MY FAVORITE CITY IN THE WORLD

I want to share about my favorite city in the world which i am interested to visit and  i am interested also because something unique which exist in that city and which never can find in another place in the entire world. Well, even though this place is not in Indonesia, but I still really love my country so much and all things that we can find in our homeland.

My favorite city is Munich in Germany. Before i explain why i am interested with this city, I will explain you the profile of Munich based from what i have read about Munich in Wikipedia first. Munich is the capital city of German state of Bavaria. Munich also is the third largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg and the 12^th biggest largest city in the European Union with a population above 1,5 million. Munich is one of the most prosperous and fastest growing cities in Germany. It is a top-ranked destination for migration and expatriate location.  Munich nowadays hosts more than 530,000 people of international background, making up 37.7% of the entire population. And from that population there are many foreign residents. They were Turks ( 39,857 ), Croats ( 26,070 ), Greek ( 25,574 ), Italians ( 24,337 ), Austrians ( 21,579 ), Polish ( 20,103 ), Bosnians ( 15,836 ), Romanians ( 14,293 ), Serbs ( 13,631 ), Iraq ( 10,394 ). This city is a major center of art, advance technologies, finance, publishing, culture, innovation, education, business, and tourism in Germany and also has been a major European centre of arts, architecture, culture and science since the early 19th century. Munich also known as a city which have very high standard and quality of living. 

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Now I will start explain you why i am very interested with this city and all things which I love in this city. My interest about Munich start since i know and support FC Bayern Munchen which is the biggest football team in Munich and most successful football team in Germany. I really love this team because they always play well and they have great history. This team have won a Bundesliga title 26 times and won European Cup or UEFA Champions League 5 times. Actually before i support FC Bayern, i support Germany National Team first because Germany National Team always have young talented players who have a good quality and i really love about it because not many country can produce young talented players like Germany does, and i am start curious about Germany not only about German football but also the culture and tradition in Germany and also I would love to learn German language, then more specifically in the city of Munich.

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When i looked at the picture of the city of Munich in internet, my first impression is this city is a classic city because there are many old building with the classic Central Europe style still stand in the centre of the city until now, for example is Marienplatz, and these building are beautiful makes the city like a fairy tale world and i love the environment of the city because the environment is well organized so we can find one place easily and also I was thinking that all the people in Munich really appreciate their culture and so much care about all things that already be in the city. And i think this situation can be example for our country to care about our culture and history. 

( Marienplatz - Source : en.wikipedia.org )

Not only the beatiful environment and the old buldings but also the Oktoberfest that held annually in Munich. Oktoberfest is the biggest volkfest in the world. it is a 16-day folk-festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October, with more than 6 million people from around the world attending the event every year. Locally, it is often simply called the Wiesn. The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810. Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebration, modelled after the original Munich event. Oktoberfest always related with beer. Many people love to enjoy their beer during Oktoberfest with their friends or family in one huge tent that build there. In 2013, 6.4 million people visited Oktoberfest, and the festival served 6.7 million liters of beer. There are many variety food also such as  Hendl (roast chicken), Schweinebraten (roast pork), Schweinshaxe (grilled ham hock), Steckerfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Würstl (sausages) along with Brezen (pretzels), Knodel (potato or bread dumplings), Kasespatzle (cheese noodles), Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes), Sauerkraut or Rotkohl/Blaukraut (red cabbage) along with such Bavarian delicacies as Obatzda (a spicy cheese-butter spread) and Weisswurst (a white sausage). I hope that in the future i can visit Oktoberfest especially i want to taste and eat all the foods  there. And for the fest many people usually wear a special outfit, the outfit which origin from Munich, they are Lederhosen for man and Dirndl for woman.

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I have one more place that i wanna share you about it. I really love this place. It is Allianz Arena, the football ground in Munich. Allianz Arena is one of the most modern stadiums in the world and number 2 the biggest football stadium in Germany. This is the home for two professional footbal club in Munich, FC Bayern Munchen and TSV 1860 Munchen. It has 75,000 seats capacity. I love this stadium because it is not like any other stadium in the world, it has a unique shape and it is the very first stadium in the world with a full color changing exterior so Allianz Arena is lit in red when the host team is FC Bayern Munchen, in blue when it is TSV 1860 Munchen, and in white when the German National Team hosts the match. I hope in the future i can support directly my club in this stadium. Beside Allianz Arena, there is also Olympiastadion Munich. It is situated at the heart of the Olympiapark Munchen in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Olympic Summer. Originally it has 80,000 seats capacity but the current capacity is 69,250. Olympiastadion hosted many major football matches such as, 1974 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 1988. It hosted the European Cup Finals of 1979, 1993 and 1997. It surrounded by Olympiapark Munchen which is the place of many venue of 1972 Olympic Summer such as Olympia swim hall and Olympia Hall.

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