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3-2-1- It's time to get a free bagel in Schwabing this Saturday
New York Bagel Bar opens its first Munich store on August 15
Sana Ahmad
August 13, 2026
Servus an Alle!
Welcome back to the Munich Post! The purpose of this newsletter is to share: 3 bits of news, 2 upcoming events, and 1 amazing restaurant/café for expats living in and around Munich. This way, you have a pulse on what’s going on without scrolling through thousands of pages.
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Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:
Saturday is a public holiday – so shops will be closed. Remember to stock up on Friday. For everything else, the Isar and Munich's adventure playgrounds are calling: a guide to the best spots for kids is here, from Maulwurfshausen in Neuperlach and the ABIX in Hasenbergl to the water playground in Westpark.
One reminder before you head to the Isar: campfires along the river are banned. The dry conditions make it genuinely dangerous, and the city is finding illegal fire pits regularly. Grilling is only allowed in designated areas.
3 bits of news
Bavaria has a child protection hotline you may not know about
Bavaria's new child protection hotline has been running for a month. Reachable for free at 0800 8888 004, it connects children, teenagers, and concerned adults with trained professionals who listen and refer callers to local support services. Forty-four people received counseling in July alone.
So far, most callers have been family members, neighbors, and welfare agencies rather than young people directly – but an awareness campaign aimed at children and teenagers is just launching now.
The hotline covers bullying, stress at school, family problems, violence, and abuse. It's unique in Germany in this form and complements the existing nationwide “Nummer gegen Kummer” hotline at 116 111.
Find more information here (in German).
This free tool shows the cheapest Deutsche Bahn fares
Bahnscanner is a FREE price calendar for Deutsche Bahn – enter your route, pick a month, and see the cheapest available fares laid out by day. Click a date and it shows individual connections sorted by price, then redirects to Bahn.de to complete the booking. No account needed.
It fills the gap left by Bahn.Guru, which shut down some time ago and was widely used for exactly this kind of flexible date search. Prices displayed match what's on Bahn.de, which wasn't always the case when the tool first launched.
A search everywhere feature also lets you check over 100 destinations at once from a fixed departure – useful if you know when you want to travel but not where. A new split ticket checker also flags when two separate tickets for the same journey come out cheaper than one.
Bavaria is bringing smartphone ticketing to all public transport
Bavaria is rolling out smartphone tap-in, tap-out ticketing across all public transport from January 2027. Board a bus, U-Bahn, or regional train, tap in and out, and the app calculates the fare. Munich already does this – the rest of Bavaria just took a while.
Plans for a unified Bayern Ticket have been quietly shelved in favour of the existing Deutschlandticket at €63 a month.
Germany keeps its no-barrier honour system, so the app works alongside random spot checks. Which app exactly? The ministry hasn't said – though the MVV app is the obvious guess.
Find more information here (in English).
Bonus:
We’d like to thank our sponsor finbird for this issue.
You don't need a German passport to get a German mortgage. You need the right structure.
Most internationals in Munich assume financing here is either closed to them or too complicated to bother starting. So they keep renting, or wait for a "someday" that keeps moving further out. The assumption is wrong, and it's quietly expensive.
German banks lend to expats. What changes is the structure: how much equity you bring, how loan-to-value is assessed, which fixed-rate period fits your plans, and the KfW programmes that lower the cost without most people ever knowing they exist. Nobody hands you that playbook. That's the gap.
finbird's free webinar closes it. 45 minutes, plain English. Founder Daniela Kögel walks through the full buying process, how German mortgages actually work, and real case studies so you see the numbers in practice. Live Q&A at the end. Can't make it live? Register and we'll send you the recording.
Next session: 18th August. Online, free, no obligation.
2 upcoming events
An Oktoberfest musical arrives in Munich
Oktoberfest: A Musical lands at the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof in Altstadt-Lehel on September 16 – three days before the first keg gets tapped. It tells the satirical origin story of how Ludwig I and Princess Therese's wedding gave birth to the world's most famous beer festival.
Dialogue is in German, songs in English, with subtitles in both directions. Press reviews from Berlin called it “a dazzlingly shimmering gem” and “worth seeing” – with the Süddeutsche Zeitung singling out the high-energy cast and slapstick humor. Running time is around 115 minutes including an intermission.
Performances run September 16 to October 4.
📍 Komödie im Bayerischen Hof, Promenadeplatz 6, 80333 München
⏰ Wednesday, September 16–Sunday, October 4
🎟️ From €20
Three exhibitions worth seeing at Haus der Kunst right now
Haus der Kunst in Maxvorstadt is currently running three exhibitions worth your time. The standout is Tomás Saraceno's Interwoven Worlds – enormous air sculptures and installations exploring coexistence between humans, animals, and ecosystems. It runs until February 7, 2027.
Also on: Steina's Playback, which combines sound and moving images in a way reviewers describe as meditative and experimental in equal measure. And Eisbach Treasures – Munich river surfer Tao Schirrmacher's collection of artifacts recovered from the Eisbach over the years, from jewelry to curious relics.
Admission is FREE every last Friday of the month during Open House from 4pm to 10pm.
Find more information here (in English).
General information:
📍 Prinzregentenstraße 1, 80538 München
⏰ Now through February 7, 2027
🎟️ From €10
Bonus:
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1 new restaurant/café to try
New York Bagel Bar
New York Bagel Bar is opening its first Munich location on Hohenzollernstraße in Schwabing this Saturday. The Hamburg and Berlin-based chain has been building a following since 2021 with freshly topped and toasted bagels made to traditional recipes. Munich is store number seven.
The menu covers signature bagels, build-your-own options with dozens of fresh toppings, and a solid cream cheese selection. All bagels are vegan, with a gluten-free option available.
Opening day on August 15 starts at 11am. The first 50 customers get a goodie bag, FREE bagels, and FREE coffee – plus a DJ.
General information:
📍 Hohenzollernstraße 45, 80801 München
🥘 Bagels
⏰ From Saturday, August 15, 11am
Visit New York Bagel Bar
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