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3-2-1- It's time to shop for a new bike in Au-Haidhausen
Munich's biggest cycling flea market is back this June
Sana Ahmad
May 21, 2026
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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:
Monday is a public holiday – Whit Monday – and two weeks of Pfingstferien also start this week. Families can head straight to the mountains because the Munich Mountain Bus starts running from May 23, with bookings already open.
Deutsche Bahn has something worth knowing for the rest of the summer too. From late June to mid-September, families can travel on long-distance trains for €99.99 total, seat reservations included. Tickets go on sale mid-June on the DB website.
3 bits of news
Is free kindergarten in Munich over?
Munich has offered free kindergarten to all children aged three to six for many years. That might be ending in September 2027. Mayor Dominik Krause says the city's budget can no longer support it and blames Bavaria for cutting its €100 per-child subsidy.
Bavaria's Family Minister Ulrike Scharf fired back, calling Krause's framing “fake news.” The €100 hasn't been cut, she says, just restructured under a reform of the BayKiBiG childcare act. Munich's Education Department says the money now goes toward rising operating costs either way.
Fees are planned from September 2027, tiered by income, though nothing is final yet. Around half of Munich families will still pay nothing. For the rest, early projections put crèche care at €314 a month by 2029. And kindergarten is just the start: the city is reviewing everything from dog taxes to museum prices to close a €500 million budget gap.
One of YouTube's biggest channels is based in our city
Kurzgesagt is German for “in a nutshell” but it is also a Ludwigsvorstadt-based animation studio that most Munich residents walk past without a second thought. Founded in 2013 by Philipp Dettmer, it has grown from a one-person side project into a team of 77 people and one of the most-watched educational channels on the planet.
The videos cover everything from black holes and AI to mental health and geopolitics – all explained in English in under 15 minutes with sharp animation and calm, research-backed narration. Every script goes through expert review before publishing. It is the kind of content that makes complex things feel obvious in hindsight.
If you have not watched a Kurzgesagt video yet, this one about Germany is a good place to start. And if you have, it is worth knowing the team making it is probably just a few U-Bahn stops away from you.
Germany's free integration courses are back–with a catch
In February, Germany's Interior Ministry quietly cut free access to integration courses to reduce costs. For many expats, asylum seekers, and migrants in Munich, that meant losing access to 600 hours of German language instruction and 100 hours of orientation – all at state expense. After weeks of pushback, a compromise has been reached.
From June 1, free participation is back but with a quota. Priority goes to Ukrainian refugees and EU citizens being reintegrated into the workforce. Individual cases can still be considered within the available budget. Asylum seekers won't get the full course, but will have access to expanded orientation courses of 300 hours starting in November.
The catch: how many people actually benefit depends entirely on budget negotiations still to come. The SPD is calling for needs-based funding. For now, blanket rejections are off the table but the door is only partially open.
Find more information here (in German).
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2 upcoming events
Time for Munich's biggest bike flea market
Mariahilfplatz in Au-Haidhausen turns into a cycling playground on Sunday, June 14. The Radl-Dult is back with a bike flea market packed with used and new bicycles, a test track to try them out, and a full festival alongside it – all FREE to enter.
The program covers a lot of ground. BMX shows, a bicycle loop-de-loop, live music and a bicycle blessing if your commuter bike needs some spiritual support. New this year: cargo bikes for kids can be tested for free, and Munich's new bike-sharing system MyRadl makes its public debut on site.
There's also a bike check, a bag printing station, face painting for kids, a reading lounge, and food trucks. Basically, if you own a bike or are thinking about getting one, this is the Sunday to be in Au-Haidhausen. For those more in a biking mood, you could be a part of the grand bicycle rally happening the same day.
Find more information here (in German).
General information:
📍 Mariahilfplatz, 81541 München
⏰ Sunday, June 14, 10am–5pm
🎟️ FREE
LEGO lovers, this one's for you
World of Bricks lands in Neuhausen from May 27 to June 7, and the timing could not be better. The interactive Lego exhibition at Pineapple Park on Arnulfstraße fills 1,500m² with fan-built models from across Europe, daily building events, and enough bricks to keep kids busy for hours.
The program goes well beyond looking at displays. There are make-and-take stations, a speed building challenge, UV light bricks, mosaic building, a Duplo box for the small ones, and a Lego car race track. A flea market runs alongside it for collectors hunting spare parts and sets.
It runs daily from 10am to 6pm with a last entry at 5pm. Plan for around one hour – maybe more once you discover the freestyle building wall.
Find more information here (in German).
General information:
📍 Arnulfstraße 195, 80634 München (Pineapple Park)
⏰ Wednesday, May 27–Sunday, June 7
🎟️ From €15.84 – book online
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1 new restaurant/café to try
Lukumades
If you have never had lukumades, here is your sign. These Greek honey donuts have been a street food staple for ages – golden, warm, soaked in honey and cinnamon, and deeply unfair to anyone trying to eat a healthy diet. Lukumades on Leopoldstraße in Schwabing makes them fresh, with a long list of toppings to make things worse.
The classic comes with honey, sesame, and cinnamon. From there it spirals into Lotus caramel, Ferrero chocolate, white chocolate with coconut and almonds, or pistachio with milk chocolate. Sizes run small to large, and portions are generous.
They also do coffee and their Freddo cappuccino has its own fans. Open daily, no reservations needed.
General information:
📍 Leopoldstraße 37, 80802 München
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⏰ Everyday, 10am–9pm
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