Get out of Munich with the Deutschlandticket

München – Traveling by train is a great thing, as long as punctuality is not the measure of all things. There is a lot to see, especially around Munich and the rest of Bavaria, just by looking out the window. If traveling by train alone is too boring for you, here are a few tips for the weekend that combine shorter and slightly longer train journeys with excursions. The AZ tips are all free of main route chaos (see below).

To Lake Tegernsee: Clean air, char and the special exhibition “Gerhard Richter”

So why not take the train to Tegernsee again? Tegernsee train station can be reached in one hour and five minutes. If you want, you can get off in Gmund 10 minutes beforehand – and take a long tour with one of the boats and enjoy fresh char, perhaps while fishing on Lake Tegernsee.

If you are interested in culture, walk about ten minutes from Tegernsee train station to the Olaf Gulbransson Museum. The special exhibition “Gerhard Richter. Work in the plural. From the Olbricht Collection” can currently be seen there. So get in, get out and have fun.

The cathedral district: In just under two hours by train to Salzburg

It’s a little trip around the world. You can see Cologne Cathedral, St. Catherine’s Monastery on Mount Sinai, a Mexican temple and the inner courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca with the Kaaba. The Salzburg painter Hubert Sattler traveled the world in the mid-19th century and exhibited his photorealistic paintings in numerous cities, including even in the USA from 1850 to 1852.

Sattler is currently dedicating an exhibition to Salzburg’s cathedral district in one of the most beautiful places in the city: in the north oratory of the cathedral. From there you have a great view of the interior of the baroque building. You can get there via a no less attractive terrace high above the cathedral square. And the cathedral district also brings together four other interesting museums with art from the Middle Ages to the beginning of modernity. With the Bavarian Regiobahn you can reach Salzburg every hour via Rosenheim in just under two hours.

The city shows its ugliest side at the train station, but Mirabell Gardens can be reached in just fifteen minutes. And if the cathedral district and the Austrian coffee houses aren’t enough: the Museum der Moderne on Mönchsberg, which can be reached via an elevator, primarily offers contemporary art – and also modern photographs in the Rupertinum opposite the festival hall.

Magnificent view: In addition to an old town in Italian style, Passau has even more to offer

The view near the Oberhaus Fortress of the three-river city of Passau.

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If you want to take your time, you can take the train to Passau without changing. Every hour the train (RE 3) takes travelers to the city of three rivers on the Austrian border in just over two hours. In addition to a walk through the old town, it is worth visiting the Oberhaus Fortress. The view over the city is enchanting. There will also be an open castle tour on Sunday at 2 p.m. (cost including entry: eight euros). The 800-year-old story is told clearly. If you want to fortify yourself with an apple strudel served on fine porcelain plates, you can make yourself comfortable in Café Anton – very close to St. Stephen’s Cathedral, with the largest church organ in the world.

Naturmuseum Augsburg: Visit the ancient elephant in less than an hour

The town hall is less than 500 meters from the museum.

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The regional train from Munich arrives at Augsburg main station in just over 40 minutes – a journey without a Germany ticket costs 18.70 euros per person. You can reach Augsburg city center in just a few minutes on foot, where you can stroll through the historic old town or explore the Fuggerei, the oldest existing social settlement in the world.

The Nature Museum is also only about a 10-minute walk from the train station. There, adults and children can marvel at the wonderful world of nature in the form of fossils, minerals and bones and immerse themselves in different habitats. You can also see the most complete shovel-toothed elephant skeleton in the world to date.

Tue-Sun 10 a.m. to 5 p.m

Dachshund Museum in Regensburg: Something bizarre and incredibly cute (not just for dog fans)

The Dachshund Museum in Regensburg.

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A dachshund museum, is there such a thing? Actually. The two master florists Seppi Küblbeck and Oliver Storz have collected everything to do with dachshunds for over 25 years and share their love of dachshunds with curious visitors in what they say is the first and only dachshund museum in the world. With over 30,000 exhibits, not only dog ​​fans can find out everything about Bavaria’s favorite dog. The exhibits are not presented in a completely serious and loving manner.

The showcases have names like: “Royal Family”, “Gustl Bayrhammer” or “The Nodding Dachshund”. Of course, in Regensburg there is not only the Dachshund Museum to see. A stroll through the historic old town can easily be combined with a stroll and is best rounded off with a hand-made bratwurst from the historic Wurschtkuchl. Regensburg main station can be reached in just under 1.5 hours by regional train (departures every hour). Without the Deutschlandticket the journey would cost 29 euros.

Dachshund Museum Regensburg Weiße-Hahnen-Gasse 3/5, 93047 Regensburg, open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., entry 6 euros

Attention: Main route in Munich closed

Anyone who uses public transport in the city center at the weekend should avoid the S-Bahn: the regular maintenance weekend with the closure of the entire main line is approaching. The DB is combining a variety of construction measures and is working on tracks, switches and in the stations as well as on the new electronic signal box at the Ostbahnhof. Therefore, there will be no S-Bahn traffic on the entire main route from Friday, May 3rd (approx. 10:30 p.m.) to Monday, May 6th (approx. 4:40 a.m.).

From the west the S-Bahn only runs to Pasing, Hauptbahnhof or Heimeranplatz, from the east only to Giesing or Leuchtenbergring. The S8 is rerouted via the Südring and is the only line that stops at Ostbahnhof, thus creating a direct connection between Ostbahnhof and Pasing. For S-Bahn passengers, there is also a rail replacement service between Pasing and the main station almost every ten minutes.