Hirschgarten - Munich

This cold, wintry weather here in New England is making think of sunnier times, sitting in a pleasant beer garden, and watching the world go by in total relaxation with not a care in the world.

There aren't many better places in the world to do just that than the Hirschgarten in Munich.  Aptly named since there is a deer park right next to the beer garden.  It's the biggest beer garden in Munich and by extension perhaps the biggest in the world.  It seats up to 8,000 people.  When we first arrived one sunny day in October it was fairly empty and you could barely see one end of it to the other.  It's that big.  But early afternoon there had to be a couple of thousand people there at least.  You can go self serve and fetch your own liter mug out of a closet and rinse it yourself before purchasing beer at a stand or sit near the main building and have waiter service.  They've got Augustiner Helles out of the barrel as well as other Augustiner beers and beers from Tegernsee.  The food is excellent.  I had a really nice pumpkin soup and some kind of radish plate.  But mainly it was just a really relaxing day.  As good a vacation day as I can ask for.

http://www.hirschgarten.com/

This picture was taking early afternoon when the place filled quite a bit.  There is a large beer and food stand to the right.

We sat near the main building.  It looked quite nice inside.  Serves as a good restaurant and beer hall when the weather is not so good.

Ingmar trying to decide what to eat.  Two beautiful liters of Bavarian Helles bier on the table.

The Great Dorff was pleased!  My wife loves a good Helles bier.

I can't wait to spend a lazy afternoon in the Hirschgarten again!