The October festivities or German Oktoberfest - it's the largest folk festivals around the world. Among the local population this event is also known as d'Wiesn ( Bavarian dialect for - ing) .

 

This annual event attracts more than 6 million visitors and residents .At this festival you can see tourists from almost all countries. Oktoberfest is held in the second half of September and early October at the meadows Teresa him. Theresienwiese.This is a large meadow in the center, located and only a few blocks from the Munich train station where various exhibitions are held , but the most important event is of course beer harvest festival - Oktoberfest .

 

 

to participate in the beer festival in Munich breweries are allowed only companies that are cooked for him a stronger special oktoberfestovskoe beer (German Oktoberfestbier) with an alcohol content of 5,8-6,3 %.

 

beer halls .

 

tent Augustiner.

 

Oktoberfest is known worldwide for its huge beer tents ( or beer pavilions ), each of which accommodates up to 10 000. All of them from year to year driven by the same entrepreneurs (German Festwirt). This is often a family tradition , passed down from generation to generation.

 

An important feature of the tent Augustiner is that there are still pouring beer from a real oak barrels , while all the other breweries switched to steel drums , just outside the trimmed boards.

Fischer-Vroni.

Fischer-Vroni - tent at 2695 seats inside and 700 outside.Prior to 2006, was considerably less , from 2006 rebuilt. Present at the Oktoberfest since 1902. The tent can try Bavarian delicacy - fish (usually trout) roasted on a stick (German Steckerlfisch). As in the tent Augustiner, here serves beer from a wooden barrel .There is an interesting tradition associated with this tent : every second Monday of the holiday it brings together representatives of sexual minorities. Tradition is called Prosecco-Wiesen.

 

 

In the days of the holiday there is also the Red Cross tent in which are entered the so-called beer corpses - moved to a rest in first aid .

	tent the first time,	{122 locations in places outside }	Beer.

 

 

| Augustiner-Bräu | 1898 | 6300 | 3000 | Augustiner.

| Bräurosl / Pschorrbräu-Festhalle | 1902 | 6000 | 2500 | Hacker-Pschorr.

| Hacker-Festzelt | 1907 | 6900 | 2400 | Hacker-Pschorr.

| Hippodrom | 1902 | 4196 | 100 | Spaten.

| Hofbräu-Festzelt | 1955 | 6898 | 3002 | Hofbräu.

| Löwenbräu-Festzelt | 1910 | 5. 700 | 2. 800 | Löwenbräu.

| Ochsenbraterei | 1881 | 5900 | 1500 | Spaten.

| Schottenhamel | 1876 | 6000 | 4000 | Spaten.

| Schützenfestzelt | 1876 | 4300 | 1090 | Löwenbräu.

| Winzerer Fähndl - Paulaner-Festhalle | 1898 | 8. 450 | 2. 450 | Paulaner.

| Armbrustschützen-Festhalle | 1895 | 5830 | 1600 | Paulaner.

| Fischer-Vroni | 1902 | 2.695 | 700 | Augustiner-Bräu.

| Weinzelt | 1984 | 1. 900 | 600 | Paulaner, Nymphenburg Sektkellerei.

| Käfers Wiesn-Schänke | 1971 | 1. 000 | 1. 900 | Paulaner.

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Total: inside seats 71 . 605 seats outside: 30. 100.

 

 

Of course Oktoberfest - it's not just a beer festival, there is also a lot of tents with a variety of souvenirs, as well as a huge number of attractions.

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