• Shows at 11am and 12pm daily, plus 5pm from March to October; arrive a few minutes early, as the square fills fast with people craning at the tower
• No car access, since the square sits in a pedestrian zone; the U-Bahn (U3, U6) and S-Bahn stop right underneath
• Christmas market in Advent, with stalls, lights and a big tree in front of the town hall, and the biggest crowds of the year on weekends

Munich's central square, with the Neo-Gothic New Town Hall to the north and the Old Town Hall to the east. In the town hall tower, the Glockenspiel's 43 bells ring while figures joust in a knights' tournament and turn in the coopers' dance. The Mariensäule column stands in the middle, and the Fish Fountain by the town hall is the classic meeting point.