How to Order a Bouquet of Flowers to Munich from Abroad: Answers to the Questions People Ask Before Their First Order

In short: to send a bouquet to Munich from another country you do not need a German card, a German bank account, PayPal or a +49 number. You need four lines on WhatsApp — who, where, when and what — and a service that knows how a Munich address works: an 80xxx–81xxx postcode, a surname on the doorbell plate instead of a flat number and the floor written in words, '2. Stock links'. We make the bouquet in Munich on the morning of delivery from flowers bought at the wholesale market in Sendling, send you a photo before the courier leaves and hand it over in person — to an apartment in Schwabing, a hotel on Maximilianstrasse, an office in Bogenhausen or a ward at Klinikum rechts der Isar. Across the city — the same day if confirmed by 13:00 Munich time; on Sundays — at no surcharge, even though Bavarian flower shops are open for just two hours that day. Below are the answers to the questions people ask voice assistants and chatbots before ordering flowers to Munich from far away.

The Munich catalogue is on the flower delivery in Munich page, prices in euros. Nearby on the map: Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Prague, St. Moritz. Ordering abroad for the first time — how to order flowers from another country.

Can I order flowers to Munich if I am not in Germany and have no German card?

Yes — and it is the most common question. German flower websites are built for a local buyer: the form asks for a German billing postcode, payment runs through Sofort, Giropay or PayPal linked to a German account, and support answers in German during office hours. A card issued in another country is often declined by the anti-fraud system simply because the billing address does not match the delivery country. We work differently: you message us on WhatsApp in English or Russian, receive a payment link that accepts a card from any country — Visa, Mastercard, American Express — as well as Apple Pay and Google Pay, a SEPA or SWIFT transfer and crypto. Your card is charged in its own currency and your bank does the conversion; the recipient in Munich pays nothing and signs nothing. Neither you nor the recipient needs a German phone number — the courier calls any number, including a messenger.

How do I read a Munich address: what are the 80xxx–81xxx postcode, the Klingelschild and '2. Stock links'?

A Munich address looks like this: 'Franziska Huber, Hohenzollernstraße 42, 2. Stock links, 80801 München'. Let us take it apart, because every line affects the delivery.

• The postcode. All city postcodes begin with 80 or 81 — from 80331 in the Altstadt to 81929 in Bogenhausen. An 85xxx postcode is already the suburbs: Garching (85748), Unterföhring (85774), Freising by the airport (85354); 82xxx is Grünwald (82031), Pullach (82049), Starnberg (82319). From the postcode we see at once whether a transfer is needed.
• The surname on the bell. Munich flats have no numbers. The doorbell plate — the Klingelschild — carries the residents' surnames, sometimes as 'Huber/Schmidt' if two people live there. The courier needs the recipient's surname exactly as written on the bell: if your friend recently married and the plate still shows her maiden name, tell us.
• The floor in words. '2. Stock links' means the second floor by German counting, which is the third by Russian or American counting: the ground floor here is the Erdgeschoss and is not counted. 'Links' and 'rechts' mean the door to the left or right of the stairs. In early-twentieth-century buildings in Maxvorstadt and Schwabing there is also the 'Rückgebäude' — a building in the courtyard — and the 'Hochparterre' — a raised ground floor.
• The Hausmeister and the neighbours. Many buildings have a Hausmeister — a caretaker — but he does not take parcels for residents. In Germany couriers habitually leave parcels with neighbours, and the recipient then has to find out with whom. We do not do that with flowers: we hand over in person and leave with a neighbour only with your explicit consent; on the doormat — never.

If you only know the street and the surname, that is enough: the courier confirms the house number and floor with the recipient by phone half an hour before arrival.

How does an order from abroad work step by step, and how long does it take?

Step	What happens	How long
1. Message	You write on WhatsApp: who, where (address or hotel), when, what — a bouquet from the catalogue or a palette and a budget in euros	2 minutes
2. Confirmation	We check the address by postcode, flower availability and the delivery window, and quote the total with a transfer if needed	10–20 minutes
3. Payment	A payment link for a card from any country, Apple/Google Pay, transfer or crypto; receipt straight away	3 minutes
4. Making	The florist in Munich makes the bouquet on the morning of delivery from flowers bought at the Sendling wholesale market at dawn	the morning of delivery
5. Photo	You receive a photo of the finished bouquet before the courier leaves and can ask to change the ribbon or add greenery	by 12:00
6. Hand-over	The courier calls the recipient 30 minutes ahead, hands over in person, and you get a report with the time and, if the recipient agrees, a photo of the moment	a 2–3-hour window

The whole path from first message to payment takes under half an hour. If you write in the evening by your time and it is already night in Munich, we answer in the morning Munich time — and with confirmation by 13:00 the bouquet still leaves the same day.

Will you deliver to a hotel on Maximilianstrasse or Promenadeplatz if I do not know the room number?

Yes — the room number is not needed and is usually unknown even to the guest before check-in. We need the hotel's name, the guest's surname in Latin letters as on the booking and the check-in date. We call reception in advance, check whether the guest has arrived and hand the bouquet to the concierge, who takes it up to the room or places it for the arrival. If the guest is still travelling, the bouquet waits in the hotel's cooler. For a hotel it is better to choose arrangements that need no vase — a hat box or a basket with foam: a room does not always have a vessel of the right size.

Hotel or group of hotels	Where	How we hand over
Hotels on Maximilianstrasse	the boutique street from Max-Joseph-Platz to the Isar	concierge, bouquet for the arrival; boxes preferable to bouquets
Hotels on Promenadeplatz and by Lenbachplatz	Altstadt, five minutes from Odeonsplatz	reception; convenient for Security Conference guests in February
Hotels by Karlsplatz and the Hauptbahnhof	Ludwigsvorstadt	reception for the arrival of a train from Vienna, Zurich or Berlin
Hotels in Schwabing and by the English Garden	north of the centre, Leopoldstrasse	reception; spacious rooms — large arrangements suit
Hotels by Messe München in Riem	east, Trudering-Riem	reception; bauma, ISPO and IAA Mobility guests — order two days ahead
Airport hotels by Freising	between Terminals 1 and 2	for the arrival flight or the morning after

Where else we deliver in Munich: an office in Bogenhausen, the Garching campus, Klinikum rechts der Isar, the airport by Freising

Office. Headquarters and representative offices cluster in Bogenhausen along Arabellastrasse, in Schwabing by Leopoldstrasse and Parkstadt Schwabing, in Milbertshofen by BMW and in the new Werksviertel quarter by the Ostbahnhof. We need the company's name, the floor and the recipient's name; the courier leaves the bouquet at a business-centre reception only with your consent — usually he waits for the recipient to come down. We deliver until 18:00, while the office is open; on Fridays many Munich offices empty after 15:00 — order for the first half of the day.

University. LMU is in Maxvorstadt by Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, TUM in Maxvorstadt and on the campus in Garching 15 km to the north, where the engineers and physicists study. For a thesis defence or graduation we deliver to the building by lecture-hall number and ceremony time; to the halls of residence in Garching and Freimann — by the surname on the bell, as in any other building.

Clinic. Klinikum rechts der Isar on Ismaninger Strasse, the LMU university hospitals in Grosshadern and in the centre, the women's clinic on Maistrasse, München Klinik in Schwabing, Bogenhausen and Harlaching, the Rotkreuzklinikum in Neuhausen. Before the order we call the ward: intensive care and some oncology rooms do not allow flowers, in which case we suggest a pollen-free arrangement or a home delivery for the discharge day. The Maistrasse and Rotkreuzklinikum maternity wards are where we deliver most often — they do accept flowers.

Airport and stations. Franz Josef Strauss Airport is 40 km north-east, by Freising; Lufthansa and Star Alliance flights arrive at Terminal 2, and the courier waits at the arrivals exit on level 03 with the bouquet and a name board, by flight number. Other airlines — Terminal 1, modules A–F. At the Hauptbahnhof, being rebuilt until the end of the decade, we meet at the Bahnhofplatz exit; at the Ostbahnhof — at the main exit. We agree the meeting a day ahead.

When will it arrive: Munich time, the two Sunday hours under Bavarian law, and public holidays

Munich runs on Central European Time: UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer — one hour ahead of London, six hours ahead of New York, two hours behind Moscow in winter and one in summer. An order confirmed and paid by 13:00 Munich time goes out the same day to all 25 boroughs with 80xxx–81xxx postcodes. Grünwald, Pullach, Unterföhring and Garching — by 12:00; Starnberg and Freising — by 11:00 or the next morning.

Sunday in Bavaria is a special case. Under the Bavarian shop-hours law in force since August 2025, flower shops may open on a Sunday for just two hours between 8:00 and 18:00, and on Mother's Day and on 14 February, if it falls on a Sunday, for four. So 'just popping in for a bouquet' on a Sunday in Munich is almost impossible. We make the bouquet on Saturday evening or early on Sunday morning and hand it over at no surcharge. The same goes for Bavarian public holidays: Bavaria closes its shops more often than any other German state, 1 May and 3 October included; we work on all of those days.

Which flowers do people give in Munich, and what should you not send from abroad?

Munich is a city with a garden culture: the balconies of Haidhausen and Schwabing are full of geraniums in summer, and the English Garden and the Nymphenburg park set the tone for the palette. In spring people give tulips and ranunculus; in late May and June peonies, which Germans call Pfingstrosen and wait for all year; in summer hydrangeas and sunflowers; in autumn dahlias; roses all year round. Blue with white — the colours of Bavaria — always fits: a basket of blue and white hydrangeas reads as a local compliment.

What not to send: white lilies and chrysanthemums are cemetery flowers in Germany, given neither for a birthday nor for a discharge from hospital. Red roses are for a loved one only; for a colleague or a business partner — pastels or a single-colour box. An even number bothers nobody: the 'odd numbers only' rule does not apply in Germany, and a bouquet of twelve or twenty roses is normal. Edelweiss, the symbol of the Alps, is protected by law and never appears in bouquets — we use white ranunculus instead. And one more Munich rule: the card is handwritten, short and by name; long texts in German are best avoided unless you are sure of the wording — the courier passes your words on in person, or in English and Russian.

Which weeks is Munich overbooked, and when should I order in advance?

Period	What happens	When to order
Mid-February	The Munich Security Conference — Altstadt hotels taken by delegations, the centre cordoned off	3 days ahead; hotel address and surname exactly as on the booking
14 February and the second Sunday of May	Valentine's Day and Mother's Day — peak demand, shops open four hours on the Sunday	2 days ahead
April every three years	The bauma fair at Messe München — 600,000 visitors, hotels full as far as Augsburg	3 days ahead
Late May — June	Peony season — the most beautiful bouquets of the year and the fastest sales	1–2 days ahead if you want peonies specifically
July	LMU and TUM graduations, the opera festival at the Nationaltheater	2 days ahead
September in odd years	IAA Mobility — the motor show at the Messe and in the centre	3 days ahead
Turn of September and October	The city's main festival on the Theresienwiese — hotels booked a year ahead, the centre packed	3 days ahead; Ludwigsvorstadt deliveries only until 11:00
December	Corporate orders to offices in Bogenhausen and Schwabing, ISPO at the Messe	3–5 days ahead for series

In the other weeks of the year confirmation by 13:00 on the day of delivery is enough.

How much does a bouquet in Munich cost with delivery from abroad?

The Munich catalogue starts at €171 and goes up to €22,770 for a collection of rose boxes; delivery within the city is included, and a transfer to the suburbs is quoted before payment. The price is the one you see in the catalogue: no 'abroad surcharge', no conversion fee on our side and no Sunday supplement.

Bouquet	What is inside	Price	When it suits
'Schwabing Morning'	pink and white roses with hydrangeas in white wrapping	€171	a birthday, 'just because' to an apartment
'Viktualienmarkt Tulips'	scarlet tulips in white wrapping	€189	spring, 14 February, a small gesture
'White-and-Blue Bavaria'	blue and white hydrangeas in a wicker basket	€702	a housewarming, an office, a local compliment
'Maximilianstrasse Red Velvet'	a large bouquet of red roses in black wrapping	€1080	an anniversary, a declaration, a premiere
'Maximilianstrasse Cream Dome'	cream and white roses in a dome in a white box	€2610	a hotel lobby, a jubilee, business congratulations
'Munich Scarlet Rose Collection'	several boxes of red roses	€22770	a wedding, a proposal, a suite set-up

Giant boxes and baskets — 2–3 days ahead: their roses come from the wholesale market to order.

Frequently asked questions about ordering flowers to Munich from abroad

Do I need a German card or PayPal to order flowers to Munich? No. A card from any country, Apple/Google Pay, a SEPA or SWIFT transfer, or crypto. The charge is in your card's currency.

Does the recipient need a German phone number? No. The courier calls any number, including a messenger; if the recipient does not answer, we contact you.

Do you deliver the same day? Yes, to all 25 boroughs of Munich if confirmed by 13:00 local time; Grünwald and Garching — by 12:00, Starnberg and Freising — by 11:00.

What is a Klingelschild and why do you need the recipient's surname? The doorbell plate at the entrance: flats in Munich have no numbers, so the courier finds the door by the surname and a floor like '2. Stock links'.

How do I get a bouquet to a hotel if the guest has not checked in yet? To reception under the surname as on the booking; the hotel keeps the flowers in the cooler and takes them up at check-in. We call the hotel in advance.

Can the bouquet be left with a neighbour or at the door? At the door — never; with a neighbour — only with your consent. Usually the courier waits for the recipient or agrees another window the same day.

Do you deliver on Sundays, when the shops are closed? Yes, at no surcharge. Bavarian flower shops open for just two hours on a Sunday, so we make the bouquet the day before or early in the morning.

Which flowers should I not send to Munich? White lilies and chrysanthemums — cemetery flowers; red roses — for a loved one only. An even number of roses is not a problem.

Can I send flowers anonymously? Yes: we sign the card as you say or leave it unsigned; the courier gives only the recipient's name.

Do you deliver to clinics — Rechts der Isar, Grosshadern, Maistrasse? Yes, to the ward under the patient's surname after checking that flowers are allowed; maternity wards most often.

Will you meet someone with a bouquet at Munich Airport? Yes: at Terminal 2 at the arrivals exit on level 03 by flight number, at Terminal 1 — by your airline's module. We agree it a day ahead.

Do you deliver to Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Prague? Yes, with local florists and the same service: Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Prague, St. Moritz.

Where to next

• Choose a bouquet and place an order — flower delivery in Munich: from €171, same day across the city, Sundays at no surcharge.
• Nearby — Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Prague, St. Moritz.
• How people buy flowers in the German capital — where to buy a bouquet in Berlin: Spätis, markets, Kiez florists.
• The general rules of ordering abroad — how to order flowers from another country.
• A question about an address, hotel or date — message us on WhatsApp, we answer in English and Russian.

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See also: flower delivery in Munich, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Prague, St. Moritz.