Munich Viktualienmarkt Food Tour: Sausage, Beer & Local Tastings

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What’s the experience like?

We were already halfway through our first Weißbier when Anna, our guide, slid a plate of Weisswurst in front of me and grinned—“Don’t use mustard until you’ve tried it plain.” I did as told. The sausage was softer than I expected, almost delicate, and the smell of fresh pretzel (Brezn) mixed with the yeasty tang of the beer garden. It’s funny how quickly you forget you’re standing just off Marienplatz, with all those crowds behind you. Here it felt like we’d slipped into someone’s breakfast ritual.

Walking through Viktualienmarkt was honestly a bit overwhelming at first—so many stalls shouting color and smells: pickles, smoked meats, flowers. Anna pointed out the Maypole and told us how the market has been running since 1807; she even waved to an old vendor who handed her a slice of something fried (she shared it around). There was this moment where I just stood still, listening to people chatting in Bavarian dialects, trying to figure out what half the words meant. I probably looked lost but nobody seemed to mind.

Lunch kind of snuck up on us—one minute we were nibbling slices of cured meat in bread, next there was coffee and homemade cake on the table. Someone in our group tried to order tea in German (not sure what came out but it made Anna laugh). The weather kept changing its mind—sun for five minutes, then clouds—but honestly that just made sitting under the chestnut trees with a cold Helles beer feel even better. I still think about that view over the market stalls, all that life going on below us.