunst, the Bayerisches National-museum, and the Schack-Galerie (see Museums & Galleries).

At the corner of Sieges- and Josephsstraße you’ll come upon this tranquil square. The Seidlvilla (1905) was saved from demolition and converted into a centre for readings, concerts, and exhibitions.

Once the heart of rural Schwabing, the square on Feilitzschstraße is now somewhat rundown. It was the site, in 1962, of the local riots, known as “Schwabinger Krawalle” (see 1962: Schwabinger Riots).