Webcam am Marienplatz: Live View of Munich's Main Square

This is probably the best-known webcam on Munich's Marienplatz. Operated by the LUDWIG BECK department store, it looks out from the fourth floor across the square and the Fischbrunnen, the Fish Fountain, toward the heart of the Bavarian capital. You can also watch the live picture inside the store, at the Monaco Café.

Marienplatz has been Munich's central square since the city's founding in 1158. It is dominated by the neo-Gothic New Town Hall, the Neues Rathaus, whose tower houses the famous Glockenspiel. Every day at 11 a.m. and noon, and at 5 p.m. in summer, its mechanical figures re-enact a royal wedding and the Schäfflertanz, the coopers' dance, drawing crowds of onlookers. In the middle of the square stands the Mariensäule, a column topped by a golden statue of the Virgin Mary, and the Old Town Hall closes the square to the east.

The square is busy from morning to night with shoppers, tourists and locals. It hosts the city's main Christmas market from late November, and it is where FC Bayern players traditionally celebrate titles on the town hall balcony.

Germany runs on Central European Time, one hour ahead of UTC in winter and two in summer.

The camera is provided by LUDWIG BECK.