Freddie Mercury’s Munich

Musicland Studios occupied the windowless basement of the Arabella Hochhaus, a high-rise building in Munich. Founded by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder in the early nineteen seventies, this space became a hub for international musicians…

The Sugar Shack occupies a space in the Werksviertel-Mitte district, a venue characterized by its dedication to live rock music. This establishment carries the name of a legendary rock discotheque that operated on Herzogspital Street from…

Zum Alten Markt is a restaurant tucked away on the small Dreifaltigkeitsplatz, just east of the bustling Viktualienmarkt. You can identify the interior by its elaborate, coffered wooden paneling, which dates back four centuries. This…

The Hotel Deutsche Eiche on Reichenbach Street occupies a building first constructed in eighteen sixty-two. Its facade is a neoclassical design, standing as one of the earliest structures in the Gärtnerplatz district. While the site…

Paradiso Tanzbar sits on Rumfordstraße, identifiable by a storefront that maintains the aesthetic of a classic disco era club. The space, which occupies roughly one hundred square meters, has a history as a fixture in the city's nightlife,…

Sebastiansplatz is defined by a distinct, curving row of historic bourgeois houses that stand as the oldest intact line of residential buildings in Munich. Paved with traditional bishop-miter granite stones, the square sits within the…

The Ochsengarten sits on Müllerstraße, identifiable as a traditional, plain-fronted building that has operated as a bar since eighteen fifty. While it once served as an ordinary restaurant for cattle market workers and later as a wine bar…