A seemingly endless network of shopping streets rays out from Marienplatz and wide, pedestrian-only Kaufingerstrasse and Neuhauser Strasse. You can find anything you want here, but it’s unlikely that you’ll find any bargains. What you will find is high-quality, for this is a shopping society that does not spend its money on junk.

The best streets for elegant boutiques and specialty shops are Briennerstrasse, Maximilianstrasse (which also has the leading art galleries), Maffeistrasse, and Theatinestrasse. On these streets, all the top European couturiers and Germany’s and Munich’s own designers have shops: Jil Sander, Joop, Bogner, Max Dietl, and Rudolph Moshammer. Antiques devotees with deep pockets find what they want on Ottostrasse. The biggest concentration of shops selling secondhand goods is on Westenriederstrasse.