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If staying closer to home is more your style, Munich has some excellent spas worth knowing about. This guide covers eleven options across the city with prices, addresses, and what makes each one special.

3 bits of news

Munich's biggest new playground just opened

Munich's newest district just got its first green space. The park at Helene-Wessel-Bogen in Neufreimann covers 34,000 square meters of lawns, play areas, a football pitch, streetball courts, and table tennis. Climbing towers and hammocks for older kids, a water playground and nest swings for younger ones.

Part of the lawns are still cordoned off while the grass settles, and the accessible restroom and drinking fountain at the southwest entrance are still coming.

Neufreimann is being built on the site of the former Bayernkaserne barracks – eventually there will also be 5,500 apartments to house 15,000 people. This park is the first of several planned green spaces for the new district.

Find more information here (in German).

AI is watching what Munich hotel kitchens throw away

Le Méridien has been tracking kitchen waste with AI for almost three years. A camera above the bins photographs discarded food, a scale weighs it, and software from Swiss startup Kitro analyzes what gets thrown out and when. 

Head chef Rainer Förnzler has saved nearly 50 tons of food – worth around €29,000. The conclusions he drew are practical. Forty grams less fries with the currywurst. Two Knödel instead of three. Smaller plates at the buffet so guests take less at a time. No complaints so far – people just eat what's in front of them.

Leftover food gets packed into surprise bags, available for cheap via the Too Good To Go app and collected at the hotel reception. Worth a try!

Find more information here (in German).

The city is handing out studio space in the Rathaus

Munich is offering two retail spaces of 50–60m² in the New Town Hall on Marienplatz next year. The spaces are aimed at cultural and creative businesses wanting to test an actual store. Applications close September 20.

Also on offer: twelve workspaces in the Ruffinihaus Creative Hub on Rindermarkt from February 2027, ranging from 16 to 28m² for a two-year period.

Both schemes are run by Kreativ München, the city's contact point for creative entrepreneurs.

Find more information here (in German).

Bonus: 

• More young people without work or training

• Lufthansa Group to roll out Starlink WiFi on flights

• German grain harvest down 7% as drought and heatwave take toll

• Homeless or begging mafia? This is how to tell the difference

• OpenAI launches ChatGPT for teens with stronger safeguards

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2 upcoming events

This monthly meetup is for all aged 17–27

Bellevue Wohnzimmer is a monthly gathering for young people aged 17 to 27 at Bellevue di Monaco on Müllerstraße in Isarvorstadt. The format rotates: cooking together, karaoke, board games, speed friending, film nights, and workshops. No registration, no planning, just show up: It’s FREE.

The event runs in multiple languages and is designed as a safe space for anyone new to the city or looking to meet people. This month's meetup is next Friday, August 28, from 7:30pm to 11pm.

Find more information here (in German). Also check their calendar for more events.

General information:

📍 Bellevue di Monaco, Müllerstraße 2, 80469 München
⏰ Friday, August 28
🎟️ FREE

English stand-up comedy this Sunday in Schwabing

Comedy Royale is an English open-mic night at Eli Schwabing this Sunday, August 23. Munich-based comedians try out new material or polish older routines in a cozy venue that works equally well for a date or a night out with friends.

The lineup varies in experience level – which is half the fun. Expect the unexpected, and probably a few jokes that are still being road-tested.

Entry is €5. Doors open at 7:30pm, show runs until 9:30pm.

Find more information here (in German).

General information:

📍 Eli Schwabing, Elisabethplatz. 20, 80796 München
⏰​​ Sunday, August 23
🎟️ €4.99 

Bonus: 

• Circus Pumpernudl in Maxvorstadt - Aug 21

• Medieval Fair - Aug 21–23

• Aperol Spritz Night with Mamma Mia! & Dance Party - Aug 22

• Gasteig Common Friends Open Air - Aug 22

• Sip&Paint - Aug 25

• SuperBloom - Aug 29–Sep 2

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1 new restaurant/café to try

Bā Milano 

Bā Milano on Wilhelmstraße in Schwabing is built around Itameshi – the Japanese take on Italian food that emerged when Italian cuisine became popular in Japan and quietly merged with it. Pizza meets okonomiyaki, limoncello meets yuzu, carbonara gets a Japanese rethink. 

All dishes are original creations using homemade ingredients, including the bread.

The menu is compact and affordable with antipasti from €6, mains from €11, and the Pikonomiyaki, their signature pizza-okonomiyaki hybrid, from €13. The outdoor terrace seats 60, so a solid summer evening option.

General information:

📍 Wilhelmstraße 27, 80801 München
🥘 Itameshi – Italian-Japanese fusion
⏰ Monday–Thursday, 6pm–Midnight
    Friday and Saturday, 6pm–1am
    Sunday, closed

Visit Bā Milano

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