Oktoberfest News

Oktoberfest Facts for the Globe Hopping Traveller

Oktoberfest, or ‘Wiesn’ as it is known to the locals, is the world’s largest fair. Running each year from late September up until the first weekend of October, the beer festival packs in an incredible amount of visitors each year – especially during the opening day of...

Dress to Impress for Oktoberfest

14 May 2014

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Many visitors to Oktoberfest for the first time are caught up on the colour, excitement, noise and atmosphere of the world renowned event. While there is no strict dress code required at Oktoberfest, many tourists do immerse themselves in the carnival atmosphere of the occasion....

Songs at Oktoberfest

15 Mar 2014

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Anybody who has ever visited Oktoberfest has seen the beer tents erupting into song and dance. Our favourite songs at Oktoberfest? Here’s our list. From the “Fliegerlied” to Bavarian renditions of “I Will Survive”, the bands who feature center stage...

Surviving the Munich Oktoberfest

10 Mar 2014

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Could you survive Oktoberfest? Surely, there couldn’t be a limit to the amount of beer you could consume? Or, the amount of bratwurst you could eat? Think again… Surviving Oktoberfest can be quite the challenge. After all, the celebration continues for over two weeks – a...

Oktoberfest Time-Lapse

03 Dec 2013

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While there are countless photos taken every hour at Oktoberfest, not one single picture can capture the festival just like this amazing time-lapse. Sit back, pour yourself a Stein of Oktoberfest beer and enjoy these 5 minutes of pure Wiesn bliss. Prost! Video courtesy of...

Man Loses Car At Oktoberfest

15 Nov 2013

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Man loses car at Oktoberfest. Finds it five weeks later. A man from Italy who visited Oktoberfest has finally been reunited with his car, five weeks after forgetting where he parked it when he left the festival. Andreas O., 40 years old, left his silver VW Golf parked in a...

Oktoberfest 2013 Beer Consumption

22 Oct 2013

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Oktoberfest Beer Consumption tops 6.7 Million Liters After two weeks of festivities, Oktoberfest ended on Sunday with another set of staggering statistics. Over 6.4 million visitors, 6.7 million liters of beer consumed and 638 “beer corpses” to name a few. While beer consumption...