Olivia Rodrigo Munich 2027 at Olympiahalle - Family Travel Guide

Munich is the trip your daughter will remember forever, and even with the flight, it's still cheaper than a sold-out resale ticket in the US. The Unraveled Tour hits Olympiahalle in April 2027, which gives you a full year to plan, save, and book the right flights. Would you believe? When Brigitte (my friend in Munich since my au pair days, kept in touch all these years) sent me the screenshot of Olympiahalle face-value tickets - €75 in the upper rings, €165 on the floor - I had to look up the resale prices in the US to confirm the comparison was real. A floor seat in Newark is currently going for $920 on Stubhub. €165 is $179. Round-trip from Newark to Munich on Lufthansa in shoulder season is $580. The whole trip - two flights, four nights at a small hotel in Schwabing, transit, food, two tickets - comes in under what one US resale floor seat costs. I can't quite believe I'm typing that, but the numbers are the numbers.

The show

Olivia plays Olympiahalle on Thursday, April 1, 2027. Doors at 6:30pm, support act on around 7:30pm, Olivia at 8:45pm. Show wraps just before 11pm.

Olympiahalle was built for the 1972 Olympics - the iconic tented roof on Olympic Park - and it has been the city's principal indoor concert venue ever since. It seats roughly 14,000 for shows, sightlines are good, security is calm and Bavarian-thorough. Brigitte's daughter Sophie went to a Coldplay show there at age nine and reported (loudly) that it was the best night of her life. Olivia's shows skew young and joyful, and German concert culture is famously polite - you will be allowed to navigate to your seat without being elbowed. My kids Theo and Margaux are still small (Theo just turned 4, Margaux is 6) so I haven't taken them to a show like this yet, but I went to a concert at Olympiahalle long before kids and the venue has a calmness to it that feels family-appropriate.

Where to fly into

Munich (MUC) is one of the most pleasant airports in Europe - efficient, calm, with a children's play area near the train station. Direct flights from Newark, Boston, Chicago, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Washington Dulles, Denver, San Francisco, and LAX on Lufthansa, United, Delta. Shoulder-season pricing January through March 2027 hovers around $560 to $760 round-trip from East Coast. From the West Coast, $760 to $980. Lufthansa's kids' meal is genuinely good - I order it for myself sometimes when I'm with the kids - the pasta with butter is everyone's favorite.

The S-Bahn (S1 or S8) from the airport into central Munich takes 40 minutes, costs €13.60 for an adult day pass, kids 6-14 are €1.80, and under 6 are free. Skip the Lufthansa Express Bus - it's no faster and three times the price.

Tap water is fine in Munich - bring a refillable bottle, the fountains in the Englischer Garten are spring-fed and cold and free.

Where to stay

Olympiapark is in the northern part of Munich. You have two options: stay near the venue (Schwabing, Maxvorstadt) for a short walk home, or stay in central Munich (Altstadt, Marienplatz) for the city experience and U-Bahn out to the show. I'd pick Schwabing - it's the university district, quieter than Altstadt, café culture, the kids will love the Englischer Garten one block over.

The Flushing Meadows Hotel. €240 to €320 per night. In the Glockenbachviertel, a slightly hipster neighborhood with brilliant cafés. Twenty minutes by U-Bahn to Olympiahalle. The rooms are loft-style, the breakfast is generous, and the front desk speaks four languages.

Hotel Maximilian. €170 to €230. Family-run, classic Bavarian, in Schwabing fifteen minutes by U-Bahn from the venue. The breakfast room is decorated with old photographs of Munich. Brigitte recommended this one to me years ago and I've sent four families there since.

Hotel Anna. €150 to €220. A small boutique hotel near the train station, twenty minutes' walk to Marienplatz, twenty minutes by U-Bahn to the venue. Family rooms that fit four. The owner Frau Becker reminds me - in spirit, not literally - of my old German host mom, also a Frau Becker. Both are warm, both will not let you leave without a coffee in your hand.

Bayerischer Hof. €380 to €520. The grand five-star in central Munich. Spendy but if your daughter is going to her first big concert and you want her to feel the world for a night, this is the room. Marble bathroom, rooftop terrace.

Holiday Inn Munich Olympiapark. €130 to €180. Walking distance to Olympiahalle - twelve minutes on foot. After the show you walk back. The hotel is unremarkable but the convenience is the point.

Getting to and from the venue

Olympiazentrum is the U-Bahn station for Olympiahalle, on the U3 line. Door of the station to door of the arena is an eight-minute walk through Olympic Park. From central Munich (Marienplatz) to Olympiazentrum is a 14-minute U-Bahn ride.

Last U-Bahn from Olympiazentrum on a Wednesday night runs at approximately 12:50am, so you have plenty of buffer after an 11pm show. The S-Bahn and U-Bahn together run a Nachtnetz (night network) on Friday and Saturday nights only - on a Thursday, the regular schedule applies, which is fine because the last train is well after the show ends.

Buy a Tageskarte (day ticket) at any U-Bahn station. €8.80 for the inner zones, covers an adult and up to three kids under 14 for the entire day. The München CityTourCard is the upgraded version with museum discounts - €19.50 for a 24-hour group ticket, worth it if you're hitting the Deutsches Museum or the Residenz.

One warning: German U-Bahn doors do not have an automatic open button when the train stops - you have to press the button on the door yourself. The first time my friend tried to get off at Marienplatz without pressing the button, she ended up at Sendlinger Tor wondering what had happened. Press the button.

Pre-show food near the venue

Olympiapark has the Olympic mall (Olympia Einkaufszentrum) right next to the U-Bahn station, with a food court that's perfectly fine for kids. Better to eat in Schwabing or Maxvorstadt and U-Bahn to the show with a full stomach.

Augustiner-Keller. The traditional Bavarian beer garden by the Hauptbahnhof. Family-friendly until 10pm, the schnitzel plate will feed two children, the chestnut trees overhead are part of the experience. Reserve a 5pm seating, you'll be at the venue by 7:30pm. Würstl-on-a-stick for the small ones.

Schmalznudel. Tiny old-Munich café in Altstadt that has been frying schmalznudel (a fresh fried dough disc) since 1872. Twenty minutes for breakfast or afternoon snack, kids inhale these.

Tantris DNA. If you want a special show-night dinner, Tantris is the legendary Munich restaurant - the casual sister-restaurant Tantris DNA does a tasting menu that kids over 8 can manage. Reservation only. €120 per person. Worth it for a milestone trip.

Café Glockenspiel. Right on Marienplatz with a balcony view of the Glockenspiel show at 11am, noon, and 5pm. The kids' menu is unremarkable but the location is the point - eat here at 4:30pm and watch the figures dance at 5pm. U-Bahn to Olympiazentrum after.

Eisbach Restaurant. Modern Bavarian in Altstadt, kids welcome, a 90-minute meal that won't keep you past 7pm if you reserve early. The veal Wiener Schnitzel is the right portion size for a tween.

Day-of itinerary in Munich

Show is Thursday evening. Thursday goes like this. Late breakfast at one of the bakeries in Schwabing - Café Frischhut for schmalznudel, or Conditorei Münchner Stub'n for buttery breakfast pastries. U-Bahn to Marienplatz. Watch the Glockenspiel at 11am - the figures dance and joust for ten minutes, your daughter will love it the first time, by the second time she'll be impatient, that's normal. Walk to the Viktualienmarkt for snack-shopping (try the obatzda, a Bavarian cheese spread, on a pretzel - Margaux is obsessed). Lunch at Augustiner-Keller. Walk to the Englischer Garten - the surfers at the Eisbachwelle are the Munich-locals' worst-kept secret, they ride a standing wave year-round in the river, kids will be transfixed. Loop back through the park, stop at the Chinesischer Turm beer garden for an apple juice (Apfelschorle). Back to the hotel by 5pm for the costume change. U-Bahn to Olympiazentrum by 7:30pm.

If you have more days: the Deutsches Museum is the largest science and technology museum in the world, and the historic mining gallery and the airplanes hall will keep a tween occupied for three hours. Schloss Nymphenburg, the Wittelsbach summer palace, with its grounds and the porcelain factory and the Marstallmuseum (carriages and sleighs) is a half-day out, take the U1 and tram. Day trip to Neuschwanstein Castle - the most famous castle in Bavaria, leave Munich at 8am by train, you're back by 7pm. The hike up to the castle is a real climb - good shoes essential.

The Christmas market at Marienplatz is one of the most beautiful in Europe, but it only runs late November through Christmas Eve. The good ones (vs. the tourist-trap ones) are the Schwabinger Christmas Market and the Tollwood Winterfest at Theresienwiese. Worth knowing for future trips even if your concert window is April.

Shopping near the venue and in the city

Olympia Einkaufszentrum next to the venue is a regular shopping mall. Skip it. Munich shopping happens in three places.

Altstadt for the headline names. Kaufingerstraße and Neuhauser Straße are the main shopping drag - Galeria Kaufhof, Hugendubel bookshop (the best in Munich, the kids' department on the third floor is generous). Engelhorn Mode for proper boutique-y department store browsing. Manufactum on Dienerstraße for beautifully made everyday objects - Theo got a wooden train there last summer that he refuses to share.

Schwabing for the independent boutiques. Hohenzollernstraße for vintage clothing, ceramics, candles. Bookbinders Design on Türkenstraße for stationery your tween will treasure. The Pasinger Fabrik area for design markets on weekends.

Glockenbachviertel for the cool kids' boutiques. Reichenbachstraße has Steckenpferd for handmade kids' clothes and Ladage for vintage.

Viktualienmarkt is a permanent open-air market in Altstadt - cheese, produce, sausages, weird mustards, beautiful pretzels. Saturday mornings are the busiest. Bring euros for the smaller stalls. The honey lady who sets up on the southern edge has been there since 1989 according to Brigitte. Buy a small jar.

Words' Worth Books on Schellingstraße in Schwabing. The English-language bookshop. The kids' section is curated by someone who loves children's literature - they'll wrap a book for you if you ask.

The concert-mom packing list

You're flying to Bavaria in April, attending a sold-out arena show, and walking your tween home through cool spring evenings. Pack with care.

Olympiahalle enforces a clear-bag policy at major shows. The BAGAIL Clear Stadium Bag at 12 by 12 by 6 inches meets venue rules across most of Europe. We've taken ours through several German venues without questions.

For the city portions of the trip - the U-Bahn at rush hour, the Viktualienmarkt on a Saturday morning - the Pacsafe GO Festival Crossbody with locking zippers and a slash-resistant strap is what I wear. Munich is one of the safer European cities, but pickpockets work the U-Bahn at peak hours, especially the U1 and U3 lines around Marienplatz.

Olivia's shows are loud. The Loop Experience 2 Earplugs are designed for concerts - they reduce volume cleanly without making the music sound muffled. Pack two pairs because your tween will lose one.

Your phone, your passport, your euros. The FuninCrea Hidden Money Belt goes flat under your shirt and holds the daily essentials. Wear it on travel days especially - the Hauptbahnhof at rush hour is where pickpockets target tired tourists.

The April walk back from the U-Bahn after the show will be cold. Munich in mid-April is between 38 and 55 Fahrenheit, and the wind off the Olympic Park can bite. The ANLOKE Mylar Blankets in a pack of ten weigh almost nothing. Wrap one around your tween at the U-Bahn platform while she replays every moment of the show in real time.

German outlets are standard European two-pin. The Anker EU Travel Adapter covers Germany and the rest of continental Europe. Important to know: German pharmacies (Apotheke) close on Sundays, so if you're traveling Saturday-to-Tuesday and you need anything from a pharmacy, plan ahead.

Comfortable shoes are non-negotiable. The cobbled streets of Altstadt and the long paths of Olympic Park add up. The Skechers Go Walk 7 Slip-Ins are what I wear on every trip now - the cushioning genuinely matters by mile six.

The mom-and-daughter moment

Here's what nobody tells you about taking a daughter to her first big concert in a city you loved before she existed. Munich was my city long before kids. Long before kids, I was an au pair here for the Bauer family, and Brigitte was the next-door neighbor's daughter who introduced me to currywurst at midnight after our German classes. I haven't been back to Munich with Margaux yet - she's six - but when I take her, the trip will be partly a tour of who her mother was at twenty-two. Show your daughter the bench you used to sit on. The bakery you walked to on Sundays. Tell her the silly story about the time you missed the U-Bahn and walked four miles home in snow boots. She is exactly the right age to understand that you had a life before her, and to find that fascinating.

The ritual I'd suggest: a small ceramic from one of the Schwabing markets. Munich has a tradition of glazed ceramic pendants and tiny figurines - €8 to €15 each, made by local artisans. Pick one out together. Have it ready in your bag at the show. Hand it to her in the U-Bahn on the way home. Theo and Margaux already each have one of mine from a trip Brigitte and I took years ago. Margaux's is a tiny ceramic edelweiss flower and she sleeps with it on the nightstand.

One last warning. Don't try to pet the swans in the Englischer Garten. They are vicious. (Same for the swans in Salzburg, in case you're combining trips. They have a long memory and short tempers.) Watch out for cyclists in Munich - they have right-of-way, they go fast, the bike lanes are red and look like sidewalks. Have an excellent time.