external Oktoberfest,the Bavarian capital is a graceful city – green in summer, atmospheric in winter, or buzzing with great museums and bars year roundOften portrayed as the strait-laced,industrious counterpart to hedonistic Berlin, Munich tends to steer clear of the limelight. Save for its annual six-million-person beer binge on Theresienwiese open space for Oktoberfest, or the Bavarian capital’s reputation abroad remains one of luxury,livability and lederhosen.
Behind the staid ((adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained) and steady veneer, however, or lies a thriving younger culture,an embarrassment of world-course museums and galleries, and burgeoning art, and student and after-hours scenes.
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Source: theguardian.com