{"id":4584,"date":"2013-04-19T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T10:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2013-07-11T02:41:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T02:41:40","slug":"the-volksbad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesojournseries.com\/bavaria\/the-volksbad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Volksbad"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Just across the road from the Deutsches Museum<\/a>, and on the other side of the Isar, lies the beautiful Mullersches Volksbad<\/a>, looking very much like a rather ornate museum from the outside – which I guess it kind of is.<\/p>\n

Built well over a hundred years ago for the sole purpose of bathing the citizens of Munich, it is an Art Nouveau fans dream (and also one of Munich’s best kept secrets). \u00a0 \u00a0It still serves as a functioning bathing pool for the locals (although I will admit it took me a while to get in, I am used to the super heated modern pools there are here), and the odd curious tourist. \u00a0 \u00a0These odd and curious (and slightly more permanent) tourists enjoyed their morning spent here, swimming with heads turned upwards as we gazed at the amazing carved ceiling and aquatic creatures dotted about the place (whilst trying not to bash into other living and breathing aquatic creatures – i.e fellow swimmers). \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Apparently the Roman Baths and Saunas are just as magnificent, and I can confirm that the changing rooms are too, with their grand wooden doors and tiny windows and curtains for privacy! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I think I spent the whole time “ooh-ing” and “ahh-ing” over the interior (and on one occasion argh-ing \u00a0over an unexpected naked encounter – it’s not quite like swimming in Denmark <\/a>here but still, it’s always slightly eye-opening for us prudish Brits…). \u00a0 \u00a0 And it’s for this reason (and probably because the place would be swamped with picture takers) that photography is not permitted, and I can’t say I blame them…<\/p>\n

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But should you be visiting this neck of the woods, and feel like a bit of historic swimming, make sure you pack your cossie! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I highly recommend the equally ornate and friendly restaurant here as well (with its extensive menu), which is worth a visit with or without a swim. \u00a0 And if you feel you’ve earned it after all that exercise, you will be pleased to hear that in warmer months there’s a bier garten outside. \u00a0Go on, I \u00a0think you have! \u00a0Prost!<\/p>\n

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