Chinese Tower Beer Garden, Munich

The Englischer Garten, German for "English Garden", is a large public park in the centre of Munich, stretching from the city centre to the north-eastern suburbs. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson, and with an area of 3.7 km2 (1.4 sq mi) the Englischer Garten is one of the world's largest urban public parks, larger than New York's Central Park. The name refers to the style of gardening; the term English garden is used outside of the English speaking world to refer to the style of informal landscape gardening which was popular in the United Kingdom from the mid 18th century to the early 19th century. The Chinese Tower, situated roughly ...  Read the complete review