The Tent

Depending on your level of comfort with «roughing it» THE TENT is either heaven or hell. For me, it was a good experience.
The tent is BY FAR the least expensive hostel in the city, and equally unique. For backpackers with their own tent, there is a small yard which was populated by 50 or so other tents at the time of my visit. Essentially, you are stacked up with a few feet between yourself and your neighbors.
Also offered is space in the large communal tent, which is filled with squeaky bunks, and equally squeaky lockers. (bring your own lock.) There are somewhat clean (by american standards) showers and restrooms, bike rentals, wifi, good cheap food, a fire pit with communal seating, and a very friendly staff.
If you are used to roughing it, love to meet people, or just can’t bear to be far from Nymphenburg Palace than this is a spot you should check out. Follow the signs from the street car to the end of Franz Schrank Strasse, then go left up the path.

We were here this summer and we loved it.
The Tent is basically a youth hostel with a bit of a twist. You can stay in one of the two massive circus-​style tents depending on how much you want to pay. In one tent, you doss down on the floor (with as many blankets from reception as you want) and in the other, you can pay a little more and have bunk beds.
There’s also a small space to take your own tent (which is what we did).
The bar is the main focus of the site and it’s like it’s been lifted from a tropical beach. Hammocks and benches nestle amongst the trees making this a perfect place to chill out (which was good, seeing as it was about 40 degrees every day while we were there!) Pastries, meats and cheeses are sold from the bar at breakfast and you can get an evening meal for around 3e. 0.5l bottles of beer were 1.80e making this a fairly cheap place to hang out.
The showers and toilets were cleaned every day and there’s also a guest kitchen with gas burners and cutlery so you can wander 15 minutes up the road to Lidl and fetch your own food if you’re on a tight budget.
It’s about a 5 minute walk to the tram stop where it’s a 15 minute journey on the S-​bahn into Munich centre.
There’s not much to do in Munich itself, but we’ll definitely be back at The Tent to relax.

The Tent ist eine Campinganlage in der Nähe des Botanischen Gartens in München-​Nymphenburg. Anreise am besten mit der Tram 17 und Botanischer Garten aussteigen. Von dort nur noch 5 Minuten Fussweg.
Auf dem Campingplatz kann man im sonst recht teuren München gut und günstig überrnachtn, wenn man seine Ansprüch nicht so hoch schraubt. Es gibt große Zelte (ähnlich wie Bierzelte) mit Holzboden und Stockfeldbetten. Aber auch Gruppenzelte in welchen man mit Isomatte auf dem Boden übernachten kann, oder aber auch, in normalen Campinzelten. Platz ist genug. Vor allem Bagpacker sind hier anzutreffen, aber auch Schulklassen oder Familien, die preiswert in München verweilen möchten. Die sanitären Anlagen sind sauber und recht neu. Das Team, dass dort arbeitet ist sehr sympathisch und hilfsbereit. Frühstück gibt es ebenso. In einem Holzhaus mit Veranda gibt es morgens Buffet und tagsüber auch eine Theke, an der Getränke und kleiner Imbiss verkauft wird. Abends kann amn am Lagerfeuer sitzen udn allerhand Leute aus der ganzen Welt treffen.
Ins Zentrum der Satdt fährt man ca. eine halbe Stunde mit oben genannter Tramlinie.
Alles in allem eine preiswerte Alternative zu den gewöhnlichen Youth Hostels.