W-EBTM 2019 Munich (22nd to 24th of March) - General Information

[Ludwigsfeld]

I am excited that the next international winter meeting will take place in my hometown Munich! Please give me some time to create an amazing program, i will keep you informed on what i organized so far in this topic

Friday, 22.03.2019

17:00 Meetup for the people who are already in town at the Bavaria statue ( Theresienhöhe 16, 80339 München )
From there we can go by foot to the Bräuhaus (about 15 minutes)
18:00 Dinner at the "Paulaner Bräuhaus" (Kapuzinerplatz 5, 80337 München)
i reserved for 15 people there under the name "Valentin Müller"
English Menu Food Drinks Beer
German Menu Food Drinks Beer



Saturday, 23.03.2019

10:00 a.m. Meetup at Karlsplatz (Karlsplatz 1, 80335 München)
we will meet at the fountains. We will start our tour at 10:15 a.m., so that should be the latest moment for joining.

Then we will start our sightseeing tour by foot (however public transportation is reliable and a day ticket costs 6,70€ per person and is highly recommended for your commute between the official program! Discounted group tickets are also available and can be printed at home here):

1. Frauenkirche (Munich Cathedral)
2. Marienplatz(Central Square)---> Famous Bell Play at 12:00!
(a big Demonstration will take place at the Marienplatz at 13:30, so we should leave the area rather quickly after the bell play to be sure we will not collide with the people of the demonstration)

3. Viktualienmarkt (Market Square)
Short break at the Viktualienmarkt, and lunch time somewhere at the market square.

Then we will go on to

4. Staatliches Münzmuseum (Coin and Money Museum, entrance fee is 3,00€ and 2,00€ for discounted people (like students, seniors etc..))
5. Feldherrnhalle (Marshalls Hall, very good group foto opportunity!)
6. Hofgarten(Court Garden)
6a. (Only if the weather is good) Eisbachwelle(famous man made wave on the river)
7. Isartor (Main Gate of the old town)

Then we will have Dinner at 18:00 in the Wirtshaus in der Au. (Lilienstraße 51, 81669 München)
Reservation for 20 people under the Name "Eurobilltracker"

You can join or leave at any time of course if you like to explore the city on your own or go dothunting of course!


Sunday, 24.03.2019

Meetup at 10:00 am at the SUBWAY STATION "OLYMPIAZENTRUM (80809 München) "on the surface at the kiosk (located by the olympic tower, so you cant miss it )

Depending on the weather conditions, we can either go to the olympic park with a voluntary possibility of visiting the top of the olympic tower (291 meters high, observation platform at 190 meters), i would highly recommend this opportunity! (Entrance fee: 9€ for adults, 6€ for kids, if we are a group of more than 20 people we all just pay 6€!)

Or we can go to the BMW-WELT (Entrance is free), and the BMW MUSEUM (Entrance fee is 9€ if we are at least 5 people.)

The famous Olympiastadion is also visitable (3,50€, children for free).

Afterwards we will have a final visit to a café in the area. This will conclude the meeting!

[MARIUS-FFB]

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Some additional informations to Ludwigsfelds EBT meeting program in munich (in short words):

FRIDAY:
Meeting at 17:00 by the Bavaria and walking to the "Paulaner Bräuhaus" (reserved at 18:00 for 15 people):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.55887

SATURDAY:
Meeting at 10:00 by the Karlsplatz fountains and walking to Frauenkirche:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.57280
Further on to Marienplatz (Famous Bell Play at 12:00):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.57558
Afterwards to Viktualienmarkt:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.57625
Then to "Staatliches Münzmuseum" (Access charge 3,00€):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.57831
Short walk to Feldherrnhalle (Marshalls Hall, very good group foto opportunity!):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.57739
And northward to Hofgarten:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.58005

(Only if the weather is good) Eisbachwelle (famous man made wave on the river), then to Isartor:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.58773
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.58289

If the weather is bad, directly to Isartor (Main Gate of the old town):
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.58289

After visitig Isartor we will have Dinner at 18:00 in the Wirtshaus in der Au:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.58649
Reserved for 20 people under the Name "Eurobilltracker"

SUNDAY:
Meeting at 10:00 at the SUBWAY STATION "OLYMPIAZENTRUM" on the surface at the kiosk
and walking to the olympic tower if weather conditions are OK:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.55419
The famous Olympiastadion is also visitable (3,50€, children for free).

If weather is bad, we can go to the BMW-WELT (Entrance is free), and the BMW MUSEUM (Entrance fee is 9€ if we are at least 5 people.)
https://www.openstreetmap.org/direction ... 2C11.55888

Afterwards we will have a final visit to a café in the area. This will conclude the meeting!
Maybe: Cafe, Bar M1 inside the BMW Museum (https://www.bmw-welt.com/de.html#ace-175312098)
Maybe: Cafe, Snack bar Cooper's inside BMW Welt (https://www.bmw-welt.com/de/experience/ ... drink.html)
Maybe: Cafe, Restaurant Olympiasee (https://restaurant-olympiasee.de/speisekarte.html)

[tigerpranke]

Hi!

The meeting is in less than 3 weeks. Could you tell us more details about the plans for the weekend, please?

Thank you

[tralla]

Augustinerkeller? Bratwurst-Glöckel? Viktualienmarkt? Oberpollinger?
Who's playing at home: Unterhaching or 1860?
.... tralla

[Lasterpaule]

I'm coming Saturday and / or Sunday ... but:

I can not book a hotel if I do not know what the program is.
If necessary, I can also commute the few kilometers from home.

[Ludwigsfeld]

Sorry for the Delay, the first part of the program will be up today!

[Ludwigsfeld]

Attention!
Because of a demonstration at 13:30 on Saturday at the Marienplatz, we should leave the Marienplatz area at about 12:30! We will watch the bell play at the Rathaus at 12:00 a.m., and then we will leave the central square rather quickly, so we won't get into the crowd of the demonstration.
Just for your information!

[MuenzMuc]

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SUNDAY:
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Afterwards we will have a final visit to a café in the area. This will conclude the meeting!
Maybe: Cafe, Bar M1 inside the BMW Museum (https://www.bmw-welt.com/de.html#ace-175312098)
Maybe: Cafe, Snack bar Cooper's inside BMW Welt (https://www.bmw-welt.com/de/experience/ ... drink.html)
Maybe: Cafe, Restaurant Olympiasee (https://restaurant-olympiasee.de/speisekarte.html)

Not to mention the Olympia-Alm, the highest situated Biergarden in Munich (http://olympiaalm.de/)

[avij]

The last time I was in Germany Volksbank ATMs were the ATMs of choice for trackers, because they allowed to withdraw fivers. What's the recommendation nowadays?

[wisi]

I just forwarded this question into #ebt.de as this is highly dependend on the region.
The answer I got:
- No Volksbank in Munich, but you can try the "Münchener Bank"
- Sparkasse depends on the software version of the ATM, but they might offer the possibility to choose the values

Within Germany, Bavaria tends to be a bit different

[MuenzMuc]

Yes, "Münchener Bank" is very good to withdraw money. You can choose the nomination you want. (You have not to be a custumer of the bank!). Normally you can get . Some ATMs have and as well.
Oudside the city there are Genossenschaftsbank, VR-Bank and Raiffeisenbank. They are similar to Münchner Bank.

Stadtsparkasse and Kreissparkasse has or - it depends on the ATM. At most ATMs you can choose the nomination. (I think you not have to be a customer.)
Commerzbank ATMs are different. Available nominations are - it depends on the ATM. You also can choose the nomination, but maybe you have to be a customer.
Deutsche Bank is like Commerzbank, but only .

[avij]

Thanks for the hints! I went for a quick evening walk to see what I can find.

Apparently some Sparkasse ATMs have fivers and others don't. Those ATMs let me specify the total amount to be withdrawn, but I was unsure if there would have been a "choose the desired denominations" selection after the amount, so I aborted the transactions and ended up not withdrawing anything from the Sparkasse ATMs.

Bank für Sozialwirtschaft ATMs near Karlsplatz (Neuhauser Str.) would have let me withdraw 60x10e.

But Münchner Bank ATMs are the best. The first one I ran into was on Sonnenstrasse, a bit south-east from the central railway station. The Ein-/Auszahlung ATM let me withdraw 140x5e (700e) at once. I tried to withdraw another 140x5e, but apparently the machine ran out of fivers and I "only" got 97. Walking around more, I saw that there were several such Ein-/Auszahlung machines at a Münchner Bank near Frauenplatz (Augustinersstr.) but that place was closed. Maybe I'll go there tomorrow morning. Close to that bank was another Münchner Bank ATM, at Sattlerstrasse. This was an ordinary ATM, but to my surprise it also had fivers and it let me withdraw fivers in 60x batches. I took a few of those 60x batches until I reached my daily withdrawal limit. I'll get the rest tomorrow.

[GWR7007]

Although I cannot attend the meeting (and to be fair haven't ever been to Munich myself, therefore the information I provide might be wrong), I'd like to add a word or two about the Sparkasse especially.

Even though they are regionally organised, my experiences with ATM's in another German town showed that you have to be a customer to get a choice for notes. A while back you could not freely choose notes (just a sort of more smaller or more larger notes) however this has changed to a system similar to the Volksbank recently. Again, I have only seen (and tested) it in a couple of Sparkasse branches in the German member state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Whether they also have the new software in Bavaria is something I don't know. However, I assume that you can use the free choice when being a customer of any German Sparkasse. With my Dutch card I wasn't able to choose notes.

The Commerzbank ATM's work fine (with free choice of notes) with my Dutch card at least. On the German speaking part of the forum, we have a thread about the Commerzbank branches because customers of this bank can change notes at deposit/pay-out ATM's (as non-customer you can't do this; or to say I couldn't do so with my Dutch card), so this list might help to find the ATM's with the right denominations inside