Munich Olympic Park Olympiapark

The 290m/950ft television tower, built in 1965-68, was renamed Olympiaturm (Olympic Tower) in honor of the Games. Of its two Körbe (pods), the Postkorb houses the telecommunications installations, and the Aussichtskorb a revolving restaurant and two viewing platforms affording a breathtaking panorama over the city. With a föhn wind blowing the Alps seem almost within touching distance of the tower.

Four gigantic silver cylinders soaring skywards above Munich's rooftops house the Head Offices of the Bayersiche Motorenwerke AG, better known as BMW. The distinctive 99m/325ft-high building is the creation of the Viennese architect Karl Schwanzer. The cloverleaf arrangement of the towers around a central shaft allows novel exploitation of the work space on individual floors.

At the foot of the skyscraper are the company's extensive vehicle works and multi-story parking lots.

Luitpoldpark was established in 1911 by Munich citizens who, on his 90th birthday, presented the popular Prince Regent, Prince Luitpold, with 90 lime trees, planting them in rows on the northwestern periphery of Schwabing. Later a wide range of facilities for sports and recreation were provided in this area.

After the Second World War the Schwabinger Schuttberg, a huge and unsightly mound of rubble from buildings destroyed by bombing, was landscaped and planted to make a pleasant hill and viewpoint known today as Luitpoldhügel (Luitpold Hill; 543m/1,782ft).