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Deutsches Theater
Touring Broadway productions and shows like Stomp or Blue Man Group find a temporary home at the Deutsches Theater
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Die Carmens
This sizzling venue for dancing, cruising and drinking attracts the entire GLBT community with quirky décor and an upbeat music mix of '80s, charts and club sounds. Transgendered folks get in for free.
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Dreigroschenkeller
Cosy and labyrinthine, this cellar pub has rooms based upon Bertolt Brecht's Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera), ranging from a prison cell to a red satiny salon. There's great beer and wine, and an extensive menu (mostly hearty German stuff).
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Eat the Rich
Strong cocktails served in half-litre glasses quickly loosen inhibitions at this sizzling 'meet' market where wrinkle-free hotties mix it up with banker types halfway up the career ladder. A great spot to crash when the party's winding down everywhere else. Food is served till .
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Erste Liga
You better be a top-rated 'player' to make it into hot 'n heavy 'Premier League'. Beyond the velvet rope awaits a stylish basement club dressed in shock green where high-profile DJs whip the crowd into a frenzy with sassy electro. The cool dance floor lights up with LEDs.
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FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München is one of the most successful soccer clubs in history and has won the German cup and other championships more often than any other team. Home games are at the Allianz Arena and usually sell out far in advance. Tickets can be ordered online. Watch the team training for free at Säbener Strasse 51 (M02D6) in Harlaching. Take the U1 to Mangfallplatz, then bus 139 to Säbener Strasse.
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Götterspeise
If the Aztecs thought of chocolate as the elixir of the gods, then this shop-cum-café must be heaven. Cocoa addicts satisfy their cravings with rave-worthy French chocolate cake, thick hot drinking chocolate, handmade ganache and even chocolate-flavoured 'body paint' for those wishing to double their sins.
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Günther Murphy's Irish Tavern
One of the most popular Irish pubs in Munich, this cellar bar is usually packed to the gills with a good mix of locals, expats and tourists. Well worth a visit.
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Harry Klein
An amazing alchemy of electro sound and visuals, this party palace gets a punky-funky crowd fired up for extended dance-a-thons. Great place to crash in the wee hours. Major cool factor: live video art mixes projected onto the walls.
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Hide-Out
This blues joint draws national and international talent but keeps cover charges wallet-friendly (free to around €15 ). It's fun any day, but Thursday's jam sessions are legendary.
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Hirschau
This beer garden for 1700 people has live jazz almost daily in summer, and Spaten and Franziskaner on tap. Kids get their kicks on the playground and adjacent minigolf course. Take the U6 to Dietlindenstrasse, then it's a 15-minute walk.
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Hirschgarten
The 'Everest' of Munich gardens can accommodate up to 8000 Augustiner lovers, but still manages to feel airy and uncluttered. It's in a lovely spot in a former royal hunting preserve and rubs up against a deer enclosure and a carousel. Steer here after visiting Schloss Nymphenburg - it's a only a short walk south of the palace.
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Hofbräuhaus
Definitely the mecca of beer halls. We can't stop you from making the pilgrimage but we bet that after witnessing the drunken shenanigans, you'll agree that there are more civilised imbibing options in town. The beer garden offers some sensory relief.
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Hofbräukeller
Not to be confused with its better-known cousin in the city centre, this sprawling, very atmospheric restaurant-cum-beer garden retains an early 20th century air. Locals in Tracht (traditional costume) come here to guzzle big mugs of foaming beer alongside the regular specials of roast pork (around €5 ).
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Jazzbar Vogler
This intimate watering hole brings some of Munich's baddest cats to the stage. You never know who'll show up for Monday's blues-jazz-Latin jam session. Cover (none to around €7 ) is added to your final bill, allowing you to listen in for a bit before committing to staying.
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Jazzclub Unterfahrt
Like a fine wine, Unterfahrt only gets better with age. The crowd defines the word 'eclectic' and so do the acts which range from old bebop to edgy experimental. The Sunday open jam sessions are legendary. A must for Blue Note fans.
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Jazzclub Unterfahrt im Einstein
This is perhaps the best-known place in town with live gigs from 9pm, and sometimes it pulls international stars such as Al Porcino and his big band. There's a small art gallery in one corner and open jam sessions on Sunday nights.
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Jodlerwirt
One of Munich's earthiest pubs has an accordion-playing host and stand-up comic who spread good cheer in yodelling sessions at the upstairs bar. By the end of the evening you'll find yourself locked arm-in-arm with complete strangers.
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K&K
Only the name and some of the furnishings recall the days when this was a stuffy Austrian gourmet restaurant and not an upbeat DJ-and-drinks den. Creative lighting gives even pasty-faced hipsters a healthy glow.
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Kilombo
Having been kicked out of its Haidhausen outpost, Christian Blau reopened his cult pub in September 2007 in multicultural Westend, which he considers Munich's most 'urban' area. Check your attitude at the door and make new friends over reasonably priced drinks and at occasional literary readings.
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Kino am Königsplatz
In late July, cineastes gather in front of the majestic neoclassical setting of this central square to take in the latest blockbusters. Come early to stake out a good spot and bring pillows, blankets and snacks.
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Kino, Mond & Sterne
The repertory at this heavenly al fresco amphitheatre runs mostly towards Hollywood classics, including several in English. Take the U6 to 'Westpark'. Come early to stake out a good spot and bring pillows, blankets and snacks.
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Komödie am Max II
The Komödie am Max II is the place to catch lightweight comedies, often starring German TV actors.
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Kultfabrik
If you've been to Munich before, you may remember this 'fun ghetto' near the Ostbahnhof as Kunstpark Ost. Now the former dumpling factory has a different name but it's still the same party mecca for libidinous kids and has more than a dozen, mostly mainstream, venues. Electro and house beats charge up the crowd at the loungy apartment 11, the Asian-themed Koi and at the small and red cocktail cantina called Die Bar.
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Löwenbräukeller
This place deserves a mention for its many earthy locals, a relative lack of tourists and a grand main hall with regular Bavarian music and heel-slapping dances on stage. There's also a large and labyrinthine beer garden.
