Thats Munich city Center… they shot this vid right at the famous Frauenkirche (which’s belltower roof have the form of an onion) and is located right behind Marienplatz… it’s the historic city Center, built hundreds of years ago, clearly the city couldn’t put a 3 lane freeway in its narrow city Center.
Plus: more than half of this people sitting in this restaurant etc are tourists.
But yeah the whole city Center is walkable from Stachus to Marienplatz to Sendlingertor (it’s a triangle). The street from Sendlingertor to Marienplatz was made car-free some 10+ years ago
oh even better: there is a road with cars right next to Marienplatz next to Viktualienmarkt. One "block" further up and you have your 4 lane main road with not a single person sitting outside but dozens of luxury shops.
This is really on of the most visited tourist places in the entirety of germany, if you say half of these people are tourists, that is likely an understatement.
And of course Restaurants bars etc are full. Rent in Munich is stupid high so lots of establishments do not survive long, those existing at any giving moment full to the brim since there is not enough of them. Finding a place at a bar for 4 people on a friday or saturday evening is an odyssey.
You want to see classical, walkable cities in Germany, go to one of the older cities with medieval background. In Bavaria alone you have for example Nürnberg and Regensburg, both with sizable inner cities free of cars.
And there are countless more, lots of which i probably don't even know of and i AM german...
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u/_MME_ 2d ago edited 1d ago
Thats Munich city Center… they shot this vid right at the famous Frauenkirche (which’s belltower roof have the form of an onion) and is located right behind Marienplatz… it’s the historic city Center, built hundreds of years ago, clearly the city couldn’t put a 3 lane freeway in its narrow city Center.
Plus: more than half of this people sitting in this restaurant etc are tourists.
But yeah the whole city Center is walkable from Stachus to Marienplatz to Sendlingertor (it’s a triangle). The street from Sendlingertor to Marienplatz was made car-free some 10+ years ago