Munich shops with quiet confidence: a wax-chandler pouring candles since 1557, loden cutters on Maffeistraße, Herzog & de Meuron courtyard arcades and a timber Schwabing market hall. Three days of Bavarian craft, design and souvenirs worth unpacking.
Schwabing's permanent market has traded since 1903 and reopened in 2024 under a new timber hall — roughly 20 stalls of Allgäu cheese, game sausage, cut flowers and Franconian wine. Mon–Fri 8:00–18:00, Sat to 15:00.
The green-and-white delicatessen on Dienerstraße has supplied the Bavarian court since the 1700s — coffee roasted in-house, a live crayfish tank in marble, over 100 cheeses and pralines. Mon–Sat 9:30–19:00, closed Sundays.
The German 'good old things' retailer at Dienerstraße 12 stocks cast-iron pans, loden slippers, Solingen scissors, enamelware and wooden toys, with a grocery and bakery counter at the back. Mon–Sat 9:30–19:00.
The wax-drawing workshop at Rindermarkt 1 has poured candles since 1557 under the same family trade — hand-dipped beeswax tapers, votives and painted Bavarian church candles. Mon–Fri 9:00–18:00, Sat to 16:00.
Munich's grandest avenue, laid out by Maximilian II in the 1850s, runs from the Residenz to the Isar past Loro Piana, Etro, Bottega Veneta and the jeweller Hemmerle, whose workshop still sets stones in iron.
Herzog & de Meuron's 2003 arcade threads five linked courtyards between Theatinerstraße and Kardinal-Faulhaber-Straße — a hanging garden sphere, Ludwig Beck's music floor and around 60 shops. Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00.
The streets radiating from the 1865 Gärtnerplatz theatre hold Munich's independents — Rosalie & Amelie womenswear, Hand of Gold jewellery, Talking Textiles fabrics — in Gründerzeit ground floors. Most open 11:00–19:00, closed Sunday.
The concept store on Rosental spreads Scandinavian and Japanese menswear, niche fragrance, ceramics, magazines and sneakers across two floors in a converted Altstadt building near the Rindermarkt. Mon–Sat, closing 19:00.
The royal manufactory founded in 1747 still hand-paints every piece; its store at Briennerstraße 4 sells Bustelli Rococo figurines, Cumberland dinnerware and single espresso cups. Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00.
A small shop that turns Bavarian clichés into good design — enamel mugs, dialect dictionaries, 'Grantler' tea towels, Alpine playing cards and radler soap. Most items sit between €5 and €30, clearing a souvenir list fast.
The Trachten house has cut loden cloth since 1842 — dirndls, deer-horn buttons, Haferl shoes and boiled-wool janker jackets over five floors, with in-house alterations and a designer section upstairs. Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00.
The student streets behind the university stack second-hand finds: Pick & Weight vintage sold by the kilo, Optimal Records for vinyl, antiquarian bookshops and small leather ateliers. Most open 11:00–19:00.