Best Sports Bars in Munich

The Paulaner brewery's flagship sports lounge sits beneath the historic Kapuzinerplatz beer hall and runs 16 screens across a dedicated sports room separate from the main restaurant. The programming covers Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal, Champions League, and international rugby; the beer, naturally, is Paulaner across 8 varieties on tap. The Bayern Munich atmosphere on match days rivals the Allianz Arena environs without the ticket prices.

Purpose-built for the Champions League generation, Champions sits off Maxvorstadt with 20 screens including a 4-metre main projection wall and satellite rooms for simultaneous multi-sport coverage. The American sports programming is the most comprehensive in Munich: NFL Sunday packages, NBA League Pass, and MLB broadcasts run alongside European football. Kitchen open until midnight on weekdays, 2am on weekend match days.

The famous beer hall's less-visited sports annexe runs 8 screens in a room adjacent to the main Schwemme. The Hofbräu beer programme is as good here as anywhere in the building; the atmosphere on FC Bayern home match days is a combination of pre-match nerves and Bavarian conviviality that no sports bar attempting to replicate it elsewhere quite achieves. Opens at noon on match days.

The Neuhausen local that Augustiner drinkers return to for Bundesliga evenings because the beer is served correctly and the crowd genuinely understands football. 10 screens, Augustiner Edelstoff on 6 taps, and a kitchen that runs a limited match-day menu of Bavarian classics. The regulars have watched Bayern here through multiple Bundesliga cycles and have opinions on the squad that are worth listening to.

Schwabing's sports bar institution has been showing football in various forms since 1977, long before the sports bar concept arrived from America. The 14 screens cover Bundesliga with German thoroughness; the international coverage is strong on English Premier League, which has a following among Munich's large British expat community. Wheat beer and pils on tap; door opens at 2pm on weekend match days.

Giesing — the FC Bayern-adjacent working-class neighbourhood — runs the sports bar with the most committed local football following in the city. The Munich Football Museum is three minutes' walk away. Sports Republik fills for every Bayern match from 6pm; the regulars include former amateur players, stadium workers, and people who have followed the club through enough seasons to provide real historical perspective. 12 screens, Löwenbräu on tap.

The upscale sports bar in Bogenhausen caters to a clientele that wants premium broadcast quality, table service, and a menu worth eating alongside the football. The 18 screens are 4K; the beer selection covers 40 bottles from Germany and beyond; the kitchen runs a full menu until the final whistle plus 30 minutes. Reservations required for Champions League knockout stage matches.

Haidhausen's English-language sports bar runs Premier League, Champions League, and international rugby for the neighbourhood's substantial British and Irish expat population. 10 screens, cask ale on 3 taps alongside German draught, and a kitchen that serves fish and chips with adequate conviction. The Sunday morning Premier League crowd starts arriving at 12.30pm.

The historic beer hall adjacent to the Franziskaner brewery complex runs a smaller sports room with 8 screens that shows matches for a crowd older and more quietly serious about football than the city's louder sports bars. The Franziskaner Weissbier here is among the best-poured in Munich. No kitchen on match evenings; snacks only.

The Thalkirchen neighbourhood bar with a reputation for showing matches that other bars miss: Austrian Bundesliga, Swiss Super League, lower German divisions. The 8 screens are not the newest; the Tegernseer beer is cold and correct; the crowd consists of people who follow football at a level that major sports bars do not programme for. Beloved and impossible to find without a specific recommendation.

On summer match days, the Olympic Park beer garden sets up projection screens showing major Bayern fixtures for a crowd that combines football interest with the desire to be outside in Munich sunshine. The Paulaner selection on tap; the atmosphere is more festive than tense; the children are welcome until 8pm and the crowd ages accordingly after that.

The Moosach sports bar that every other sports bar in Munich claims not to know about. 6 screens in a 40-person room; Spaten on tap; prices from 2018; regulars who have been coming since 1991 and would prefer their bar to remain undiscovered. It will not remain undiscovered; visit now.

Heuboden Sportsbar shows Bundesliga and Champions League on Kapuzinerstrasse, a laid-back room with darts, board games and Austrian beers.