Ornate 19th-century neo-Gothic Neues Rathaus is Munich’s centerpiece.
There’s a lot to take in: gargoyles and statues adorn the exterior and there’s no shortage of embellishments and architectural details.
The glockenspiel springs into action every day at 11 a.m., noon and 5 p.m., displaying the Ritterturnier, a knights’ tournament to celebrate the royal marriage of Wilhelm V to Renata von Lothringen in 1568, and the coopers’ dance of 1517, to celebrate the end of the plague.
The Neues Rathaus was built to handle overflow from the adjacent 15th-century Gothic Altes Rathaus that now houses a toy museum.
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