If you live in Munich, you don’t necessarily have to leave the city to see fields and forests or to go on a day out to a bathing area. Water, forest and public parks make up about 20 percent of the municipal area, offering many possibilities for recuperation, relaxation, games and sports. The huge (3.7 sq km) English Gardens, the Olympic Park, the Hellabrunn zoo, the Nymphenburger Schlosspark (Nymphenburg Palace Park), many swimming lakes, as well as the relaxation areas and many kilometers of cycling and strolling paths along the Isar make Munich a true leisure paradise. And if the possibilities within the city aren’t enough, one fabulous destination for day trippers after the other lines up in every direction beyond the city limits. The lakes Starnber­ger See, Ammersee and Chiemsee, the mountains Brauneck and Zugspitze, romantic castles such as the Märchenschloss (fairy-tale castle) Neu­schwanstein, constructed by the storied King Ludwig II, as well as waterfalls, ravines and forests are more or less at Munich’s doorstep.

Embedded in this landscape – which is already spectacular on its own – many adventure parks and attractions for the whole family wait to be discovered. In Bad Tölz, for example, the longest (1286 m) summer toboggan run in Germany winds down the Blomberg mountain. And the German Legoland is located near Günzburg, only about 90 minutes by car from Munich. Furthermore, a special highlight for young and old alike is a visit to the Bavaria Filmstadt movie studios in Geiselgasteig in southern Munich. During a guided tour, visitors can view the original settings of various movies such as Das Boot, Asterix & Obelix and Vi­cky’s home town of Flake, including the original Viking ship from Michael Bully Herbig’s film Vicky the Viking. Besides experiencing a 4-D adventure theater with moving seats and a revolutionary sound system, visitors have also been able to visit “Bullyversum’’ since summer 2011. This is a unique movie experience world with original display items from Bully’s life and films.