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At the museum, I check out the earliest hop-picking machines and learn how the Industrial Revolution transformed the Hallertau from one of Germany’s poorest regions into one of its richest. At the shop, I offload a lot of euros on hop-infused merchandise, including bath salts and a potent-looking spirit. For a final toast to Munich, it’s got to be the city’s


leafy Viktualienmarkt. In this huge open-air market and beer garden, tipples from Munich’s largest breweries are served in rotation. It’s open year-round, and I recommend pairing a stein (or two) with local


delicacies from the market stalls – try the delicious weißwurst (white sausages). At the centre of the market


is a towering flagpole (or maibaum, the German word for maypole). The one in Viktualienmarkt features the logos of Munich’s oldest breweries, alongside carved silhouettes that include a stein-clutching monk. Munich’s beer was once mainly brewed in monasteries and it’s a reference to the Munich Purity Law of 1487, which stipulated that beer could be brewed using only barley, hops and water – the basic ingredients still used today. The rest, as they say, is history.


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