Why go? You won't find a better place to relax in Munich. I also like the English park, but when walking through the Olympic Park it feels like it’s happening outside the city.
How to get there. The Olympic Park is located in the northern part of Munich, approximately 3.5 kilometers northwest of the Central Station. The most convenient way to get to the park is by metro. To the north of the Olympic Park is the Olympiazentrum station, to the east is the Petuelring station. From Central Station to the park there is line 8, when traveling from the center you need to use line 3. It takes about 10 minutes to get to the metro.Several ground transport lines are suitable for traveling to the park. Bus route 144 runs past the southern border of the park, and bus routes 173 and 180 stop from the northeast.
There are many roads around the park. Large, busy highways pass by the park, so getting to it by car is not a problem. The problem is finding free parking nearby. There is a paid fee, 7 euros per day. We were greedy, deciding that 7 euros would be of great use to us. I had to go east, to residential areas and park there. How to get. The park is open to the public all year round, but before you go for a walk, you need to check if there is a football match taking place that day. Located in the park, the stadium can accommodate tens of thousands of fans, and many thousands more gather nearby to cheer on the team. If the game is planned, the pleasure of the walk will inevitably be spoiled.
On the days of football matches and concerts, the park is too crowded. The park itself is accessible at any time of the day, but the facilities located on its territory operate according to a certain schedule. Those. The Olympic Stadium can be visited in the summer from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; in other months, its opening hours are reduced. The same situation applies to swimming pools, golf courses and other sports arenas. What to do. It’s perplexing how unusual the park looks. Its secret is that the entire, absolutely entire landscape is created artificially. The mountains are artificial, the ponds are man-made, we don’t even need to talk about the buildings. Fifty years ago, there was a colossal landfill on this site, where garbage was removed from the central areas of the city. The area was turned into a recreational area in preparation for the 1972 Olympic Games. The park covers an area of 85 hectares, and when I walked through it with friends, I tried to imagine what a huge amount of work the Germans had to do.
All this beauty was created by the hands of people. The Munich Olympic Park amazes with its landscapes and architecture at the same time. There are rarely large buildings in parks, except perhaps gazebos or small houses like Trianons. In Munich everything is different. The buildings are well integrated into the landscapes. Looking at their broken lines, you inevitably think that nature created them. I am sure that if the sports arenas of the Olympic Park make a strong impression on us, people spoiled by modern, unusual architecture, then in the 1970s they generally looked fantastic. 
Unusual architecture of buildings During our walks, we found many cozy places where we could relax in peace and quiet. Which is what we did repeatedly. But those who like active recreation also do not lose out when visiting the Olympic Park. They can go boating on the lake, run, swim, and not die of boredom, in short. I prefer beautiful landscapes, grass, trees, and I got them in full. 
Nutrition. Everything in the Olympic Park is thought out and adapted for the benefit of people. There is a restaurant and bistro on site, and an outdoor beer garden is open between April and September. What is good and what is bad. The park is large, beautiful, and convenient. I meticulously examined it, but could not find a single significant flaw.
The Olympic Park (German: Olympiapark) was the site of the XX Summer Olympic Games in 1972 in Munich. To this day it is a venue for sports, social and cultural events.
The term Olympic Park for the entire region has already taken root in everyday speech, but it is semi-official. There is no official name for this general area; moreover, it is divided into four different zones:
1. Olympic venues, venues for sporting events such as the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Arena with the Olympic Tower.
2. Olympic village, which is divided into a men's village and a women's village.
3. Olympic press center. Today it is a residential area with the Olympia shopping center.
4. Olympic Park with Olympic Mountain and Olympic Lake.
The total area of the Olympic Park is limited in the east by Lerchenauer Straße, in the north by Moosacher Straße, in the west by Landshuter Allee and Willi-Gebhardt-Ufer. Willi-Gebhardt-Ufer).
The once flat area of Oberwiesenfeld, the site of today's Olympic Park, bordered the city of Milbertshofen, which was incorporated into Munich in 1913. Until 1938, the Munich-Oberwiesenfeld civil airport was located on this site. In 1938, the year the airport closed, French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain landed here to sign the Munich Agreement. After the opening of the new Munich-Riem Airport (German: Flughafen München-Riem) in October 1939, the territory of the old airport was used until the end of the war by military aviation.
Since 1957, shortly before construction began on the Olympic Games facilities, the northern part of the field has been used by sports aircraft. The last plane took off here in March 1968. The southern part of the site was occupied between 1954 and 1967 to host the annual Bauma construction exhibition. Even before Munich was awarded the right to host the Olympic Games on this territory between 1965 and 1967. An ice stadium was built, which later became the Olympic Speed Skating Center. This building was used during the 1972 Olympics to host boxing matches. Another pre-Olympic building was built next to the skating rink - a television tower.
After the International Olympic Committee awarded Munich the right to host the Games in 1966, concrete plans were developed to redevelop the Oberwiesenfeld site. The slogan “Olympic Games in nature” was chosen as the development concept. Although the idea itself of building a sports complex in a green area was not new, this concept was completely new for the design of the Olympic Games venue. Also, the architecture of the Olympic Stadium, whose roof resembles a spider's web, stands out from the often monumental neoclassical Olympic venues completed before this time.
So, by the beginning of the 1972 Games, the Olympic complex had an Olympic village; press center; a tower with a height of 291.28 m, built between 1965 and 1968; swimming pool; Olympic arena, stadium and other sports grounds; tennis courts; The Olympic Park with the Olympic Mountain and the lake, on the shore of which the Teatron theater was located to host the cultural program of the Games.
How to get to the Olympic Park?
The Olympic Park can be reached by public transport, in particular by metro - line U3 or U8, stop "Olympic Center" (German: "Olympiazentrum").
Official site: www.olympiapark.de/de/olympiapark-muenchen/
Address: Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21
80809 Munich, Germany.
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In 1966, Munich was chosen to host the Summer Olympics, which were to take place in 1972. For this significant event, the Olympic Park (Olympiapark) was built in the city, which became one of the most famous attractions of Munich. It includes the Olympic Stadium, which seats about 80,000 spectators, the Olympic Swimming Pool, which often hosts […]
In 1966 Munich was chosen to host summer olympic games, which were supposed to take place in 1972. For this significant event, a Olympic Park (Olympiapark), which has become one of the most famous attractions in Munich. It includes Olympic Stadium, accommodating about 80,000 spectators, Olympic swimming pool, which often hosts rowing competitions, and Olympic Tower, giving you the opportunity to see the city and the nearby Alps in all their splendor. All these stunning structures were designed in the same style and decorated with huge metal nets and acrylic glass inserts.
Not far from the Olympic Park is located BMW complex, consisting of plant, car showroom and famous museum (BMW Museum). The entire structure looks like an alien ship and is covered with many solar panels that supply energy for lighting and heating a large number of rooms in the complex. If in the BMW showroom you can see the cars of the future, then the museum is the place where all the cars that have ever rolled off the factory’s assembly lines are located. Exciting excursions are held around the complex several times a day.
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21, 80809 München, Germany
olympiapark.de
BMW Museum
Am Olympiapark, 80809 München, Germany
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I’ll tell you honestly, I was not only surprised, but also upset to learn that the Bavarians voted with a majority in the referendum against holding the 2022 Winter Olympics on their soil. Perhaps this is the most obvious confirmation of the stereotype about the thrift and economy of Germans.
They called this decision a “protest against the corruption of the IOC” and declared their reluctance to spend money on a large-scale and, in fact, unprofitable event in any respect.
I don’t presume to judge to what extent the Olympic Games turned out to be profitable or unprofitable for Russia, but, as they write in the media, Sochi was almost completely rebuilt and, thanks to the Olympic Games, turned into a modern city with developed infrastructure, new sports facilities and an extensive tourist base, which forecasts should attract a flow of tourists.
As for Munich and Bavaria as a whole, there is no need for infrastructure development, nor for sports facilities and training facilities, which are sufficient both in the city itself and beyond, and, moreover, there is no need for tourists. Oktoberfest alone, which attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world, is worth it.
A completely different picture was in Munich before the 1972 Summer Olympics. It turns out that the metro was built in Munich precisely during the preparation for this Olympics.
Perhaps I’ll pause and explain why I started talking about the Olympic topic in the first place. On Saturday, Sasha and I went for a walk to the huge Olympic Park. I wanted to get here during my first trip to Munich, but then I couldn’t do it, and the weather was disgusting. This time the weather was kind to us: it was warm, if not hot. When we returned home, I started surfing the Internet looking for information about this park and learned a lot of interesting facts. Of course, everything had to be done the other way around: first read the history of its occurrence, and then competently go and look. But since I’m not a tourist, and will be able to visit this park more than once, I don’t really bother about it.
So it turns out that I first took a photo, and then, at home, I realized what I had photographed. You, dear friends, will be more lucky: photos and information about him will arrive at the same time :)
Munich family on a bike ride
We came to the park from Riestrasse, where then, in 1972, the Olympic press center was located, and now this building has become a shopping center - Olympia-Einkaufszentrum. From the very entrance to the park, we were caught up and overtaken, and we were also met by runners and cyclists. Not athletes, of course, but ordinary people.
Munich is generally a cycling city. Everything here is arranged so that a person can move around the city on a bicycle without any problems. Perhaps I will write about this in more detail in a separate article. As for running and runners, even on my first trip I was struck by a large number of people running around the city, and not necessarily in park areas. People run just like that - along the streets and courtyards, although, of course, they try to avoid busy highways. Well, running in the park is a sacred thing, especially in the Olympic Park.
The older generation prefers walking to running
In this panoramic photo behind the fields you can see from left to right: the 290-meter-high Olympic Tower, the pillars and part of the dome of the Olympic Stadium, and on the right the high-rise office center of the German telecom operator O2.
Sasha and I, like people hungry for warmth and summer, ran up to every flower to admire and capture it.
In the background is the same Olympic Stadium.
The Olympic Tower with 2 observation decks, a restaurant and a high-speed elevator that takes you upstairs in a matter of seconds. I have only heard all this, I have not yet experienced it myself. This will be one of many reasons to return here.
Sakura, cherry, kirschbaum (German - cherry tree) - no matter what you call it, it still blooms beautifully.
"Web" of the stadium dome.
These houses are the Olympic Village, where the athletes lived. Now, as far as I know, they have been converted into student dormitories.
BMW office center can be seen in the distance
On the territory of the Olympic Park there are not only sports facilities, but also the exhibition center of the automotive giant BMW. Entry there is absolutely free. We couldn't pass by.
Entrance to the BMW Exhibition Center
I saw a lot of these in Moscow.
I decided to “try it on” for myself.
Those who wish can play racing games.
New MINI model
But you can only look at this specimen, you cannot touch it. But, girls, if you want to meet a handsome, young German who knows about cars, you can break the rule, and he will immediately run up to you.
Then we went to look at motorcycles, which I don’t understand either, but I couldn’t help but try myself as a biker.
I'm getting used to the role.
Sasha liked this copy.
Even children prefer BMW
Reason #2 to come back here - visiting the BMW Museum
We return to the park. The very heart of the Olympic Park is Lake Olympia.
With fish
Young and very strong winds blow at the top. You can see it in my bangs.
And by my flying scarf.
The historical center of Munich from the top of the mountain.
Panorama: lake, stadium, tower.
It turns out that Olympia-stadium (Olympic Stadium) attracts tourists not only with its very unusual architecture, but also because from 1972 until recently it was the sports and cultural center of Munich. Until 2005, the stadium arena was the venue for home games of the football clubs Bayern Munich and Munich 1860, and concerts of world stars were also held here. Now football teams play in a new stadium - the Allianz Arena. Many bloggers note that this fact has led to some desolation of the Olympic Stadium due to lack of proper attention and care.
Regardless, I was surprised that this stadium has served the city for so long. It was even more surprising that architects are still wondering how, back in 1968, the chief architect of the Olympic Stadium, Frei Otto, managed to design such a complex and revolutionary structure for that time without the help of powerful computing resources that we have now. Therefore, I highly recommend that everyone planning to visit Munich include the Olympic Park in their tourist program. I, in turn, will definitely come back here again and again.
The Olympic Park (in German Olympiapark) in Munich was built specifically for the XX Summer Olympic Games in 1972. However, since then, the sports heritage of the Olympic Park has not only not been lost, it continues to develop and delight all sports fans.
The appearance of the park resembles a web of iron and glass. Despite the quirkiness and unusual shape of the roof (or, perhaps, precisely because of it), all the buildings and objects of the Olympic Park fit so organically into the landscape.
The Olympic complex includes stadiums (Olympic and aquatic), a velodrome, an ice skating rink and, of course, the famous 290-meter tower (Olympiaturm).
Today there is an observation deck on the tower, to which a high-speed elevator will take you. Therefore, I invite you to inspect the Olympic venues, as they say, from a bird’s eye view.
Athletics stadium with 69,000 seats,
Another open stadium for runners, jumpers and javelin throwers.
Channels
Walking and cycling paths
The roof of the indoor sports palace with 12,250 seats (for handball players, volleyball players, etc.) is clearly visible.
Tennis courts
There is also a cycling track (the white round plate in the center of the photo) and a water sports palace (in the lower right corner).
From Earth, the waterfowl habitat looks something like this (sorry, there is not only the palace in the frame):
Also from the tower you can clearly see BMW-Welt, which I wrote about in one of my previous reviews.
Visibility from the tower is excellent, up to 40 km, so in good weather you can see the city and its surroundings.
The tower has open and closed observation platforms.
In case of strong winds, the entrance to the open area is closed.
Football fans will certainly be interested in visiting the famous Allianz Arena.
Built in the shape of a somewhat flattened ball, the stadium is familiar to everyone who is at least somewhat familiar with football.
Our boys could not resist and sneaked inside, although the stadium was closed. But, as they say, hunting is worse than bondage.
If you are far from sports, then in the Olympic Park you can just take a walk, relax, sit and lie on the beautiful lawn.
You can get to the Olympic Park by metro, line U3, station Olympia-Einkaufszentrum.
Dear travelers, athletes and people far from sports, take a look at the Olympic Park and soak up the sports atmosphere.
Maybe next time you'll be inspired by these handsome runners and grab some sneakers or a ball, who knows...
