Eisbach Wave

Munich is known worldwide among surfers for the Eisbach wave at the Haus der Kunst.

A stone step at the exit point on Prinzregentenstrasse of the very water-rich and fast-flowing Eisbach creates - since an extension was added to one of the two banks all year round - a rapid and a standing wave about half a meter high, which is used by canoeists and river surfers and also by surfers became internationally known. It is both popular and feared by surfers because directly behind it several rows of stone blocks underwater can cause injuries, especially to inexperienced surfers.

The wave is the crowd puller not only for tourists. You often see really great surfers pros. On summer nights in the evening, the whole thing is bathed in floodlights.