New Town Hall

This guide to Munich's New Town Hall tells the legend behind its glockenspiel: a 1517 plague that emptied the streets, and a guild of barrel makers who danced through them in green caps and feathers, daring Munich back to life. It also digs into the historical record, what chroniclers writing in 1830 claimed happened, and what town archives from 1702 actually show. You'll hear about the thirty-two gilded figures who reenact a royal joust and the coopers' dance high on the tower face. Listen for the small golden rooster that ends each show with three crows.