Munich Segway Tours

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ABOVE: A first-time Segway rider gets instruction before the tour.

Tips for Segway tourists

• The tour season is from Easter to the end of October.

• Tours may be cancelled in bad weather, and group bookings may tie up all the Segways, so call ahead.

• To ride a Segway scooter, you must weigh no more than 110 kg or 242 pounds.

• Segway Personal Transporters are extremely stable, but if you're clumsy or have bad balance, it's conceivable that you could fall off the scooter in a sharp turn. Also, you'll need to stand still with good posture while riding, so you might want to try the 30-minute tour if you're a first-time Segway user. (One middle-aged woman told me that her back hurt after the two-hour tour from having to stand in one place while riding.)

• The tour's Segway scooters are locked at the beginner setting (13 km/h or 6 mph), but even that speed feels quick when you're sharing paths with pedestrians, joggers, and bicyclists. When riding the Segway, concentrate on the path and look at the sights after the group has stopped.

Location

• Tours depart from the "Segway-Stand" on the plaza in front of the Eisssporthalle next to SeaLife in the Olympiapark.

• To reach the park by underground train, take U-Bahn Line 3 to Olympiazentrum/Olympia-Einkaufszentrum. From the Olympiazentrum U-Bahn station, walk south past BMW Welt, over the Autobahn, and into the park. (Allow roughly 20 minutes for the U-Bahn ride plus a 10-minute walk on the footpath.)

• For driving, tram, or bus directions, seet the Olympiapark's German-language directions page.

• To download a printable map of the Olympiapark in Adobe PDF format, click here.

Contacts

• Web site (German only): www.ich-steh-auf-fahren.de

• E-mail: info@ich-steh-auf-fahren.de.

• Phone: 089/178 77 667. (The owners speak German, English, and Korean.)

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