Film and TV production in Munich: the Bavaria film studios in the southern part of the city have gained international reputation since movies like "Das Boot". Take a tour through the production halls, see the props and check out the movie sceneries of former times.
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Visit the gigantic aquarium "Sea life" which is home to 10.000 animals and 150 species. Since its opening in April 2006 it has become a major point of interest.
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"The flying saucer has landed", some newspapers wrote three years ago when the new Munich Football Dome, the Allianz Arena, was inaugurated. It had only taken three years to build it after the city's population had voted for its contruction in 2001.
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Little Versailles or Love Castle are only two nick names of Schloss Schleißheim. The castle and its surrounding complex tell about dreams of power and political failure, of passion for Italian baroque and a tendency to French style.
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A castle as a king's gift! The longing for the birth of the heir to the throne, Max II. Emanuel, seems to justify such a birthday present.
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The castle’s worldwide popularity is due to the magic history of the fairy tale king.
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The term Maximilianeum stands for three things: the building itself, the Bavarian Parliament and the academic foundation. The latter hosts a selected number of highly skilled scholars who enjoy free board and housing in order to concentrate on their studies. Founded in 1852 by King Maximilian II. the foundation takes pride in scholars' names like Bavarian ex-prime minister Franz-Josef Strauss or physicist Werner Heisenberg.
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