{"id":3822,"date":"2010-12-07T15:55:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T05:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2010-12-07T15:55:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T05:55:34","slug":"munich-events-munich-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/germany\/munich-events-munich-travel","title":{"rendered":"2011 is a &quot;Blue Year&quot; in Munich and Upper Bavaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Visitors to <strong>Munich <\/strong>and <strong>Upper Bavaria<\/strong> in 2011 will notice a certain tinge of <em><strong>blue <\/strong><\/em>all over the place.  No, it&#8217;s not the result of the cold snap!<\/p>\n<p>2011 is the year with two big anniversaries featuring the royal hue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> It\u2018s 125 years since the death of <strong>King Ludwig II<\/strong>, known for his <strong>fairytale castles<\/strong>, most famous of which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Germany\/sightseeing\/schloss-neuschwanstein-castle\" target=\"_blank\">Schloss Neuschwanstein<\/a>.\u00a0 King Ludwig&#8217;s favourite colour was blue.<\/li>\n<li> And, it\u2018s 100 years since <strong><em>Der Blaue Reiter<\/em> (<\/strong><strong>The Blue Rider) <\/strong>movement was founded by artists living in Munich who wanted to tread new paths in art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3832\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bluecastle_500.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3832\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3832\" title=\"bluecastle_500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bluecastle_500.jpg?resize=300%2C201\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bluecastle_500.jpg?resize=300%2C201 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/bluecastle_500.jpg?w=500 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neuschwanstein Feeling Blue<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To celebrate these two major anniversaries, the city of Munich is hosting <strong>&#8220;Blue Year&#8221;<\/strong> in collaboration with towns and cultural institutions in Upper Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue theme will be brought to life in a series of exhibitions, guided tours, celebrations, concerts and readings.<\/p>\n<p>New for Blue Year 2011 is a &#8216;blue box&#8217; of exhibition vouchers, guided tours and a two-night break in Munich or an Upper Bavarian town devoting itself to the Blue Year theme.\u00a0 I wonder if Oktoberfest will have a <strong>blue beer<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more Blue news! \u00a0 Meanwhile, I got a bit carried away and painted Schloss Neuschwanstein blue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/searchresults.html?city=-1829149&amp;ssne=Munich&amp;error_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fsearchresults.html%3Faid%3D322131%3Bsid%3D5f73d85eb78810524f230db50dc6aea9%3Bcity%3D-1829149%3Bclass_interval%3D1%3Bidf%3D1%3Boffset%3D0%3Bscore_min%3D0%3Bsi%3Dai%252Cco%252Cci%252Cre%252Cdi%3Bcountry%3Dde%3Bradius%3D12%3B&amp;aid=322131&amp;sid=5f73d85eb78810524f230db50dc6aea9&amp;si=ai%2Cco%2Cci%2Cre%2Cdi&amp;ss=Munich&amp;radius=2&amp;checkin_monthday=0&amp;checkin_year_month=0&amp;checkout_monthday=0&amp;checkout_year_month=0&amp;idf=on\" target=\"_blank\">Search, read hotel reviews and book your Munich hotels here.&gt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.partner.viator.com\/en\/2494\/search\/MUNICH\" target=\"_blank\">Munich Sightseeing tours and attractions&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitors to Munich and Upper Bavaria in 2011 will notice a certain tinge of blue all over the place. 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