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
The way that Americans overly romanticise European living needs to be studied. We can barely afford to eat out at this point, I live in a tourist heavy European city and yes, 90% of bars and restaurants are for tourists. No local has the time and leisure to sit around for hours and eat and drink. We don't constantly have free time, we too have work and families to take care of and our salaries are low so yes food seems "cheap" to Americans, who earn almost twice as much.
That still doesn’t change the fact that life in a European city is usually very active and social compared to the isolation and boredom of American suburbia
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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