Munich - Food Market

(Local Name: Viktualienmarkt) The provision market which has been held in the square at the south end of the Old Town Hall since 1807 is a very characteristic feature of Munich life. In addition to numerous stalls selling fruit, vegetables, dairy produce, eggs, poultry, bread and cakes, there are also meat and fish halls. Particularly lively on Saturday mornings the Viktualienmarkt - much frequented, especially in the warmer months - and a gaily decorated maypole, a permanent fixture which adds further color to the scene.

The market boasts several fountains with statues of celebrated Munich figures still remembered with affection - the legendary comic actor Karl Valentin, the actress Liesl Karlstadt (1892-1960) who played opposite him for many years, the folk-singer Weiss Ferdl (1883-1949), Elise Aulinger (1891-1965), Roider Jakl (1906-75) and Ida Schumacher (1895-1956).