MUNICH
The MOC Congress Center
The exhibit space is entirely on one floor. Demo
rooms, workshops, papers, and special event facilities
(Rooms K1-K4) are conveniently located nearby. The
convention center has an office for photocopying
services, automatic money change machines, a tourist
information counter, and two restaurants.
It has been two years since the AES Convention was
last held in Munich, Germany. At the time the Audio
Engineering Society was very pleased with the brand-new
MOC Congress Center which ideally suits the
society�s convention and exhibition needs.
The MOC (Munich Order Center), is a large
exhibition and conference center in the north of
Munich. It is situated on the way to Munich�s airport
near the Autobahn exit M�nchen-Freimann of A9
M�nchen-N�rnberg. It can be easily reached also by
underground (U6). There will be traffic signs and
AES signs showing the way to the convention center,
during convention time. There is plenty of parking
space available at the MOC.
The City of Munich
The landmark of Munich is the Alter Peter, a church
near the world famous Viktualienmarkt, a market,
where you are able to purchase fruits and vegetables
from the Bavarian surroundings as in the old times.
But also the younger gothic Frauenkirche with its two
high, dominant towers is a prominent part of the city-scape.
More impressionable sights of the city are the
baroque Theatinerkirche and the Residenz where the
Bavarian kings resided and which now houses no less
than two opera halls, a theatre and a concert hall.
Next to the old and new city halls, the Residenz is the
focus and the center of Munich.
Wellknown also is the English Garden (Englischer
Garten) and the Zoological Garden in Hellabrunn.
Besides its active cultural life, Munich is a congress
and fairground city, which is visited by many people
every year. Noteworthy of course is the famous
annual Oktoberfest, which gives the city its question-able
nickname �Capital of Beer.� In 1972, the
Olympic Summer Games took place in Munich.
The city has a multi-faceted industry (breweries,
mechanical engineering and automotive industry,
electrical and electronics industries, publishing, and
in the south the film-city Geiselansteig (the German
Hollywood) and numerous museums, of which the
Deutsches Museum, a technical museum, is most famous.
Munich is the capital of the state of Bavaria (Bayern),
which is in the South of Germany. A center of art,
science and culture, the city has kept the heritage of
German culture more than other cities. Founded in
1158 by the Saxon Duke Heinrich der L�we (Henry
the Lion), it became very shortly the economic and
cultural center of Southern Germany.
When the weather conditions blow the F�hn, a warm
wind from Italy, over the Alps to Bavaria, the result is
a sky of breathtaking white and blue beauty � the
national colors of Bavaria. Then you might see the
snow-covered mountains of the Alps and think you
are in a fairytale and you might imagine how the
fabulous castles of the Bavarian King Ludwig II came
into being.
Weather
By the beginning of May, spring has usually reached
its culmination in South Germany. Flowers and trees
are blossoming. But the weather may be bright and
sunny as well as rainy and cold in Munich, due to the
Alp-mountains near by. The temperature at this time
of year is usually above 10�C and can easily reach
25�C. Because of Munich�s altitude (appr. 500m /
1600ft above sea level), evenings and early mornings
tend to be rather chilly.
Traveling to Munich
Air Travel
You have every reason to fly Lufthansa!
Lufthansa has been appointed the official airline of
the 106th AES Convention. The airline offers a
comprehensive global network of flights linking with
most major cities throughout the world.
As a special service, Lufthansa is offering participants
and accompanying persons of the AES Convention
special airfares in business and economy class.
For your personal offer please contact your nearest
Lufthansa office.
Special air-flights with Deutsche British Airways
on Monday, May 10, 1999,
for one-day visit within Germany
MesseReiseService, attn. Mrs. Irmgard Ebenhan
As the major hub in Southern Germany, Munich can
be easily reached (in most cases non-stop) from all
major cities in Europe, and from most cities around
the world.
From Berlin, Hamburg, D�sseldorf and K�ln, the
AES offers in cooperation with Deutsche British
Airways a one-day return ticket with transfer from
the Munich airport to the MOC and back.
Tickets only available for Monday, May 10 !
Ticket-price per Person: 395,� DEM
Please order your ticket as soon as possible
(no later than April 15) at:
Heidemannstra�e 220, DE- 80939 M�nchen
Tel. +49-89-323.04-244, Fax +49-89-323.2594
Berlin-M�nchen-Berlin
Berlin/Tegel departure 06:30 h DI 7007
M�nchen arrival 07:40 h
M�nchen departure 20:30 h DI 7024
Berlin/Tegel arrival 21:40 h
Hamburg-M�nchen-Hamburg
Hamburg departure 06:25 h DI 7101
M�nchen arrival 07:40 h
M�nchen departure 19:55 h DI 7114
Hamburg arrival 21:15 h
D�sseldorf-M�nchen-D�sseldorf
D�sseldorf departure 08:10 h DI 7083
M�nchen arrival 09:20 h
M�nchen departure 20:25 h DI 7098
D�sseldorf arrival 21:40 h
K�ln-M�nchen-K�ln
K�ln departure 06:45 h DI 7151
M�nchen arrival 07:55 h
M�nchen departure 19:50 h DI 7168
K�ln arrival 21:00 h
Train & Car Travel
During convention time shuttle buses will run to and
from the MOC to some of the AES hotels for your
convenience.
Munich is also the main railway junction of Southern
Germany, where trains from the North link to the
networks of Austria, Italy and Switzerland.
The German highways (Autobahn) connect Munich
in all directions to the neighbouring countries.
In Munich, the new underground train (U6) links the
Congress Center MOC with the city. Good express
roads in the city (Mittlerer Ring) lead to the MOC.
If you arrive at Munich airport, you can take the S-Bahn
(S8) to Johanneskirchen, where a taxi will take
you to the Convention center in a few minutes.
If you prefer to go to your hotel first, please take the
Lufthansa Airport Shuttle Bus, which stops at Munich
North (Schwabing / Nordfriedhof ) and Munich City
Center/ Main Station (Hauptbahnhof ). At Munich
North, several hotels are nearby and, if necessary, you
can ask the Lufthansa bus driver to call for a taxi,
which generally are available when you reach the bus
stop Munich North. There is also an underground
station nearby where the U6-train will bring you to
the Convention Center in less than 10 minutes.
Taxis are available around the clock. They may be
hired in the street or by telephone. Vacant cabs show
a lighted yellow sign. Tips are not included in the fare
shown on the taxi meter. Not all taxis accept credit
cards, which should be presented to the driver at the
start of the journey.
