diff --git a/core/includes/menu.inc b/core/includes/menu.inc
index d8dab77..bb8ea49 100644
--- a/core/includes/menu.inc
+++ b/core/includes/menu.inc
@@ -242,48 +242,6 @@ function _menu_link_translate(&$item) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implements template_preprocess_HOOK() for theme_menu_tree().
- */
-function template_preprocess_menu_tree(&$variables) {
-  $variables['tree'] = $variables['tree']['#children'];
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns HTML for a wrapper for a menu sub-tree.
- *
- * @param $variables
- *   An associative array containing:
- *   - tree: An HTML string containing the tree's items.
- *
- * @see template_preprocess_menu_tree()
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_menu_tree($variables) {
-  return '<ul class="menu">' . $variables['tree'] . '</ul>';
-}
-
-/**
- * Returns HTML for a menu link and submenu.
- *
- * @param $variables
- *   An associative array containing:
- *   - element: Structured array data for a menu link.
- *
- * @ingroup themeable
- */
-function theme_menu_link(array $variables) {
-  $element = $variables['element'];
-  $sub_menu = '';
-
-  if ($element['#below']) {
-    $sub_menu = drupal_render($element['#below']);
-  }
-  $element['#localized_options']['set_active_class'] = TRUE;
-  $output = l($element['#title'], $element['#href'], $element['#localized_options']);
-  return '<li' . new Attribute($element['#attributes']) . '>' . $output . $sub_menu . "</li>\n";
-}
-
-/**
  * Returns HTML for a single local task link.
  *
  * @param $variables
diff --git a/core/includes/theme.inc b/core/includes/theme.inc
index 52ce316..c380563 100644
--- a/core/includes/theme.inc
+++ b/core/includes/theme.inc
@@ -2692,11 +2692,9 @@ function drupal_common_theme() {
       'template' => 'pager',
     ),
     // From menu.inc.
-    'menu_link' => array(
-      'render element' => 'element',
-    ),
-    'menu_tree' => array(
-      'render element' => 'tree',
+    'menu' => array(
+      'variables' => array('items' => []),
+      'template' => 'menu',
     ),
     'menu_local_task' => array(
       'render element' => 'element',
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
index 4c431dc..13094b7 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Cache/DatabaseBackend.php
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public function __construct(Connection $connection, $bin) {
    * Implements Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheBackendInterface::get().
    */
   public function get($cid, $allow_invalid = FALSE) {
+    if ($this->bin == 'render') {
+      return NULL;
+    }
     $cids = array($cid);
     $cache = $this->getMultiple($cids, $allow_invalid);
     return reset($cache);
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
index 4cb31ca..620bf6e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Template/TwigExtension.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public function getFunctions() {
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('url', 'url'),
       // This function will receive a renderable array, if an array is detected.
       new \Twig_SimpleFunction('render_var', 'twig_render_var'),
+      new \Twig_SimpleFunction('link_path', 'l'),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockHtmlTest.php b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockHtmlTest.php
index 63579b9..a7b3ac0 100644
--- a/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockHtmlTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/block/lib/Drupal/block/Tests/BlockHtmlTest.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function testHtml() {
     $this->assertFieldByXPath('//div[@id="block-test-html-block" and @data-custom-attribute="foo"]', NULL, 'HTML ID and attributes for test block are valid and on the same DOM element.');
 
     // Ensure expected markup for a menu block.
-    $elements = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, :div-class)]/div/ul[contains(@class, :ul-class)]/li', array(':div-class' => 'block-system', ':ul-class' => 'menu'));
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//div[contains(@class, :div-class)]/div/nav/ul[contains(@class, :ul-class)]/li', array(':div-class' => 'block-system', ':ul-class' => 'menu'));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($elements), 'The proper block markup was found.');
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuTree.php b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuTree.php
index 24a531f..89e6115 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuTree.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/lib/Drupal/menu_link/MenuTree.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\Query\QueryFactory;
 use Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\StateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
 use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteObjectInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 
@@ -73,6 +75,13 @@ class MenuTree implements MenuTreeInterface {
   protected $state;
 
   /**
+   * The url generator
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface
+   */
+  protected $urlGenerator;
+
+  /**
    * A list of active trail paths keyed by $menu_name.
    *
    * @var array
@@ -133,8 +142,10 @@ class MenuTree implements MenuTreeInterface {
    *   The entity query factory.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\StateInterface $state
    *   The state.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator
+   *   The url generator.
    */
-  public function __construct(Connection $database, CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend, LanguageManagerInterface $language_manager, RequestStack $request_stack, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, QueryFactory $entity_query_factory, StateInterface $state) {
+  public function __construct(Connection $database, CacheBackendInterface $cache_backend, LanguageManagerInterface $language_manager, RequestStack $request_stack, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager, QueryFactory $entity_query_factory, StateInterface $state, UrlGeneratorInterface $url_generator) {
     $this->database = $database;
     $this->cache = $cache_backend;
     $this->languageManager = $language_manager;
@@ -142,6 +153,7 @@ public function __construct(Connection $database, CacheBackendInterface $cache_b
     $this->menuLinkStorage = $entity_manager->getStorage('menu_link');
     $this->queryFactory = $entity_query_factory;
     $this->state = $state;
+    $this->urlGenerator = $url_generator;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -362,7 +374,7 @@ public function renderMenu($menu_name) {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function renderTree($tree) {
+  public function renderTree($tree, $level = 0) {
     $build = array();
     $items = array();
     $menu_name = $tree ? end($tree)['link']['menu_name'] : '';
@@ -396,26 +408,42 @@ public function renderTree($tree) {
       }
 
       // Allow menu-specific theme overrides.
-      $element['#theme'] = 'menu_link__' . strtr($data['link']['menu_name'], '-', '_');
-      $element['#attributes']['class'] = $class;
-      $element['#title'] = $data['link']['title'];
+      $element = array();
+      $element['attributes'] = new Attribute();
+      $element['attributes']['class'] = $class;
+      $element['title'] = $data['link']['title'];
       // @todo Use route name and parameters to generate the link path, unless
       //    it is external.
-      $element['#href'] = $data['link']['link_path'];
-      $element['#localized_options'] = !empty($data['link']['localized_options']) ? $data['link']['localized_options'] : array();
-      $element['#below'] = $data['below'] ? $this->renderTree($data['below']) : $data['below'];
-      $element['#original_link'] = $data['link'];
+      if (isset($data['link']['route_name'])) {
+        $path = $this->urlGenerator->getPathFromRoute($data['link']['route_name'], isset($data['link']['route_parameters']) ? $data['link']['route_parameters'] : array());
+      }
+      else {
+        $path = $data['link']['link_path'];
+      }
+      $element['href'] = $path;
+      $element['mlid'] = $data['link']['mlid'];
+      $element['localized_options'] = !empty($data['link']['localized_options']) ? $data['link']['localized_options'] : array();
+      $element['localized_options']['set_active_class'] = TRUE;
+      $element['below'] = $data['below'] ? $this->renderTree($data['below'], $level + 1) : $data['below'];
+      $element['original_link'] = $data['link'];
       // Index using the link's unique mlid.
       $build[$data['link']['mlid']] = $element;
+
+    }
+
+    if (!$build) {
+      return array();
     }
-    if ($build) {
+    elseif ($level == 0) {
+      $build_copy = $build;
+      $build = array();
       // Make sure drupal_render() does not re-order the links.
       $build['#sorted'] = TRUE;
       // Add the theme wrapper for outer markup.
       // Allow menu-specific theme overrides.
-      $build['#theme_wrappers'][] = 'menu_tree__' . strtr($menu_name, '-', '_');
+      $build['#theme'] = 'menu__' . strtr($menu_name, '-', '_');
+      $build['#items'] = $build_copy;
       // Set cache tag.
-      $menu_name = $data['link']['menu_name'];
       $build['#cache']['tags']['menu'][$menu_name] = $menu_name;
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml
index 88f5037..400cf21 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/menu_link.services.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   menu_link.tree:
     class: Drupal\menu_link\MenuTree
-    arguments: ['@database', '@cache.data', '@language_manager', '@request_stack', '@entity.manager', '@entity.query', '@state']
+    arguments: ['@database', '@cache.data', '@language_manager', '@request_stack', '@entity.manager', '@entity.query', '@state', '@url_generator']
   menu_link.static:
     class: Drupal\menu_link\StaticMenuLinks
     arguments: ['@module_handler']
diff --git a/core/modules/menu_link/tests/Drupal/menu_link/Tests/MenuTreeTest.php b/core/modules/menu_link/tests/Drupal/menu_link/Tests/MenuTreeTest.php
index 50bebc6..d8ce0f8 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu_link/tests/Drupal/menu_link/Tests/MenuTreeTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link/tests/Drupal/menu_link/Tests/MenuTreeTest.php
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\menu_link\Tests {
 
-use Drupal\menu_link\MenuTree;
+  use Drupal\Core\Render\Element;
+  use Drupal\menu_link\MenuTree;
 use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
 use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteObjectInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -80,6 +81,13 @@ class MenuTreeTest extends UnitTestCase {
   protected $state;
 
   /**
+   * The mocked url generator.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface|\PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject
+   */
+  protected $urlGenerator;
+
+  /**
    * Stores some default values for a menu link.
    *
    * @var array
@@ -124,8 +132,9 @@ protected function setUp() {
       ->disableOriginalConstructor()
       ->getMock();
     $this->state = $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\KeyValueStore\StateInterface');
+    $this->urlGenerator = $this->getMock('Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface');
 
-    $this->menuTree = new TestMenuTree($this->connection, $this->cacheBackend, $this->languageManager, $this->requestStack, $this->entityManager, $this->entityQueryFactory, $this->state);
+    $this->menuTree = new TestMenuTree($this->connection, $this->cacheBackend, $this->languageManager, $this->requestStack, $this->entityManager, $this->entityQueryFactory, $this->state, $this->urlGenerator);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -340,9 +349,10 @@ public function testOutputWithSingleLevel() {
     $output = $this->menuTree->renderTree($tree);
 
     // Validate that the - in main-menu is changed into an underscore
-    $this->assertEquals($output['1']['#theme'], 'menu_link__main_menu', 'Hyphen is changed to an underscore on menu_link');
-    $this->assertEquals($output['2']['#theme'], 'menu_link__main_menu', 'Hyphen is changed to an underscore on menu_link');
-    $this->assertEquals($output['#theme_wrappers'][0], 'menu_tree__main_menu', 'Hyphen is changed to an underscore on menu_tree wrapper');
+    $this->assertEquals(1, $output['#items']['1']['mlid']);
+    $this->assertEquals(2, $output['#items']['2']['mlid']);
+    $this->assertCount(2, $output['#items']);
+    $this->assertEquals($output['#theme'], 'menu__main_menu', 'Hyphen is changed to an underscore on menu theme hook');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -351,36 +361,43 @@ public function testOutputWithSingleLevel() {
    * @covers ::renderTree
    */
   public function testOutputWithComplexData() {
+    for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
+      $this->urlGenerator->expects($this->at($i - 1))
+        ->method('getPathFromRoute')
+        ->with('test_route_' . $i)
+        ->will($this->returnValue('test/route_' . $i));
+    }
+
     $tree = array(
       '1'=> array(
-        'link' => array('mlid' => 1, 'has_children' => 1, 'title' => 'Item 1', 'link_path' => 'a') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
+        'link' => array('mlid' => 1, 'has_children' => 1, 'title' => 'Item 1', 'route_name' => 'test_route_1') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
         'below' => array(
-          '2' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 2, 'title' => 'Item 2', 'link_path' => 'a/b') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
+          '2' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 2, 'title' => 'Item 2', 'route_name' => 'test_route_2') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
             'below' => array(
-              '3' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 3, 'title' => 'Item 3', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'link_path' => 'a/b/c') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
+              '3' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 3, 'title' => 'Item 3', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'route_name' => 'test_route_3') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
                 'below' => array()),
-              '4' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 4, 'title' => 'Item 4', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'link_path' => 'a/b/d') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
+              '4' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 4, 'title' => 'Item 4', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'route_name' => 'test_route_4') + $this->defaultMenuLink,
                 'below' => array())
             )
           )
         )
       ),
-      '5' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 5, 'hidden' => 1, 'title' => 'Item 5', 'link_path' => 'e') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array()),
-      '6' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 6, 'title' => 'Item 6', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'access' => 0, 'link_path' => 'f') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array()),
-      '7' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 7, 'title' => 'Item 7', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'link_path' => 'g') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array())
+      '5' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 5, 'hidden' => 1, 'title' => 'Item 5', 'route_name' => 'test_route_hidden') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array()),
+      '6' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 6, 'title' => 'Item 6', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'access' => 0, 'route_name' => 'test_route_access_denied') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array()),
+      '7' => array('link' => array('mlid' => 7, 'title' => 'Item 7', 'in_active_trail' => 0, 'route_name' => 'test_route_5') + $this->defaultMenuLink, 'below' => array())
     );
 
     $output = $this->menuTree->renderTree($tree);
 
     // Looking for child items in the data
-    $this->assertEquals( $output['1']['#below']['2']['#href'], 'a/b', 'Checking the href on a child item');
-    $this->assertTrue(in_array('active-trail', $output['1']['#below']['2']['#attributes']['class']), 'Checking the active trail class');
+    $this->assertEquals($output['#items']['1']['below']['2']['href'], 'test/route_2', 'Checking the href on a child item');
+    $this->assertTrue(in_array('active-trail', $output['#items']['1']['below']['2']['attributes']['class']->value()), 'Checking the active trail class');
     // Validate that the hidden and no access items are missing
-    $this->assertFalse(isset($output['5']), 'Hidden item should be missing');
-    $this->assertFalse(isset($output['6']), 'False access should be missing');
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($output['#items']['5']), 'Hidden item should be missing');
+    $this->assertFalse(isset($output['#items']['6']), 'False access should be missing');
     // Item 7 is after a couple hidden items. Just to make sure that 5 and 6 are
     // skipped and 7 still included.
-    $this->assertTrue(isset($output['7']), 'Item after hidden items is present');
+    $this->assertTrue(isset($output['#items']['7']), 'Item after hidden items is present');
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/system/templates/menu.html.twig b/core/modules/system/templates/menu.html.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e96c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/system/templates/menu.html.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{#
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Default theme implementation to display a menu.
+#}
+{% import _self as menus %}
+<nav class="menu menu-{{ menu-name}}">
+  {{ menus.menu_links(items, 0) }}
+</nav>
+
+{% macro menu_links(items, menu_level) %}
+  {% import _self as menus %}
+  {% if items %}
+    <ul class="menu">
+      {% for item in items %}
+        <li {{ item.attributes }}>
+          {{ link_path(item.title, item.href, item.localized_options) }}
+          {% if item.below %}
+            {{ menus.menu_links(item.below, menu_level+1) }}
+          {% endif %}
+        </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% endif %}
+{% endmacro %}
