Walking Man

Walking Man is a 1995 sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, standing 17 metres tall and weighing 16 tonnes. It is located on the in , next to the Munich Re business premises.
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  • Work of art
  • …is a sculpture
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1995
  • …stands 17 metres (56 feet) tall
  • Description: statue by Jonathan Borofsky in Munich
  • Also known as
    “Walking Man (München)”
    “Walking Man (Munich)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Giselastraße station and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.
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Metro station
Giselastraße is a Munich U-Bahn station located in the borough of Schwabing-West.
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University
The is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany.
490 metres southwest of Walking Man
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is a street in the districts , and .
140 metres south of Walking Man

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Munich and Schwabing.
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Suburb
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Neighborhood
The is a quarter in the city centre of , .

Walking Man

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Latitude
48.15638° or 48° 9′ 23″ north
Longitude
11.58439° or 11° 35′ 4″ east
Open location code
8FWH5H4M+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 176590371
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type = sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q2542466

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Walking Man” goes by many names.
Walking ManDutch
Walking ManGerman
Walking Man (München)German
The Walking ManItalian
Ходяча людинаUkrainian
Ходяча людина (скульптура)Ukrainian

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