The best gift ideas for Christmas in Munich
The fairy lights are twinkling, the mulled wine is warming our hands and the Christmas spirit is in the air. While we are already bustling around the Christmas markets and enjoying the magical vibes to the full, Christmas is drawing ever closer. In addition to the anticipation of cookies, gingerbread and the like, the search for the best gift ideas in Munich is also slowly beginning. 🎁It's the most wonderful time of the year!!! You've blinked once and it's that time again - Christmas and the 2023 Christmas preparations are just around the corner. What am I giving this time? Who did I pick at Secret Santa? How crowded will the city center in Munich be or should I conjure up my own creative Christmas presents this year?
Don't worry, we've got you covered! We've collected the best gift ideas in Munich for you so that your loved ones don't find socks under the tree again. Whether creative, tasty, beautiful or for a good cause - we have the right gift tip for friends, family members and work colleagues - guaranteed to make you jump for joy. So sit back, grab a Christmas cookie and go on a Christmas shopping tour à la Rausgegangen. You are welcome! ✨
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Screen printing á la DREIERRR
The hoodies, T-shirts and jute bags from DREIERRR are real eye-catchers. And the best thing about it: it's all handmade!
Danny, who runs the whole store, describes his label like this:
Hi, I'm Danny - I got into screen printing in 2020 and have been extremely enthusiastic about this printing technique ever since. In my studio/store in the east of Munich, I can let off steam creatively and print T-shirts, hoodies and much more. Every DREIERRR garment is and remains a handmade unique piece, in which a lot of love is put and that's exactly how it should stay.
🎄FOR WHOM? Everyone who loves art, clothes or (preferably) both
💰 HOW MUCH? Stickers and co. from €2, clothes from €45
Ice-coldly impressive: HOLIDAY ON ICE - HORIZONS
Don't just give the gift of anything this year, but a spectacular journey into a glittering world of ice! HOLIDAY ON ICE - HORIZONS is not just a show, but a real experience: breathtaking stunts, sparkling costumes, modern music and a stage set that will blow you away.💃 TOP FEATURES:❄️ Over 300 handmade costumes (with millions of rhinestones!)⛸️ Around 40 world-class figure skaters:inside🎶 Cool beats and an energetic atmosphere✨ SPECIAL: on 03.01.25 Sasha will be guest starring in Munich!
🎄 FOR WHOM? For everyone who loves spectacular entertainment - from your best friend to grandma with rock'n'roll in her heart.
💰 HOW MUCH? Tickets are available from 39,98€
⏰ WHEN? 02.01.2025 - 05.01.2025
Tickets for the Gärtnerplatztheater
Gifts are great. But spending time with your loved ones is even better - which is why we love gifts that are also shared activities. 🥰 Treat your loved ones to a break from everyday life with tickets to the Gärtnerplatztheater. A real Christmas classic is playing there. 👇
In "Three Men in the Snow", job-seeking Dr. Fritz Hagedorn unexpectedly wins a winter vacation in an exclusive mountain hotel instead of a job. Once there, he is mistaken for a millionaire incognito and the entanglements take their course. Disguises, misunderstandings and the odd winter love affair provide plenty of humor and heart-warming moments. 🎄 Musical cabaret artist Thomas Pigor transforms Erich Kästner's successful satirical novel from 1934 into a whimsical, lively revue operetta - in the middle of the snow! ❄️🎶
🎄 FOR WHOM? Fans of shared experiences as a gift and anyone who likes to laugh
💰 HOW MUCH? A ticket costs between €9 and €88
⏰ WHEN? The performances on December 30 and 31, January 2 and January 3 are suitable as Christmas presents.
Urban Sports Club - exercise and wellness in one gift
More than 50 sports and wellness activities with just one voucher? Yes, you read that right! 🎁 With the Urban Sports Club gift voucher, you can give your loved ones the best of fitness and relaxation: whether it's yoga, bouldering, boxing or relaxing wellness sessions - there's something for everyone! 💪 So you can get active together and experience special moments together. A gift that is not only fun, but also really good for body and soul. 🧘♀️
🎄 FOR WHOM? Sports fans, relaxation seekers and anyone who wants to bring more movement into their lives.
⏰ WHEN? At any time - the vouchers can be redeemed flexibly
💰 HOW MUCH? From 69€
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RAUSGEGEGANGEN PLAKATE: The most beautiful wall decoration
Here comes the gift idea that will really score points. We've done it again - together with top artists like Visa Vie, Modular, Mogli, Tschief and more, we proudly present: our latest poster edition! Some designs will remain available for longer, others are only available for a short time. So, get your favorites quickly and make Christmas more stylish! Reality still has the coolest graphics - and your friends will soon have the coolest poster under the Christmas tree. Guaranteed to look good on any wall! 🎄
🎄FOR WHOM? Poet:innen & everyone with bare walls
💰 HOW MUCH? From €19.90
The gift subscriptions of the Bavarian State Opera
The Bavarian State Opera's gift subscriptions offer a wide range of insights into the broad repertoire of Germany's largest opera house on three evenings each. 🎶
You don't know which play your aunt would like best or when a visit to the opera would fit into your brother's diary? No problem. With a voucher from the Bavarian State Opera, you can leave the choice up to the recipient. Give yourself or your loved ones the gift of unforgettable moments at the Bavarian State Opera or a souvenir of a special cultural experience. ✨
You can find more gift ideas online or on site in the opera store at Marstallplatz 5.
🎄 FOR WHOM? For all those who want to experience culture not only from the sofa and are in the mood for applause and stage magic
💰 HOW MUCH? Vouchers for individual performances are available from €20, a subscription from €59
Give the gift of sport: yoga voucher from Pop Up Yoga
Candlelight yoga, aroma yoga or yoga in an art lab? Pop Up Yoga combines your personal practice with unique classes and provides an extraordinary sports experience. With a voucher from Pop Up Yoga, you can give your loved ones an unforgettable yoga experience and the chance to discover new spots in Munich. It's best to go together! 🧘✨
🎄FOR WHOM? Yoga mice and sports freaks
⏰ WHEN? Flexible, choose the right date and spot
💰 HOW MUCH? Vouchers from 15 €
Give the joy of theater with MK: A gift!
Let the curtains rise for unforgettable theater experiences! 🎭
With MK: Geschenkt you don't just give the gift of a visit to the theater, but four. The performances can be chosen freely. The program includes, for example, newly interpreted classics such as "Baumeister Solness" or Kafka's "Amerika", but also a vampire comedy. Ideal for anyone who loves the theater or would like to discover it for themselves.
🎄 FOR WHOM? Theater fans and those who want to become one!
💰HOW MUCH? 100€
⏰ WHEN? Flexibly redeemable
Rausgegangen GEHEIMkonzerte: The best voucher
Take a pinch of surprise, two new musicians, three spoonfuls of concert experience and lots of time together. Mix it up properly, wrap it up nicely with ribbons - and you have the ideal gift for all music lovers and Rausgegangen friends: our Geheimkonzerte voucher.
The principle is as simple as it is exciting: you know nothing. The location and acts remain a secret until shortly beforehand. Only the date and meeting point are known, from there you go to the location together. We have already organized over 50 Geheimkonzerte throughout Germany, with acts such as Provinz, ENNIO, berq, Maria Basel, JOPLYN, Import Export & many more. Trust us more than mom - everything will be fine in the end. Rausgegangen has once again saved Christmas, Easter and every birthday! 🎶✨
🎄FOR WHOM? For music lovers and surprise friends
⏰ WHEN? Flexible, choose your favorite secret concert city (Munich) and the right date
💰 HOW MUCH? From 23,60€
Tufting workshop from Adita's studio
Design your own rug or cushion? That's exactly what you can do in the tufting workshop at Adita's studio - probably the biggest DIY trend of the year. With instructions, you'll go from the design to the tufting gun, step by step to the finished masterpiece. You'll get everything you need for your new favorite interior piece and an unforgettable afternoon to boot. Let's go! ✨Psst, in addition to workshop dates, there are also vouchers to give away. 🤫🎄FORWHOM? Creative people and DIY queens/kings
💰 HOW MUCH? Courses from 149€
Animal welfare organization: Doing good and giving joy
What do you give that one person who just never wants anything and feels like they already have everything? We have an idea that will bring joy and do something good at the same time: a sponsorship with the Munich Animal Welfare Association! With your sponsorship, you provide treats, cuddles and the best all-round care for people's best friends. Whether a four-legged friend or a small animal - every animal is happy about your support and the animal shelter is strengthened. Definitely a win-win gift! 🐾 🎄 FOR WHOM? For animal lovers
💰 HOW MUCH? From €50 per month
The Happy Club: RISO Mix&Match calendars, prints and workshops
"The Happy Club" offers several gift ideas for Christmas:
We are The Happy Club and love creative exchange with the unique tool: risography. Risography is the art of sustainable printing with the Riso. It is a kind of stencil printer - but with a certain life of its own. Despite its old-fashioned photocopier-style appearance, it produces tactile and vivid prints with rich, vibrant solid colors. It produces truly unique one-offs in the Riso look.
Launched in 2022 as an open creative and risography studio and store at Rindermarkt, it now continues in the Au in Munich, where we have developed a unique collection of art prints for our second Mix & Match Art Calendar 2025 in cooperation with 32 artists at The Happy Club. You have the freedom to choose your 12 favorites from this collection of 32 motifs and put together your own personal calendar, and if you want to learn more about the printing technique or work with it yourself, come along to a workshop. ✨
🎄FORWHOM? For creative minds
💰 HOW MUCH? Prints from €28, calendars from €55, workshops from €85
Bellevue di Monaco: drinking coffee and supporting refugees
Make the world a little better with every cup? Our heartfelt tip: give a gift voucher from Café Bellevue di Monaco! When you visit, you not only enjoy delicious food and fair trade coffee, but also support the Bellevue social project. This project supports refugees in Munich, offers advice and organizes a variety of events. The café is organized and run in collaboration with refugees - so you can enjoy your coffee and do good at the same time. ☕🌍
🎄FORWHOM? Gourmets and connoisseurs with a heart
💰 HOW MUCH? Available from €5 in the café at the till
habitus: create your own work of art with DYI painting sets
Give the gift of a creative break and art for your own four walls - without the fear of the blank page! The Munich-based brand habitus offers DIY painting sets of the highest quality and combines beautiful motifs with easy-to-understand instructions. Each set is produced sustainably in Germany using green electricity and is only made to order to ensure short delivery routes. So everyone really can become an artist! The perfect activity for the days between the years, where you can proudly proclaim at the end: "Yes, I painted that!" 🎨✨ Can't decide on a motif? Don't worry, there are also vouchers 😋🎄FORWHOM? Creative mice and painters
💰 HOW MUCH? from €45
Jen Jakob Art: Unique jewelry & workshops
Loud, unique and handmade - that's the jewelry from Munich jewelry label Jen Jakob! Here you'll find everything your heart desires: colorful earrings, enchanting necklaces, individual rings and more. For those who can't decide, there are vouchers or the option of inviting a friend to a workshop to create your own statement piece together. 🎨💍Because life is too short for boring jewelry. ✨🎄FORWHOM? Jewelry lovers and accessory fans
💰 HOW MUCH? Vouchers from €10, workshops from €15, jewelry from €15
Munich for the nose: Parker Rogue scented candles by district
For that Munich feeling at home - the Munich-based brand Parker Rogue has just the right gift: lovingly handmade vegan scented candles inspired by Munich's neighborhoods. What does the English Garden smell like? Whether Giesing, Maxvorstadt, Schwabing or Sendling - you'll find the right scent here. Now all you have to do is choose your favorite... or give the whole city as a gift. 🕯️✨🎄FORWHOM? Local partiers and fine noses 💰 HOW MUCH? Munich throw candles from €26
Relaxation: give the gift of time out and wellness
At the turn of the year, we usually want one thing above all else: to relax. And what better way to do that than with a few wellness sessions? A spa voucher is particularly suitable for this. Fortunately, Munich has a lot to offer and we have collected the best places for wellness and relaxation for you here. Choose your favorite, grab a voucher and look forward to beaming faces when you receive your gift. ✨🎄FORWHOM? Relaxation seekers and wellness lovers
Would you prefer to give concert tickets as a gift or make yourself happy? Then take a look at our concert category:
We would say, let's go! With our inspiration and the wide selection in Munich, the bags are sure to fill up all by themselves - there are definitely enough ideas! But hey, make sure that not everything ends up on your own wishlist, giving as a gift is actually the greater joy. Have fun with the best presents. 🎄
Frequently asked questions about Christmas gifts in Munich 2024
1. what are the best gift ideas for Christmas in Munich?
Munich offers many unique gift ideas: handmade products from local brands, spa and wellness vouchers, creative workshops and experiences such as pop-up yoga or Geheimkonzerte. In the blog article you will find a selection of the best gift ideas to suit every taste.
2. what can I give to people who already have everything?
Gifts for people who already have everything could be creative experiences or special sponsorships, such as a sponsorship of the Munich Animal Welfare Association or tickets for exclusive events.
3. what experiences can you give as a Christmas present in Munich for Christmas?
In Munich, you can give the gift of many experiences, such as candlelight yoga, tufting workshops and Geheimkonzerte vouchers. These experience gifts make for unforgettable moments and combine fun with creative inspiration.