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The Strong Beer Festival – Why You Need to Visit Munich in March

I’ve got a suggestion for you, just hear me out: spring break… in Bavaria. What do you say? It may not be Mexico or the Caribbean but taking into consideration Munich’s surfing, the nude sunbathing, and the three-week-long mini Oktoberfest (Marchfest?) and you won’t be able to...
Things to do in Munich, Germany outside Oktoberfest | View from St. Peter's Church

7 Things to Do in Munich If You Ever Leave the Wiesn

Maybe you just can’t handle two, three, four straight days of Oktoberfest-ing. It’s fine; no one is judging you. Well, okay, maybe they are a little; but don’t let that stop you from doing you! There are plennnnty of other things to do in Munich that don’t involve stein hoisting...

7 Awesome German Christmas Markets You Can’t Miss

When I lived in Germany, being away from home for the holidays seemed like an awful idea. There was no way I was going to shell out thousands of dollars to fly back to Canada so I had to get used to the idea of spending my first Christmas in a foreign country–and hours...
The Drive Me Home Service at the Stuttgart Beer Festival (locally known as Cannstatter Volksfest)

The Stuttgart Beer Festival’s Drive Me Home Service

So… Germans are pretty nice, huh? They bring us super-sized beers and pretzels on demand, they install underground beer-pipelines to preserve the environment (and to get you that beer even faster), and they let you drive as fast as you want on their highways. How sweet! But just...
Oktoberfest 2017 Beer Consumption

Beer Consumption Tops 7.5 Million Liters at Oktoberfest 2017

Oktoberfest 2017 has come to an end, and the statistics are in: a staggering 7.5 million liters of beer was consumed by 6.2 million visitors over 18 days. Record Numbers at Oktoberfest 2017 The 184th Oktoberfest in Munich ended as one of the most successful in its history, with...
Airport Brewery Airbräu

Airport Brewery keeps travellers hydrated at Munich airport

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Your German beer drinking captain, that is, and you’re in for a very smooth ride. Because your Oktoberfest adventure will most likely begin and end at the Munich airport, so should your beer drinking. And because this is, in...
Festzelt Tradition

What the Heck is Oktoberfest’s Oide Wiesn?

Because sometimes Oktoberfest can get a little nuts, it’s nice to be able to leave the madness of the beer tents and head over to a more chilled out… time period. (Wait, huh?) You’ve had a long day at the ‘Fest and you’re exhausted—relax, the 1800s are waiting for you. (Have you...
Oktoberfest Legend - Pete Kuehn

Oktoberfest Legend – Pete Kuehn

Meet Pete Kühn, a first generation American of German descent. What takes this thirsty man back to Oktoberfest in Munich every year since 2004? Read his fascinating story to find out! My name is Pete Kühn and am- along with my brothers- first generation Americans living in the...
Oktoberfest Legend Ken Sutton

Oktoberfest Legend – Ken Sutton

I’m from New South Wales in Australia, my first visit to Oktoberfest was in 2014 with my wife and son. With no idea what to expect, when I walked into the beer tents I thought I had died and gone to beer heaven. In fact we all had such a great time that we came back in 2016 for a...
Wacken beer pipeline

A German Rock Festival Has Installed—What Else?—a Beer Pipeline

For those about to rock courtesy of an underground beer pipeline, WE SALUTE YOU. Congratulations to the residents of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany for taking both heavy metal and German beer appreciation to a whole new level of HOLY CRAP. I’m referring to the organisers of Wacken...
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