mkuhlma
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I would like to encourage you: Munich is definitely a charming and beautiful town. Back in the 60s and 70s it was sometimes called "the secret capital city of Germany" 
. There is a lot of good food in there - you should try the Bavarian "Brotzeit" :daumenhoch_smilie: .
Above all (!) you should take your cameras and lenses and explore the Olympic Park north from the town's centre (just take the subway) : You will be able to take pictures of THE ROOF which has been called one of the most important German contributions to world architecture.
It was a symbol of the 1972 Summer Olympics where the new Germany (FRG) tried to present itself to the world: as the opposite of the Nazi barbarity which had set up the 1936 Berlin Olympics. So the architecture of the park and the stadium in Munich is the opposite of the Nazi architecture (which can still be explored in Berlin). Just last month, the European athletics championships took place in there and it was a huge success.
As for the transparent roof and the stadium, you may take a closer look here. (This cosmopolitan 1972 opening ceremony :daumenhoch_smilie: is one of the very few aspects which make me, as a German, really proud of my country.) Fortunately the architecture has not been changed during those past 50 years. I suppose that regardless of the weather, the roof will work perfectly as an object to take pictures of.
I myself have also planned to take a trip to Munich with two or three analogue cameras (with slide films in colour and black&white) and my lenses only to take photos of the Olympic Park, Stadium and the roof.
Michael
. There is a lot of good food in there - you should try the Bavarian "Brotzeit" :daumenhoch_smilie: .Above all (!) you should take your cameras and lenses and explore the Olympic Park north from the town's centre (just take the subway) : You will be able to take pictures of THE ROOF which has been called one of the most important German contributions to world architecture.
It was a symbol of the 1972 Summer Olympics where the new Germany (FRG) tried to present itself to the world: as the opposite of the Nazi barbarity which had set up the 1936 Berlin Olympics. So the architecture of the park and the stadium in Munich is the opposite of the Nazi architecture (which can still be explored in Berlin). Just last month, the European athletics championships took place in there and it was a huge success.
As for the transparent roof and the stadium, you may take a closer look here. (This cosmopolitan 1972 opening ceremony :daumenhoch_smilie: is one of the very few aspects which make me, as a German, really proud of my country.) Fortunately the architecture has not been changed during those past 50 years. I suppose that regardless of the weather, the roof will work perfectly as an object to take pictures of.
I myself have also planned to take a trip to Munich with two or three analogue cameras (with slide films in colour and black&white) and my lenses only to take photos of the Olympic Park, Stadium and the roof.
Michael
