Hello lovelies,
a few months ago we travelled to Munich for the Moomin exhibition. We had actually planned it for March of 2026 but it did not work out. Hias is a big Moomin fan so he was crushed by this as the exhibition was only going until April.
But lo and behold, they extended the exhibition! What wonderful news we thought and decided to make a two day trip to Munich in June. Last time we wanted to drive by car but this time we chose to go by train (which was the better decision in the long run). We checked the tickets and ÖBB was super expensive to travel to Munich but cheap traveling to Vienna. Westbahn was inexpensive to travel to Munich and expensive travelling to Austria, so we took the chance and got the cheapest tickets from both companies. Westbahn was 33,99€ and Öbb 25,80€.
The hotel I chose was next to the main train station but on the "backside"/north of the train station. We once stayed at the Leonardo hotel which was in the south and the area was a catastrophe; drunk and high people in all stages sitting or walking the streets screaming or going into small 24h shops and being a nuiscance for the poor staff.
The hotel had a bit of a neo-rococo feel, as our room had a bed post and a wooden canopy and pictures of Bavarian princes and princesses in gold frames where in the main hall.
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After check-in we went to a small café as Hias was already hangry. We didn't bring food in the train and he was starving. We chose well for the café as they had a pretty good matcha and excellent food.
The first museum we visited that day was the Literature house that had the Moomin exhibition. The entry fee was pretty cheap with only 6€. We are so used to the expensive Viennese prices that we were confused by the price for just a second. (Google KI stated that the median ticket-prices in Vienna is 16€, the median für Munich is 9,5€.)
The exhibition was not very big, there were pictures and the biography of Tove Jansson at the beginning. I did not know anything about her so I that was very interesting for me. Of course, Hias knew all about her and just went to the original paintings.
The museum was built in 1855 this beautiful neo-baroque style. It is definitely befitting for all the amazing artwork that is houses.
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Children were dressed exactly like adults and thus this looks like a miniature model of the clothing of Count Palatine Philipp Ludwig.
There was another small textile exhibition but most of the clothing were hidden behind each other and it looked like someone tried to cram as much textiles into one mini section as possible. We thought that this was the extend of the textiles in the museum and were a bit sad about that loveless display.
Shortly thereafter we finally found a whole room dedicated to textiles and our little textil-lover heart skipped a beat with all the lovely things we found. Plus, most of it was 18th century garments which was our favourite.
This beautiful robe á la francaise is from 1750. It's one of the bigger dresses I saw, with a bust of 96 cm, and a waist of 82 cm. Permalink
I did not add descriptions and permalinks for all items we saw, but they are easy to find. Go to one of the permalinks and then search for them on the homepage.
Hias loved this Banyan (Hausrock) for men and he is now obsessed and creating one for himself. No wonder, they look fantastic and comfy!
Afterwards I was a bit sad that I didn't take a close-up of the pretty embroidery.
The stomacher hat such a cute embroidered outer layer.
What a collection! After we spent hours in the museum I also got a book about the textiles in the museum. And then the tour was about representative textiles and paintings, it was so interesting. We already decided to come back to Munich in the near future and attend more of the tours.
It was after 7pm when we left and of course we were hungry again. So we visited a Vietnamese restaurant which was near the museum and the food was nice.
Day two
Our train would leave in the afternoon and we still had a lot of time in the city. Of course we wanted to go to a third museum: Alte Pinakothek.
When I was at alte Pinakothek the last time, most of the museum was renovated and some rooms were closed. I didn't remember my visit there as it had been more than 10 years but nothing looked familiar. So, I am not sure if I really went to alte Pinakothek at all or another museum?
We once again paid the cheap fee of 9€ to look at amazing paintings. We accidentally started at the end of the exhibition and saw madame de pompadour first. What a treat.
From Google KI: The ancient Roman tale of Verginia (Virginia), who is killed by her own father to save her from the arbitrary power and clutches of the corrupt ruler Appius Claudius. During the Renaissance, this story was regarded as a symbol of civic virtue and resistance against tyranny.
We had enjoyed ourselves but it was slowly time to grab food and then get our suitcases from the hotel. We choses a pizza shop which was okay but they did not have AC so we were sweating like mad.
When we finally sat in the train we realized that our area did not have AC. But if we left our sitting we would loose our reservation in a full train. And then the minutes tickets by, and we waited, waited, waited for the train to finally move. We got the information that the staff for the train did not arrive yet because the train they were in was delayed. We started going to Vienna with an almost 1 hour delay and it did not get better. Instead of sitting in a sauna train for 4-4:30h we sat in there for 6 hours. We were absolutely sweaty messes when we arrived in Vienna.
There was a compensation for the 90min delay but not for the AC not working of 14,50€....so 7,25€ per person. Ouch. At least there was a compensation.
But all in all we had a great time in three museums and a great time in Munich overall.
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All the best,
Auris Lothol