德南門戶 - 慕尼黑法蘭茲史特勞斯機場 The door of southern Germany - MUC Airport

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位於慕尼黑東北方的慕尼黑機場，為國際旅客造訪德南的主要門戶之一。

機場全名為法蘭茲．約瑟夫．史特勞斯國際機場，以紀念這位前巴伐利亞州長。

MUC Airport locates at the east-north side of Munich as one of the main entrances of southern Germany.

這座機場於1992年正式啟用，以取代無法擴建的慕尼黑里姆機場。其佔地約一千六百公頃，並有超過一百家航運商。依據2012年的統計資料，慕尼黑機場的吞吐量為德國第二，僅次於法蘭克福機場，並同時位居歐洲第七位與世界第三十位。

MUC was activated in 1992 to substitute Riem Airport. It's around 1600 square meters and there're more than 100 companies using its facilities. According to the statistic 2012, its handling capacity took the second place in Germany, only after Frankfurter Airport, and also the 7th and 30th in Europe and in the world.

慕尼黑機場與慕尼黑市區的公眾交通連結相當便利，有兩條郊區電車，S1與S8，行經慕尼黑市中心與機場。雖然2005年曾經有過興建新型磁浮列車連接中央車站與機場，但最後於2008年取消。雖然從以前到現在有許多擴建計畫，如地鐵線和第三跑道，但是目前不是處於籌備階段，就是擱置。預計想看到「新的」慕尼黑機場，還得再等上一段時間。

The connection between MUC and city center is also very convenient, there're two S-Bahn line, S1 and S8, which run through Marienplatz and the airport. Although there was a plan for a new track between the  main station and the airport, it was cancelled in 2008. There were also other expanding plans, such as U-Bahn line and a third runway, until now they were either still planning or suspended. I guess, it shall take much longer than we expected to have a "brand new" MUC airport.

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慕尼黑機場共有兩個航站：二號航廈供德航與其合作夥伴航班，一號航廈則供其餘航空公司使用。不過相較於桃園機場及其他歐洲國際大型機場，免稅店及餐點的選擇偏少，想要在慕尼黑機場做最後血拼的民眾可能會有些失望......。慕尼黑機場外圍還設有遊客公園（即郊區電車的前一站），除了陳列了歷史飛機，還能參觀停機坪和起降觀景丘。

然而，個人覺得慕尼黑機的一大亮點為連結第一航廈與第二航廈之間的MAC（慕尼黑機場中心）廣場。他除了是購物、服務與辦公中心，聖誕節期間還會舉辦聖誕市集與提供滑冰場地。在廣場上還有傳統巴伐利亞的啤酒花園，Airbräu提供傳統德國熱食以及在「機場」釀造的獨家啤酒！在離開慕尼黑的最後一刻，不再大快朵頤一份德國豬腳、不再喝下一公升小麥啤酒，怎麼對得起自己呢？

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There're two terminals in MUC: Terminal 2 is provided for Lufthansa and its partner alliances, terminal 1 is then for the rest of companies. Not like our international airport in Taiwan or other european international airports, there're less options for shopping and restaurants. Who wants to shop before leaving Munich shall be a little bit disappointed.... There's also a visiting park (a station before the airport), which displays historical planes and allows visitors to visit parking apron and to watch planes landing. However, my personal favorite is the MAC square between terminal 1 and terminal 2, which provides not only shops, services and offices, but also Christmas market and ice skating during the X'mas season. On the square there's also a traditional Biergarten, Airbräu provides warm german food and its special in airport brewed beer! Before leaving Munich, it's definitely a must to have one more Schweinhaxe and one Maß more Weizen!