Olympiapark Munich: Five Sights, Hours and Prices

If you came for the Olympic towers, plan around them. The Olympic Tower is closed and is expected to reopen to all visitors from October 2027, according to the park's tower page. The Olympic Stadium has been closed since September 2025 for a renovation of about two to three years, says the park's stadium page. Munich's other big sights still work well for a day or two. For old-town sights such as the munich glockenspiel, which plays daily at 11 am and 12 noon on Marienplatz, use our walking tours instead.

1. Olympiapark Munich: tower and stadium closed

Olympiapark Munich has no big ticketed sight open right now. The Olympic Tower is 291 metres tall, the tallest building in the city, and its viewing platform is closed until about October 2027. The stadium cannot be visited either.

The park's pages list no entry fee for the grounds, so walking the paths and the lakeside costs nothing that we found. What costs money are the separate tours and sights, such as the tower and stadium visits, which are closed now. Check the day you go on olympiapark.de. The park publishes no opening hours for the grounds, and no official page we found gives prices for its separate tours and sights, so those are not given here. Wear good shoes, because there is a lot of open walking.

BMW Welt is close to the park. Take the U3 to Olympiazentrum. From Marienplatz, the park's visitor page gives no route and no U-Bahn line or station, and no official page we found states one. The U3 to Olympiazentrum is the station named by BMW Welt, so look up your exact trip from Marienplatz on mvg.de, the city's transport site. Cash does not work for tickets at BMW, so bring a card.

Pro Tip Do the Olympic Park first and BMW Welt second. Both are on the U3 at Olympiazentrum, so you only ride the train once.

2. BMW Welt and the BMW Museum: free hall, paid museum

BMW Welt is free to enter, and the BMW Museum costs €17. That is the difference between the two, and many visitors mix them up. BMW Welt is the exhibition hall where new cars are shown and handed over. The museum is the separate building with the company's history.

According to BMW's visitor page, BMW Welt is open Monday to Saturday from 7:30 am to midnight and on Sundays and public holidays from 9 am to midnight. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, with the last entry at 5:30 pm. It is closed on Mondays. A reduced ticket costs €9, and a family ticket for two adults and up to three children under 18 costs €38.

BMW Welt is also closed from 24 to 26 December 2026 and from 31 December 2026 to 1 January 2027. If you want tickets or a guided visit, see the bmw museum page for what to book.

3. Nymphenburg Palace: the best palace for a half day

Nymphenburg Palace costs €10 for the palace alone, or €16 for the combined winter ticket. The combined ticket covers the palace and the Marstallmuseum with the porcelain museum. From mid-October to March the park pavilions are closed, so the winter ticket is cheaper. These prices are from the palace administration's price page.

The palace and Marstallmuseum are open daily from 10 am to 4 pm from 16 October to March. The last entry is 30 minutes before closing. The Lacquer Cabinet (Room 13) is closed for restoration until the end of 2027. Everything is closed on 1 January, Shrove Tuesday, and 24, 25 and 31 December.

The park itself costs nothing to enter, and the main gate opens at 6 am in winter. To get there, ride the U-Bahn to Rotkreuzplatz and change to a tram for the stop Schloss Nymphenburg. The ticket and fare rules are in our transport guide.

You can walk through on your own or book a guide. A pre-reserved palace entry ticket is from €22 per person. It is a resold ticket, so it costs more than the palace's own €10, and it leaves out the Museum of Porcelain and a guide. A 2-hour guided tour with the Carriage Museum is from €75 per person for up to 25 people, in English, with skip-the-line tickets. For a deeper look, see our Nymphenburg Palace page.

4. The Munich Residenz: the city-centre palace

The Munich Residenz costs €10 for the museum, €10 for the treasury, and €15 for both. The Cuvilliés-Theater adds €5, and a ticket for all three costs €20. These are the 2026 prices on the Residenz price page.

From 26 October to 27 March the Residenzmuseum and the Schatzkammer are open daily from 10 am to 5 pm, with the last entry at 4 pm. The Cuvilliés-Theater has shorter hours. In winter it is open Monday to Saturday from 2 pm to 5 pm and on Sundays and holidays from 10 am to 5 pm. The Residenz is closed only on 1 January, Shrove Tuesday, and 24, 25 and 31 December. An audio guide is free.

The Court Garden (Hofgarten) is free to enter, so it is the cheap way to see the Residenz if you are short on money. The address is Residenzstraße 1. The nearest stops are Marienplatz and Odeonsplatz on the U-Bahn. There is no visitor car park. Details on the building itself are on our Munich Residenz page.

5. Deutsches Museum: a full day indoors

The Deutsches Museum on Museumsinsel costs €16 until 1 November 2026 and €18 from 2 November. A discounted ticket goes from €9 to €11, and children under 6 are free. Opening hours are daily from 9 am to 5 pm, with the last entry at 4:30 pm, according to the museum's admission page. It is closed on 24, 25 and 31 December and on 1 January.

The museum is big. Plan at least half a day. The second half of the building is being renovated, with the work due to finish in 2028. We could not confirm which halls are closed right now, so check before you go if one exhibit is your reason to come.

An entry ticket with a downloadable audio guide is from €16 per person. The museum's own price rises to €18 on 2 November 2026, so the listed price may change.

How to choose between the five sights

Pick by what you can pay and how far you want to travel. The table shows each sight at a glance.

The Best Travel Destinations' count of GetYourGuide listings for Munich on 28 October 2026 found 32 listings that name one of these sights in their title. Nymphenburg has the most, with 15 of them. Few listings name the Olympic Park or the BMW Museum, so for those two you mostly buy at the sight itself.

Key Takeaway Only BMW Welt and the Court Garden are clearly free. The Olympic Tower is closed until about October 2027, and the Deutsches Museum rises from €16 to €18 on 2 November 2026.

A sight with no ticket at the gate can still charge for the best part.

One honest limit applies. If you only have one day and want the Olympic Tower view, none of these sights replaces it, and it will stay closed until October 2027. If you want a second plan for the day, our Munich Residenz and Nymphenburg Palace pages cover the palaces in more detail.