Is there anywhere more Christmassy than Munich? Not on my visit. A heavy snowfall extended two days into five, with the city shimmering and shining in the sunshine under its white cloak.
Christmas markets played out in most of Munich’s squares, scenting the air with Glühwein, and on the streets, shop windows enticed - from Dallmayr’s Christmas tree of sea shells, to the bakeries on street corners, with their gingerbread houses. Even the many art museums seem to put Christmas centre stage. At the Alte Pinakothek art museum, Gauguin’s Tahitian interpretation of the nativity is on display alongside more traditional versions by the Renaissance masters. An echo of which can be found in wood in Munich’s own long-standing traditional cribs which dot the city from now until Epiphany.
