Kandinsky in the country: Bavaria’s museums send art lovers hiking

Kandinsky is one of several renowned artists whose work is thought to have been inspired by his time trodding the paths of Bavarian countryside in the early 20th century. Photo: dpa

It's one of those quandaries that many summer visitors to Munich, Germany face: How best to balance their precious time between the Bavarian capital with all its cultural attractions, against some sightseeing in the gorgeously beautiful countryside just beyond the city’s outskirts?

Five art museums have banded together to offer travellers a solution.