Rosenheimer Strasse 5
S/U-Bahn: Rosenheimer Platz station
Tel : 480 98-625
www.gasteig.de
‘Gasteig’ is a concentration of two Bavarian words: ‘Gach’
and ‘Steig’. ‘Gach’ means steep, ‘Steig’ means road. In the
Middle Ages, panting oxen and donkeys would pull heavily-laden carts up
this steep slope, while today it’s culture-minded cyclists and
pedestrians who visit one of the many events in this large brickwork
edifice, long besieged by controversy until it was finally completed in
1985.
Its ‘Philharmonie’ (Concert Hall) with room for a 2,400-strong
audience, has made a name for itself with first-class musical events.
The ‘Carl-Orff-Saal’ with around 600 seats, the small ‘Black Box’,
as well as theatres and exhibition rooms complete the cultural
provisions.
Munich’s Public Library, comprising 30 separate lending-libraries
with a total of more than 600,000 books in stock, also has its main
outlet here.
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