The best 5 km runs in Munich
The best scoring runs in Munich at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 Südliche Fröttmaninger Heide4.9 km, 3 m up
- 2 Isarauen, 4.4 km4.4 km, 11 m up
- 3 From Oberwiesenfeld6.5 km, 46 m up
- 4 Isarauen, 5.4 km5.4 km, 27 m up
- 5 From Klinikum Großhadern4.3 km, 7 m up
- 6 Isarauen, 4.0 km4.0 km, 22 m up
- 7 From Michaelibad4.6 km, 11 m up
- 8 From Lochhausen5.8 km, 38 m up
- 9 Isarauen, 6.0 km6.0 km, 25 m up
- 10 From Olympiapark West4.7 km, 14 m up
The best 20 km rides in Munich
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Munich then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 413 stations across Munich and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 132 in all. How we pick the starts
- Maxvorstadt
- Schwanthalerhöhe
- Schwabing-West
- Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt
- Neuhausen-Nymphenburg
- Altstadt-Lehel
- Laim
- Moosach
- Au-Haidhausen
- Milbertshofen-Am Hart
- Sendling
- Sendling-Westpark
- Schwabing-Freimann
- Pasing-Obermenzing
- Untergiesing-Harlaching
- Berg am Laim
- Obergiesing-Fasangarten
- Hadern
- Bogenhausen
- Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln
- Allach-Untermenzing
- Feldmoching-Hasenbergl
- Ramersdorf-Perlach
- Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied
- Trudering-Riem
Running in parks and forests
Westpark 5 runs Truderinger Wald 4 runs Hirschau und Obere Isarau 40 runs Isarauen 139 runs Münchner Norden 7 runs Perlacher und Grünwalder Forst 23 runs Kreuzlinger Forst 5 runs Forstenrieder Park 14 runs Olympiapark 7 runs Waldfriedhof, Schloss Fürstenried und Sendlinger Wald 19 runs Nymphenburg 11 runs Schwarzhölzl mit Würmkanal und Feldmochinger See 5 runs Aubinger Lohe und Moosschwaige 3 runs Planegger Holz 3 runs Maximiliansanlagen 3 runs Ostpark 3 runs Flaucher 4 runs
Cycling by station
We tested 37 stations, one in each 3 km square of Munich. These 7 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.
Cycling in parks and forests
Wildpark Forstenrieder Park 12 rides Hirschau und Obere Isarau 6 rides Isarauen 25 rides Isarlandschaft 12 rides Perlacher und Grünwalder Forst 22 rides Kreuzlinger Forst 9 rides Forstenrieder Park 21 rides Waldfriedhof, Schloss Fürstenried und Sendlinger Wald 4 rides Nymphenburg 5 rides Schwarzhölzl mit Würmkanal und Feldmochinger See 3 rides