Munich appears twice in my novel. Both Helga and Petra's friends go to Munich to help Petra. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and the capital and the largest city in the southern state of Bavaria.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8Bz1lFslI
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=spcSEizChyE
The world biggest beer festival, with 6 million visitors, is held in Munich every October
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcg0d90Tce0
and its famous beer hall where Helga gets clues about the magical glasses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfjwdwqAU7Q
Hegla visits Munich's main gathering place, the central Marienplatz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP2NgoELvg8
and checks out the food in Munich
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0iPhCVSIOY
Munich is the main city for book publishers and one of the world's biggest book publisher, Bertelsmann AG, is located there. They control Penguin Random House.
www.bertelsmann.com
Other famous companies located Munich are BMW and Siemens.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXIlqGMCosY
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One of Europe's best soccer clubs is Bayern Munich
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXHvNyAkijU
One of the most famous castles is located south of Munich. It appears in Disney's movie about Cinderella.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrJyeearNNk
One of Petra's favourite indie rock bands is Sportfruende Stiller from a town near Munich.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4uXGzFZjqw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPZC7JY6ziI
and a wonderful version of their song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=09c5LTo7Iz8
Bettina Monch was born in Munich, now living in Vienna.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqNX635v6y0
And the classical composer Richard Strauss was born in Munich.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rzDXNQxjHs
