Cheer on the river surfers
Park, Natural Feature

Surfing at Eisbachwelle | © Martin Falbisoner / Wikimedia Commons
The edge of the Englischer Garten opposite Bruderstrasse is home to one of Munich’s favorite and most unlikely pastimes — surfing! As water thunders out from beneath a small bridge, lines of surfers wait patiently on either side of the bank for their turn. Surfers need to jump off the bank straight onto their board, as well as making sharp turns to avoid the river walls — that’s why you’ll find Munich surf shops selling small boards with kevlar-protected edges. Even in Munich’s bitter winters you’ll find people tackling the waves — Eisbachwelle is strangely mesmerizing.