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Accomodation for Incoming Researchers

There is no official accomodation service for incoming scholars. LMU Gateway can help foreigners.
Expect to pay at least 600€/month rent in Munich for a single room; up to 800 for short term stay.

Student Houses

Stay.Campus https://www.thestaycampus.de/en/home/ (Kathe-Kollwitz Strasse 2, 82152 Martinsried) - Kasia was there, good deal.
Gästezimmerverwaltung Goethestr. 29 und Schillerstr. 44 : Andrea Kindermann-Schadl (+49 89 2180-75360, andrea.kindermann-schadl@ver­wal­tung.uni-muenchen.de)
Gästezimmerverwaltung BMC (serviceportal: HS-Service, +49 89 2180-79154)
Vermietung von Wohnungen für Gastwissenschaftler (for Humboldt postdocs, visiting Profs etc) - Johanna Foof (+49 89 2180-3653, johanna.foof@ver­wal­tung.uni-muenchen.de).
Johanna also may have ideas for short term accomodation for other people (see her page here) - be very nice.
Gästehäuser in Martinsried: https://www.mpp.mpg.de/ueber-uns/services/international-office/ and https://www.biochem.mpg.de/campus/Guest_House
Gästehaus LMU in der Stadt: https://www.uni-muenchen.de/einrichtungen/zuv/uebersicht/dez_iv/ref_iv5/aufgabengebiete/gaestezimmer/index.html
Religious student housing (though you don’t need to be religious to stay there) is also available, for example, Collegium Oecumenicum.

Typically non-furnished housing

Immobilienscout24
Münchner Merkur (a daily newspaper with adds for accomodation to let)
Süddeutsche Zeitung (a daily newspaper) Fast Search for accomodation
https://www.wg-gesucht.de/
http://www.wohnungsboerse.net/

Furnished apartments (usually much more expensive, so only short term)

How about "airb'n'b?
http://www.mrlodge.de/englisch/e_info_english.htm
http://www.accoreal.de/en/real-estate-search/
http://muenchen.homecompany.de/index.php?sp=en

To Do on Arrival

1. KVR - where you need to visit very soon after arriving, to get a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate)
2. Banks - eg Stadtsparkasse München - there are several banks around the UBahn Grosshadern subway stop.
3. Lab insurance https://www.laborversicherung.de/ : about 7-14€/month, covers breakage of lab equipment up to 2500€.
Questions: HowTo Germany
Still Questions: LMU International office: http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/about_lmu/contact/int_office/service

Other useful links:

Public transport in Munich (MVV): http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/home/index.html
Map of Munich: http://www.stadtplan.net/index.asp
Leo dictionary: http://dict.leo.org/ende?lang=de&lp=ende&search
Google translate: http://translate.google.com/