Maxvorstadt
Suits students and anyone whose days revolve around universities, the Pinakotheken and café tables, with Universitat station three minutes away.
🇩🇪 Where to live in Munich
Munich's residential areas sit close together, and most of the ones listed here have a rapid-transit station within a few minutes' walk. The differences are in character: the Altstadt is the city's public stage, Maxvorstadt and Schwabing lean academic and café-oriented, while Bogenhausen and Lehel are quieter and more stately. West and south of the centre, Neuhausen-Nymphenburg, Sendling and Westend trade some of that formality for broader streets, park edges and a more mixed everyday feel.
Open Munich on the map Live scores for transit, cafes, schools and healthcare, calculated from what is actually around each address.Which area suits whom
Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
Works for families who want broad streets, palace gardens nearby and a relaxed pace on the west side, with Rotkreuzplatz a four-minute walk.
Glockenbachviertel
For residents who want a creative, queer-friendly setting with canal-side bars and boutiques on the doorstep and Fraunhoferstrasse three minutes away.
Bogenhausen
Fits those looking for villa-colony calm east of the Isar in an established, embassy-lined setting, with Prinzregentenplatz four minutes on foot.
10 neighborhoods
Altstadt (Marienplatz)
Glockenspiel square · Viktualienmarkt · The city's stage
- Nearest station: Marienplatz · 100 m · 2 min walk
Maxvorstadt
Museum quarter & universities · Pinakotheken · Café society
- Nearest station: Universitat · 200 m · 3 min walk
Schwabing
Bohemian legend gone elegant · English Garden edge
- Nearest station: Munchner Freiheit · 200 m · 3 min walk
Glockenbachviertel
Creative & queer-friendly · Canal-side bars · Boutiques
- Nearest station: Fraunhoferstrasse · 200 m · 3 min walk
Haidhausen
French quarter lanes · Beer halls · Village-in-the-city
- Nearest station: Ostbahnhof · 300 m · 4 min walk
Lehel
Between Isar and English Garden · Stately & central
- Nearest station: Lehel · 200 m · 3 min walk
Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
Palace gardens · Family broad streets · Relaxed west
- Nearest station: Rotkreuzplatz · 250 m · 4 min walk
Bogenhausen
Villa colony east of the Isar · Embassies · Old money
- Nearest station: Prinzregentenplatz · 250 m · 4 min walk
Sendling
Wholesale market & Isar meadows · Honest & affordable
- Nearest station: Implerstrasse · 250 m · 4 min walk
Westend (Schwanthalerhohe)
Multicultural & compact · Theresienwiese next door
- Nearest station: Schwanthalerhohe · 200 m · 3 min walk