Munich is a fine city; its trams add pleasingly to the stately, dignified urban backdrop. In September 2009 this beautifully maintained 1950s stock was taking tourists and tram enthusiasts on circuits of the city to the accompaniment of rakish oompah-oompah music. Such a shame that these now "historical" carriages are no longer in normal service use - there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. They glide smoothly and happily along the streets of the early 21st century, but doubtless they do not conform to certain arcane health-and-safety or accessibility rules imposed by heartless authorities in Brussels. They are things of great beauty.
