As the name implies it is a residential area for students, the largest in Germany (see sources below). We saw a pub and a small coffee shop in the area and of course, the lovely Englisher Garten that stretches out behind the residential area.
The day was beautiful for exploring, but our first sights were everything but. Tall buildings looking dirty and run down, neighboured by flat almost perfectly square buildings looking somewhat depressed and all around a noticeable layer of trash playing in the mild breeze. Our adventure ahead looked pretty dull..
Our very first step (no, not exaggerating) out of the residential area proved us very wrong. There was something behind a bunch of trees that looked like a wooden train cart! We went closer to inspect it, but our attention was properly drawn away by the teepee standing not far from it! Yes! A teepee! Fully equipped with barbecue and wooden stumps for seats! We were still busy inspecting the teepee when we saw a forest pizza oven! ('Silver Spoon' anyone?) Covered with fallen branches and leaves and maybe broken beyond repair, but I wanted nothing more than to sit around it with coffee and good friends, while waiting for our homemade pizzas to bake within it.
The whole area was actually a kindergarden called Waldkindergarten Kallamatsch. Only fitting that we felt like wide-eyed youngsters making great discoveries =P
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We went toward a bunch of tennis courts where we saw another interesting thing! It looked like a blowup dome covering an entire tennis court and we heard people playing inside! Maybe this is a normal appearance for some, but I have never seen that before!
Not much further we came across beach volleyball! Yes, the discoveries continued!
We crossed the rail to the more industrial part of Studentenstadt. It was far less exciting than beach volleyball and hidden teepees, yet it was here that I found the special something worth a 'challenge postcard'. And ofcourse, it was also here that we took part in something far more exciting than most of my recent experiences: Hint Quest!
Ever you played a quest puzzle game on PC? Yeah? Well these guys created a real life version! You and your team are locked in a room and need to find and piece together clues in order to get out! You have one hour to complete the quest. (They open the door if you fail, don't worry =P) I recommend this to every person out there! You can decide at what difficulty you want to play the game, with the current record for the most difficult option being solved within 40 minutes by six people. We were 5 people and played at medium level, solving it in just over 40 minutes. Teams of 2 - 6 people can play, but bigger teams are recommended. You don't have to have any math skill or speak German. 100 Euros for 1 hour of play.
SOMUCHFUN!!
Ahaha, and now for something somewhat disappointing: The highest beer garden in Munich. That's what I read online anyway. Not only was it hard to find the actual address of the place, but it was a complete dump. We were standing on the flats of Studentenstadt between the towers of student housing and looked for any sort of land elevation. My husband said: "It's probably on a building or something." And pointed to the tallest one within view. And so it was! That exact building! The picture I managed to get on my cellphone was even taken from that exact spot we were standing at at that time! There were no signs or any indication on the ground floor that the beer garden was there. It almost felt like we were trespassing as we took the scariest elevator ride EVER to the 19th floor of Hanns-Seidel-Haus.
The beer garden was closed and in very poor condition. Almost worse than our forest pizza oven =/
Well, anyhoo!, Here's the Studentenstadt challenge :) If you want to do this then there is a nice place to grab a bite nearby - check here.
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Places of interest:
Beach Arena
www.beacharena.de
Föhringer Ring 5
Google maps
Hint Quest
www.hintquest.com/en/
Company House Munchen, Frankfurter Ring 193a
Google maps
Studentenstadt also has a yearly music/theater festival in May/June:
www.stustaculum.de
A place we didn't visit, but that might be interesting is Domagkateliers. It's a studio apartment which offers creative space for over 140 artists and a showroom.
If you are looking to stay in Studentenstadt you might find this site interesting. I also used this site to gather some of my info.
