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(world’s largest ‘funfair’)
(held in munich bavaria germany)
(16-day folk festival running from mid to late september to the first weekend of october)
“volksfest”
(beer festival)
traveling funfair
(over 6 million people from around the world)
locally, it is often simply called the Wiesn, after the colloquial name of the fairgrounds (Theresienwiese) themselves.
The Oktoberfest is an important part of Bavarian culture, having been held since 1810.
Other cities across the world also hold Oktoberfest celebrations, modelled after the original Munich event.
The Munich Oktoberfest originally took place during the 16 days up to, and including, the first Sunday in October.
In 1994, the schedule was modified in response to German reunification so that if the first Sunday in October falls on the 1st or 2nd, then the festival would go on until October 3 (German Unity Day).
Thus, the festival is now open 17 days when the first Sunday is October 2 and 18 days when it is October 1. In 2010, the festival lasted until the first Monday in October (October 4), to mark the 200th anniversary of the event.
The festival is held in an area named the Theresienwiese (field, or meadow, of Therese), often called the Wiesn for short, located near Munich’s centre.
Large quantities of Oktoberfest Beer are consumed, with 7.7 million litres served during the 16 day festival in 2013)
(visitors may also enjoy a mixture of attractions, such as amusement rides, sidestalls and games, as well as a wide variety of traditional food such as Hendl (roast chicken), Schweinebraten (roast pork), Schweinshaxe (grilled ham hock), Steckerlfisch (grilled fish on a stick), Würstl (sausages) along with Brezen (pretzels), Knödel (potato or bread dumplings), Käsespätzle (cheese noodles), Reiberdatschi (potato pancakes), Sauerkraut or Rotkohl/Blaukraut (red cabbage) along with such Bavarian delicacies as Obatzda (a spicy cheese-butter spread) and Weißwurst (a ‘white sausage’))
world’s largest funfair
(held in bavaria germany)
16-day festival running from late september to the first week of october…
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