According to an article in the International Herald Tribune Munich is, in the opinion of the magazine Monocle, the world’s most liveable city. It cites

“There’s a certain Italian ambience here,” says Uschi Schnitzer, a 35-year-old event manager, putting down her book on a sunny afternoon in a café in Schwabing, one of the city’s liveliest areas. “In winter you’ve got the mountains and in summer the cafés, beer gardens and lakes. What else do you need?”

Indeed.