over the world every year . Celebrations like the Oktoberfest are very common in the area around Munich : They are called “ Volksfeste ” ( Popular festivals ) and can be found all summer long in some parts of the city and its surroundings , even though they are of course much smaller than the big Oktoberfest .
In the field of music , one can find almost every kind of music there is : From classical music in the big concert halls and operas to a wide range of concerts every weekend and different festivals in summer like the well-known Tollwood festivals with local as well as international artists ( e . g . Damien Marley , Manu Chao or Ska-P ). Munich was one of the first cities in Germany where Techno and Electronic Music evolved and in the 1980s and early 1990s it was also a pioneer in Hip Hop and Graffiti culture .
Especially in summer Munich has lots to offer : All over the city there can be found a lot of parks . The biggest of those is the English Garden , which is one of the biggest parks in the world and is even bigger than the central park in New York . In the park there is a small river with a wave where surfers can be found in the middle of the city – something quite unique in the world . Inhabitants of the city like to go the parks to do sports , enjoy the sun and hang out with friends . Another popular spot is the Isar , the river which is flowing through the city and which also offers lots of green spaces along its flow . Close to Munich , in the south of the city , are a lot of lakes where one can go swimming and the Mountains of the Alps where it is possible to go hiking in summer and skiing or snowboarding in winter .
Munich is home to Bayern Munich , the most popular and successful football team in Germany and one of the biggest and most successful teams in Europe . Some of the best football players of the German history played at that club ( e . g . Beckenbauer , Mueller , Matthaeus , Kahn or Schweinsteiger ). Since 2005 the team plays in the new stadium for 71.000 spectators in the north of the city . There is also the Team of 1860 Muenchen which plays in the second division and the third division team of Unterhaching .