Toy Soldier Stores in Munich (1 Viewer)

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I'm going to be in Munich on business in a couple of weeks and was wondering if anybody knows if there are any toy soldier stores there.

Thanks.

Brad
 
Not specific toy soldier shops, but look for tinsmiths' shops, pewterers' shops. They will sell things like drinking vessels, plates, but also cast items, like various ornaments, and very often, toy soldiers from old molds, like Haffner figures, for example, and also many, many flats.

For example, in the Rathaus (city hall) on Marienplatz, there used to be a gift shop that had fully-round toy soldiers in that style. But it's been a long time since I've been back, and that shop may not be there anymore. And at the time, I didn't collect, so I didn't buy any.

But do make sure you get to any of the beer gardens in the evenings, that's more important!

Prost!
Brad
 
What Brad said. It is right downtown on the Marienplatz. You cannot miss it. But I think the vast majority are flats.

If you were on vacation, I would recommend Rothenburg which has lots of toy soldier stores if I remember correctly, but that is a drive and definitely takes a full day.

Brad is right in that going to a beer garden is way more fun. From Marienplatz, you can get to Englischer Garten, but Hirschgarten would be my preference. That one can be combined with a visit to Nymphenburg Castle.

http://www.hirschgarten.com
 
Thanks for the recommendations. I will have a Friday evening and Saturday as leisure time and am staying at a hotel near Maximillianstrasse.

Any other recommendations of what to do or where to eat would be appreciated.

Brad
 
Munich is one of my favorite cities. I have been going there since the early seventies for the largest electronics show in the world, Electronica.
There are many antique shops around the old city square and market where I picked up some some Hauser/Elastolin composition figures. Its been a few years since my last visit and can't remember restaurant names but as mentioned in this thread there are many wonderful beer halls. A Great walking city and you may get lucky and find some old European made figures in the antique shops.
 
Thanks Rich.

When I was doing a search I found that I had posted an almost identical thread in 2007. We never wound up going to Munich as our business was in Feucht (potential third party manufacturer). The people I was traveling with dropped me off Nuremberg (not too far away) and I stayed there a day and a half before going back to the US. Nuremberg was fascinating, especially the old parade grounds.
 
jazzeum said:
Thanks for the recommendations. I will have a Friday evening and Saturday as leisure time and am staying at a hotel near Maximillianstrasse.

Any other recommendations of what to do or where to eat would be appreciated.

Brad
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Where to begin?

If you're hotel is in the Maximilianstrasse, you're on the northeastern edge of the old city. 'Milianstrasse was laid out as one of the new, royal avenues, when Max-Joseph undertook to remodel his capital. You're in walking distance of the center of town, the Marienplatz. But it's very easy to get around town with a transit pass and make use of the subway and street cars, too.

As Andreas mentioned, you can visit the English Garden, which will be a couple blocks north of you, across the Prince Regent's Street. There is a restaurant and beer garden there, at the Chinese Tower, and the park and tower are worth visiting. It's Munich's equivalent to Central Park, if you will, designed to preserve a garden space, as the city grew around it. There are some other, smaller parks that will be in your immediate vicinity, too, including the Hofgarten, and the old imperial residence of the Holy Roman Emperor, Ludwig der Bayer. And I can also second Andreas' recommendation of the Hirschgarten at this time of year. It's a deer park on the grounds of the Wittelsbach's Nymphenburg palace, on the western side of the city. There is also a porcelain works there, and the palace is itself very much worth visiting, if you get the time.

The old city center is a pedestrian zone that encompasses or more less the footprint of the old medieval town. In the old city itself, you'll find the Hofbräuhaus "am Platzl", on the "Little Square" which is just off the Marienplatz and above City Hall to the northeast. Personally, I stayed away, because it's more for the tourists. But again, good food, and good beer.

As you head west along the pedestrian zone, you will find numerous cafes and restaurants. For me, my tastes run to traditional Bavarian food, and so my favorite was always the Augustiner restaurant (associated with the Augustiner brewery). But you will find contemporary, cosmopolitan fare pretty much everywhere, too.

Munich boasts several excellent art collections, too, most notably the Pinakoteken (Old and New, created by the Wittlesbachs, and the more recently opened Modern), and the Lenbachhaus.

I realize I'm starting to gush with ideas, and you've only got a very short time! :) The best is probably to stroll around the old city center, take in the sights, and let the time give you ideas for a return trip when you have more time.

Prost!
Brad
 
Thank you Brad. That gives me a lot of ideas. I will want to sample Bavarian food.
 
I would prefer this three restaurants:
Augustiner Braustuben (or Boazn) directly next to the Augustiner brewery, in my opinion the best Munich beer
http://www.braeustuben.de/halle_en.php

Augustiner parent house
http://www.augustiner-restaurant.com/html/english.html

if you like more Weissbier:
Schneider Bräu parent house
http://www.schneider-brauhaus.de/anfahrt.de.php?node=78&lang=de
try the Weisswürste (Bavarian veal sausage)

Antique shops for tin/toy soldier are very hard to find, I don't know one. The next problem is that many antiques shops close on saturday at 12:00 or 14:00

If you want PM me your interests, then I can send you some information because I live in Munich.
 
Pauck,

Thanks. I have no particular ideas in mind. Just want to see Munich a little bit. Is the site of the Beer Hall Putsch still around?

Brad
 
If you happen upon any floh markets which occur regularly through out the summer months in various places through out the city keep an eye out for old composition soldiers from the 1930s as well as flats from almost any era. There is also a really cool toysolder/toy museum on Marien Platz and I posted photos from there when we visited it a while ago. It is in a tower and is very interesting. Love the town and from what I read everyone has really covered the eating places for you. Cant go wrong at the Hof Brau Haus...

Have a great trip!

Dave
 
jazzeum said:
Pauck,

Thanks. I have no particular ideas in mind. Just want to see Munich a little bit. Is the site of the Beer Hall Putsch still around?

Brad
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The Gasteig cultural center is on the location of the old Bürgerbräukeller. It's home to Munich's Philharmonic, and there are other musical facilities there. But the acoustics in the hall are considered to be poor by some.

You can see the Feldherrnhalle, though, and the street where the shooting took place.
 
...The weather has been really comfortable over here lately, too. When we arrived this time last year, Southern Germany was in the middle of a sweltering heat wave. This year is very comfortable comparatively. Great weather for strolling through an old city!
 
I am here in Munich after a couple of days in Feldkirchen for business. I wasn't able to walk around as much as I'd liked as I have some sort of problem with one of my arches but did get down to the Marienplatz. Undoubtedly, I will need to come again as I found Bavaria very pleasant and the people very nice.
 
Bad Aibling. This is a former US listening post that has been converted to a hotel, commercial and other uses.

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The Aschbacher Hof in Feldkirchen (both Bad Aibling and Feldkirchen are southeast of Munich). The food was tremendous. In the second photo you can see the Alps and Austria in the distance.

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