The BMW Isetta

The bubble car with a door at the front

BMW built the Isetta from 1955 to 1962 under a licence from Iso, a company in Milan. The whole front of the car opens as its door. For the engine BMW took the single-cylinder unit from its R 25 motorcycle, and the first model, the Isetta 250, had 12 horsepower.

BMW needed a car that sold in large numbers in the mid-1950s. Buyers took more than 10,000 Isettas in the first year, and about 161,000 had left the factory when production ended in May 1962. The blue and white car in the photo stood in the museum in October 2024.

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1. Choose your attraction
2. Pick a date and your tickets
3. Pay online by card
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How booking works: Choose an attraction, pick your date and the number of tickets, then pay online by card. An order confirmation reaches you straight after payment, and your tickets are delivered to the email address you gave at checkout.

Before your visit: Opening hours change on public holidays and during special events, and several attractions stop admitting visitors well before closing time. Each attraction page on this site lists the regular hours, the address and the best way to get there. Check the page for your attraction again on the day before you go.

Reduced tickets: Seniors, students and children pay less at most attractions. Staff at the entrance may ask for proof, so bring a valid ID, student card or similar document for every reduced ticket in your order.

About Munich Authority and our concierge service: Munich Authority is a concierge service that makes booking tickets in Munich simple. We act as your facilitator with the official providers of each attraction. Every ticket is purchased in your name and on your behalf, so it is authentic and falls under the provider’s official terms of sale. We do not resell tickets. Our prices include a concierge service fee on top of the attraction’s own ticket price, and the fee differs by attraction and ticket type. It covers the purchase of your tickets from the official provider and their delivery by email, as well as customer support and the secure handling of your payment and your data.

Direct purchase option: If you prefer to buy without our service, every attraction sells tickets on its own website: FC Bayern Museum, BMW Museum, Nymphenburg Palace, Deutsches Museum and Flugwerft Schleissheim. Tickets bought there carry no service fee from us.

Cancellation and changes: In line with the ticket rules of the attractions, an order cannot be cancelled, changed or refunded once it is placed. By placing an order you accept this rule. Our refund policy names the exceptions.

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