Just an hour from Munich, Murnau sits at the foot of the Alps — where the light turns blue, the mountains fill the horizon and creativity still fills the air. This is where Kandinsky, Münter and der Blaue Reiter changed the course of modern art forever.

Just 20 minutes from Munich, Dachau sits above the Dachauer Moos — where the shifting moorland light once drew so many painters that one in ten residents called themselves an artist.
This is where Dill, Hölzel and Langhammer built a colony of their own — and where women, barred from Munich’s art academy, found their own path into painting.

Just an hour from Munich, Prien am Chiemsee sits on the shores of Bavaria’s largest lake — where painters have captured the water and the light for over 200 years, and where a boat ride still takes you to the island where it all began.
Galleries, exhibitions and a lively cultural scene keep that tradition alive today.

Just an hour from Munich, Holzhausen am Ammersee sits on the western shore of the Ammersee — where painters of the artists’ group “Die Scholle” settled around 1900, drawn by the lake, the light and a simple village life far from the city.
This is where Mathias Gasteiger, Fritz Erler and Adolf Münzer built their summer houses — and where their artists’ villas still stand among gardens reaching down to the water.