Allianz Arena
Only three years after the foundation stone was laid, the Allianz Arena was officially inaugurated in May 2005. The project was financed equally by the Bavarian capital’s two soccer clubs, TSV 1860 München and FC Bayern München. The design is by the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron of Basel.
The three-tiered arena has a capacity of 69,900 seats, of which 2,200 are "business seats". The playing field has a surface of 8,000 m². A total of 2,874 inflated foil panels form the 64,000 m² roof and façade: the biggest membrane shell in the world. Huge fans inside the stadium keep the panels inflated at a constant pressure.
The lighting is the most spectacular aspect of the futuristic construction: the façade lights up in a white and blue or red and white pattern, depending on which of the two Munich teams is playing.
BMW World Center
Since 2007 automobile enthusiasts have a new place to go to in Munich: the BMW Welt Munich. Next to the Olympic Park and the BMW Museum, it stands out in the shape of a double-cone and offers visitors the chance to experience the BMW brand with all their senses. On two levels, even complex developments are presented here in a simple way that everyone can understand.
Besides one of the world's largest permanent automobile presentations in the plaza, the conspicuous building offers space for changing special exhibitions on different topics such as economics, politics, technology, society, art and culture. In the basement, interactive tables with displays provide an individual explanation of the subject areas.
For those who are purchasing a new BMW, the BMW Welt turns into a highlight not least when they receive from BMW their newly acquired car in this interactive delivery centre. In the BMW Welt Junior Campus information on mobility is intelligibly conveyed through active participation to young people between seven and 13 years of age.
The Deutsches Theater
The Deutsches Theater is unique in the German theatre landscape. Established in 1896 as a stage for spoken drama by young Naturalist playwrights, the theatre evolved only one year later into the Bavarian Royal Residence's most glamorous variety venue. With only a few interruptions, the repertoire of Munich's second-largest theatre (with approximately 1600 seats) has since been dominated by international musical entertainment – a theatrical genre which the theatre is to this very day decidedly committed to. The list of stars who have performed at the Deutsches Theater is long and goes from the Bavarian comedian Karl Valentin to the magician David Copperfield and from Josephine Baker to Richard Chamberlain.
