Free Munich Scavenger Hunt: For Tourists and Locals

Munich has so many sights to see, and this free scavenger hunt will lead you to all the best places, local haunts, and have you keeping an eye out for what makes Munich unique! Below, is our free scavenger hunt, where you can click or tap each item to mark it as complete. And for the planners out there, you can drag and drop rows to change the order in case you want to map out everything in advance.

Read further for more information on how to play as well as additional scavenger hunt options we offer.

Scavenger Hunt Checklist for Munich

ItemPoints
Marienplatz3
Englischer Garten2
Hofbräuhaus3
Deutsches Museum1
Nymphenburg Palace2
Viktualienmarkt4
BMW Welt and BMW Museum3
Residenz2
Oktoberfest4
Allianz Arena2
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial3
Starnberger See2
Alte Pinakothek4
Eisbach Wave3
Olympiapark1
Hofgarten2
Neue Pinakothek3
Asamkirche4
Deutsches Theater München3
Der Alte Peter (St. Peter’s Church)2
Hellabrunn Zoo3
Schloss Nymphenburg1
Viktualienmarkt2
BMW Welt and BMW Museum3
Residenz4
Oktoberfest2
Allianz Arena3
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial4
Starnberger See1
Alte Pinakothek3
Eisbach Wave1
Olympiapark2
Hofgarten3
Neue Pinakothek4
Asamkirche2
Deutsches Theater München3
Der Alte Peter (St. Peter’s Church)1
Hellabrunn Zoo2
Schloss Nymphenburg3

How to Play

For this Munich scavenger hunt, we’ve come up with a list of things to see in the city. Some of them are popular tourist attractions while others are more local secrets. For each item, you (or your team) will need to take a picture that shows both you and the listed item. For each photo you take, you’ll get the corresponding amount of points listed to the side of that item. 

At the end of the allotted time for the scavenger hunt, you can see what level of rank you’ve earned and whichever team has the most points wins! You’ll be allowed to go to City Hall and ask for a key to the city. (We haven’t actually made any arrangements, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, right?)

Additional considerations for how you play:

  1. We recommend three hours for the scavenger hunt just to have a limit on the time you’re focused on this activity, but that’s up to you.
  2. If you’re traveling as part of a group and don’t want to split up, we’d recommend treating this as a game of I-Spy and awarding points to whoever in the group spots the item first or takes the first photo.
  3. It’s up to you how tough you want to make it with respect to awarding points just for seeing something, or if you have to go inside, or taking it further and requiring even more depending on the location.

Score and Rankings

0-10: Did you even leave your hotel?
11-20: Business trip traveler
21-30: Frequent business trip traveler
31-40: Tourist
41-50: Lives in the next city over
51-60: Over-caffeinated tourist
61-70: Recent transplant
71-80: Local
81-90: Actually grew up here and has always lived here
91-100: Mayor

Think you’re the best ever? Let us know how you did in the comments (and how long it took you) and sign up for our newsletter to be alerted of other scavenger hunts, our challenges designed for only the top finishers, and more.

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