With over 200km of bike trails, one of the very best ways to explore the city is on a bicycle. Guided tours are available, or for the independent-minded, rentals and maps are available at the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) and other areas of the city.
Bikes can also be rented by the Call-A-Bike system, which is run by Deutsche Bahn (national rail service). You need to call a number listed on the bikes from your mobile phone and register with the callabike.de website in order to use them. The service is convenient, as you just spot an available bike throughout the city and just leave it at your destination. However, this is not an economical alternative if you are planning many trips in a single day. In that case, it is better to get a day or multiday rental from one of the rental services located throughout central Munich.
Mike's Bike Tour , located near the Hofbräuhaus, offers historical tours of the city.
Discover Munich offers bike tours around Munich's old town and the Engish Garden.
Munich is generally a bike-friendly city that assigns many paths (especially along river Isar and in the parks, even in the city center) for joint usage by pedestrians and bikers alike. Compared to other german cities, munich has rising rates of accidents with bicycles involved. To constrain rude drivers, the police has tightened its security checks especially at the beginning of the bike season in spring. Fines are from 10 Euro for driving without light up to 100 Euro for ignoring red traffic lights. Driving drunk can even result in detention. Helmets are not required but recommended.
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