The Cycling routes

Universities in Munich do not have halls or residences the way NUS has. All student accommodation is handled by the Studentenwerk which houses the thousands of students in the numerous dormitories around the city. As such there is hardly any dormitories that are near the campuses unless its a rented apartment. As TUM is a rather long-established university, the main campus was near the city centre but subsequent expansions have to be done outside the city centre. There are 2 campuses I attend lessons in and unlike NUS, there are no shuttle buses here. Purchasing a monthly ticket would cost me roughly S$130 thus the next best option here would be to purchase a bicycle which cost me S$70 and I can still sell it at the end.


Route 1: Studentenstadt --> TUM main campus
Distance: 5.8km

First we go South through the residential area beside the student city before taking the straight road down towards the city centre.

Towards the city centre with the Siegetor in sight

The walking man statue which some german learners should recognise through NUS' german courses.

5 mins later will bring you to Siegetor, one of the old entrances to the city

Then passing through LMU which the TUM folks like to call it 'Lousy Munich University'.

Turning right into Theresienstrasse and going straight down will bring you to Arcisstrasse where TUM main campus is.

TUM Audimax, just a big hall like the ones we have in MPSH but they sell food and beer while there's no exams or events.

Total time taken: 20 (personal best when running late) - 30 (average)



Route 2: Studentenstadt --> TUM Garching
Distance: 11.2km


Going North towards Garching will bring us through the Freimann area where the big Flea market is (to be posted later).

Then coming out of Freimann, riding along a canal from the Isar river is a tiring stretch of straight and monotomous road.

5 mins later, riding through this stretch of road along the plantation will take at least another 5-10mins.

No idea what they are trying to plant now, it used to be a nice field of Canola plants.

Looking back, one will be able to see the wind turbine and a hint of the Allianz Arena which would have roughly mark the halfway point of the route.

Some sights along the way...

Almost there will be what you will be thinking once you see this fountain in the town centre of Garching.

Going through Lidl and Rewe outside the campus.

More fields, its really almost there...

It reads 'Technische Universität of München, Fakultät für Maschinenwesen' - Technical Univerisity of Munich, Mechanical Engineering Faculty. In TUM, ME has an entire block roughly half the size of the entire Engineering faculty in NUS, that's how big ME is in Munich.

Total time taken: 35 - 45 mins