The reference is NOT to König Ludwig II who built Neuschwanstein (who lived at the end of the 19th century) but to an ancestor/grandfather of his (who lived at the beginning of the 18th century) - Ludwig I who got married to Therese (hence Theresienwiese), which is honored by the celebration ever since! Most royal names are traditionally passed on through generations….
If I remember correctly🤔, it was a Birthday of his wife and she had it in october. And because the weather is not that stable, they pushed it forwards to September But Not quite Sure, if it ist correct🤷🏻♀️
Wich Ludwig "went swimming" and didn't came back? Ludwig first? And his son had problems with the "brown Shirts". If i remember right. Please correct me if i'm wrong.
@@robertb8673 Ludwig II, so the Neuschwanstein one, was the one who drowned himself. He was not married and childless and died long before brown shirts came onto the scene. But, he was, like Hitler, a profound fan of Richard Wagner and his operas (thus the tacky grotto in Neuschwanstein and all the references to legendary folk sagas).
OK, just to get some facts straight: Taxi rates don't change during Oktoberfest. They are legally the standard rate. Believe me, I have been a cabby at Oktoberfest for way too many years. Of course, there are special situations, when 100K folks leave the venue after 10pm closing time, but there are only 5 K taxis all over town. I had a guy flag me down with a 500 EUR bill, to bring him to the Hilton 15 minutes away. I could have written a book every year I drove Oktoberfest. Like the campground in the south of Munich, folks are so flipping drunk, they have multiple person tents for accommodation, and often folks have no idea why they have a stranger lady/lad beside them when they wake up, how she/ he got there, and what happened. But then, on the other side, Oktoberfest is the single one occasion, where most folks meet to be a couple and get married after a while. 'In vino veritas'.
Hi Joel, WARNING! Oktoberfest doesn’t actually happen n October, this year it happens from September 16 to October 3rd. It’s one of those misnomers in life. It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, running from mid- or late-September to around the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event
Oktoberfest used to take place in October, but people complained about the colder weather, killing their mood. Then, Oktoberfest moved to the middle of September, and so much better! It's easier to figure out which day it starts: the first Saturday after 15 September is the start day. If 3 October falls on Friday, it's automatically extended to Sunday, 5 October as it happened a few times before.
That’s just BS. Oktoberfest has not fix dates. It ends on the first Sunday in October and sometimes it extends one or two days if the 3rd of October is on a Monday or a Tuesday. That’s it. Please stop lying. That is not nice.
7-12 Maß of beer are normal to carry for a Wiesn' waitress. The record is 24. One Maß weights 1.3kg with beer it's 2.3 kg. (5lbs) Drinking 2 Maß of beer results in about 1.2 BAC and the max BAC in Germany for driving is 0.5 BAC. Another traditional thing to do in Germany is Karneval : ruclips.net/video/Ca2rvOT-PmM/видео.html
I've never been to Oktoberfest and I will not visit it in the future. There are much more chilled "Volksfeste" in Germany and I can't see any benefit in having overpriced food and drinks and permanently having to cleave a way through an over alcoholized crowd of people, trying not to step into puddles of vomit. Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Same…I am not too fond of these sorts of drinking fairs, …. Only exception is the Carneval in Cologne, because the drinking is mostly done after the parade or before….the parade can be watched by everyone and if you are past a certain point in life where getting laid and drunk isn‘t on the top of your list you continue celebrating at someone’s home. It‘s a lot of men pissing everywhere, too…..but I like the satirical floats…makes for great discussions the following weeks
I live 50 km west of Munich and I have never been at the Oktoberfest. I will never go to it. I prefer a small beer garden where I can drink my beer, meeting other peoples, having an athmosphere, where I can relax. You find many of such places even in Munich. That's what I recommend
Oktoberfest is definitely worth to visit. There are so many nations within a flair of Bavarian culture… for me this mixture is great. The beer is excellent but you should try also some from quite small breweries everywhere in Bavaria. They also produce very good stuff, some are little diamonds. But don‘t drink more than your body can tolerate. As long as you are nice and friendly, nearly all Bavarians are supportive and they accept also if people are drunk. But if you start to become unfriendly or even aggressive this can change within a second. If you offend their girlfriends - even by mistake - this can end up badly. A lot of Bavarians are hard working on their farms. They are strong and this is way different to bodybuilders. So always stay friendly and you will meet friends instead of waking up in hospital. 😉
Surely a must do before you die. But in the city of Stuttgart is the Wasn. The 2 nd. Largest Beer Festival in the world 🌍 Check it out Its awesome 🤩 And there are many smaller Octoberfest Beer Fairs in Bavaria.not in Munich only.
If you really consider going to Oktoberfest in Munich, you might also go to what's considered the 2nd largest beer festival in the world, the 'Cannstatter Wasen' in Stuttgart. Both festivals overlap for one week and from Munich to Stuttgart it's 2 hours by train. Munich is more an international crowd, where Stuttgart is more with the locals.
If you like to see a a beer festival in Munich for locals. You have to go to Nokherberg during the fasting period. In the past monks couldn't eat in that period. So instead they drunk strong beer with over 10% alc. This is celebrated every year in the 2nd half of March on Nokherberg.
I spoke with German tourists here in the USA before the pandemic. They said Oktoberfest in München is overpriced. Many places in the area have the same type celebration for far less money. And look at any Oktoberfest beer made in the USA. It will say “Märzen style.” März is the month of March. Prior to refrigeration the brewers in Germany would produce this beer during March that would store in cellars and caves throughout the warm months. No brewing took place between April 1st and Oktober 1st. So...what do you do to get rid of left over stock? Throw a party! Beginning in September.😊
Why do they present the auto scooter again and again? ...isn't there much more to see? ...for example the dark sides of the event (💩💨👂, 💪👊💥, 🍺😵💫🤮, 💶🤏🤡) of which they only showed the crowd singing 'Take me home'....
As an bavarian I can tell you Oktoberfest is way too overhyped and the prices are too high. If you want to have an experience of a „Volksfest“ go better to the „Gäubodenfest“ in Straubing its the secound biggest but not overhyped and cheaper. Or you go to Nuremberg. The it is also cheaper, not overhyped und the feeling is closly the same + its on the „Zeppelinfeld“ its part of the Naziparty „Headquater“ where you can also learn many thing - for free. 😎
This year its more likely you have to pay 14 -15 € for one Liter/Maßkrug/Stein Which is still waaaaayyyyy cheaper than buying a 75 ml beer at a game in americans sports stadium or in Disneyland or one of the other amusement parks like 6flags where they literally robb you with a price of 15-20 dollar just for one (American-🤮)beer in a normal sized plastic cup
I attended Germanfest in Milwaukee this year. A 12 ounce (1/3 liter) beer in plastic cup cost $9US! A plastic 500ml Maßkrug was $20 filled with $12 refill. You keep the thing as a souvenir. I did not see any German made bier, only domestic but the brewer Sprecher makes bier like Germans do. He went there to learn how. I enjoyed 1 bier the entire day I was there...
7:05- this waitress is holding around 25kg of beermugs (a "Maß" glass alone weighs 1.2-1.3 kg and it holds 1 liter of beer so the total weight of a filled "Maß" is at 2.2 - 2.4kg...)
My dear American friend, the Bavarian Oktoberfest is sooo boring that I'm really tired of being called the only festival in Germany. To be honest, Germany has many more festivals that are more interesting than the Bavarian Festival. How about the largest shooting festival in the world in Lower Saxony in Hanover? The best beer with schnapps is drunk there in northern Germany.
70€ Tracht 😂😂😂😂 Well that ain't happening. Mei lederhosen costs about 400€ My knife to go with it around 190€ And about 80€ for the shirt. Also I got a coat belonging to my local tracht (google Schladminger coat/not needed) which was 550€. Shoes another 150-300€ Misc bits and pieces 50-100€ So to get kitted out in traditional stuff you need to calculate north of 1000€
Also wanted to add the Lederhosen I got 9 years ago and the coat about 7years ago The knife I inherited from my grandad (price would bei dir a similar one) Edit due to autocorrect
It wasn't the Ludwig who built Neuschwanstein Castle, but his grandfather, Ludwig Ist. His son was Maximilian II, who was the father of Ludwig II (he's the one who built Neuschwanstein). It's at the end of September, actually, not in October.
Can't wait to see you in Lederhosen! ;-) "Country Roads" has been a standard at the Oktoberfest for many years along with a number of other songs in English. Feli from Germany has a couple of videos from her visit with her boyfriend last year. You might enjoy those. I've been several times, but it has been many years. I'm not too wild about the idea of going again, but you certainly need to go once.
Yepp, can't recommend Feli strong enough. As a Munich native she knows the ins and outs of the Wiesn. Only a little warning: the small hill behind the large number of toilet stalls isn't known as the Kotzhügel, the barf hill, for nothing. It's fairly common to find passed out drinkers lying in pools of vomit back there, despite the best efforts of the paramedics to keep on top of the situation. Oh, and should someone become too inebriated but still friendly (or very quiet suddenly) it's no problem calling the security in. They are usually very good natured about it and are more than willing to assist, not throw them in jail. Sure, if someone gets violent they may have to take them into custody but even that will be done with the least amount of force or injury necessary. So, have fun there but do be aware of Bockbier, which may have up to 8% or even 9% alcohol to the same Mass/liter of beer. That requires a good, fatty food foundation to not knock you out too easily.
Hello from Germany, it is of course an extraordinary event for someone who does not know it. I'd like everyone to have fun at the Wies'n, but I'd like to point out that you can easily spend €500 in an afternoon and evening. If it's worth it to you, then you can have a lot of fun at the Wies'n.If you want to go on the rides, drink a few Maß, eat something (preferably roast ox or very tasty fish cooked over an open ember, at the Fischer-Vroni) then €500 isn't much. Warm greetings from Germany
I'm born and raised in Munich, so of course I've been to Oktoberfest plenty of times. When I was around 22 despite back then still being a girl of maybe 120 lbs I would easily finish around 4-5 Mass (litres) over the course of an afternoon and still somehow find my way back home on my own. Today I'm done for a few days even after half a litre. Ah... old age... And it's weird it's been quite long since I've been to my last Oktoberfest but just seeing the scenes from the tents makes my muscle memory go off. The way people 'cheers' each other, the small rituals around it and the songs... I'm instantly ready, want it or not. Btw. I disagree with the point of locals being 'expected' to wear Tracht (the traditional dress). That's a pretty recent development over the last 10-15 years. I never even once wore a Dirndl to Oktoberfest. Just never had the spare cash for a full traditional outfit I'd use at max 2 weeks a year, and even IF i had that kind of outfit, I'd certainly not wear it to an event where chances are high sooner or later someone will either throw up on me or I on myself... or you just fall into the dirt somewhere... believe me it happens all the time. Not in a minimum 500 euro outfit, sorry. I always went in jeans or maybe a skirt. My older brother too who is also raised in Munich never went in Bavarian clothing in the 70s. Well into the 90s and early 2000s only people from the surrounding villages/small towns would wear Tracht (which btw. is a traditional farmer's dress and not the traditional dress of city dwellers)... and of course tourists - both foreign and German - in ill-advised attempts to 'fit in' (a proper Tracht has signifiers for the exact region of Bavaria you come from, anything else is a costume imo). Anyway, tbh honest though by my late 20s I had slowly started to fall out of love with Oktoberfest. Personally, at this point I find it too touristy, too expensive, and yeah, partly a bit too degenerate. As a local there are plenty of smaller more traditional and more chill Oktoberfests or general Volksfests around to enjoy. Spoilers: at those proper traditional smaller Volksfests nobody cares if you don't come in Tracht. Real Bavarians don't need to proof with their dress they're Bavarian. You hear it instantly when they open their mouth to talk ;) All the same, if you're young and only just discovering Germany, I do think Oktoberfest is something you should try to experience at least once (and if you like it and have time and money maybe a few days in a row... why not?). In that case some advice from a local: - On weekdays you'll usually get a seat easily until the early afternoon, on weekends you have to come early early. - Trying to get into a tent early has the upside that people are still relatively civil when you arrive, but I'd only do it if I don't plan to stay all day (you will end up comatose on the nearby lawn if you do). - Later in the afternoon if you're just 2-3 people you'll always find a spot to sit somewhere but you have to be mentally prepared for some people already being unreasonably hammered. You better know how to read the room well to avoid unpleasantness. - For the love of God have some substantial food (high in fat and salt) BEFORE you start drinking. - Whatever rides you want to ride, ride them BEFORE you start drinking too. - Follow the locals in their cheers, song and dance rituals best you can. It will be appreciated and you will make friends. - Don't carry any vital documents (passport, credit cards etc) with you. Not only are there pickpockets, but chances are also high you'll end up in a state where you just lose stuff. Prosthetic legs(!!!) have ended up in Oktoberfest's lost and found office. Only take the cash you think you'll want to use (also it's a natural cut-off that may save you from ending up in hospital) - If the mood seems to flip in a tent or your corner of the tent, get out of there. Try to be patient and jovial with everyone, but if someone starts staring you down red-faced, just get out of their sight. Remember, people are very drunk and there are massive heavy steins standing around everywhere. Just avoid confrontation. It's not worth it. - Talking of Mass glasses (steins), you are NOT allowed to carry your Mass out of the tent and home with you. You can buy a commemorative stein at the tourist shop, but the Mass glasses in the tent belong to the tent owner. - Don't forget to tip the waiter or waitress.
@@RichiSpilleso Beer didn’t really count as alcohol especially not in Germany where it isn’t even that unusual to see people ordering a Beer with their Breakfast and at lunch. Beer generally, especially german beer (which follows strict the german „Reinheitsgebot“ a 500 years old law (one of the world’s first and oldest food regulation law, implemented in 1516 by the King of Bavaria William the IV) which is even still today relevant and allows only the use of water, malted or unmalted grain, yeast and hops as ingredients. otherwise its not allowed to be called „Beer“ here in Germany. Which is also why there is literally no real existing craft beer scene/movement in Germany because of the additional ingredients usually used to brew craft beer makes it literally illegal to calling and advertise it as „beer“) Body and health beneficial ingredients are: - B vitamins: thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), niacin, folic acid and pantothenic acid. - Minerals: a relatively large amount of potassium and little sodium form a favorable composition and the silicon contained can be easily absorbed by the body. - Antioxidants: they protect body cells from free radicals, slow down cell oxidation and have an anti-inflammatory and cancer-preventing effect. - Hop Bitters: Hops have long been used in herbal medicine. Xanthohumol, a component of hops, has powerful antioxidant effects. - Soluble fiber: it comes from the cell walls of barley. - Bee is also extremely Isotonic (non-alcoholic beer is literally suitable as a sports drink. Even being healthier and performance wise even better as regular isotonic sports drinks like Gatorade or Powerade, its even helpful balancing your body back on track if you have a hangover. - and even after consuming 1 Liter you are mostly not considered as drunk probably not even seen as tipsy (at least not if you drink responsible and not excessive fast and in large amounts)
Oktoberfest is way to expensive and if I am right mostly Visitenkarte by foreigners. Still it's an Event with a long history and unique yet copied in the usa. Lol..how insulting..it's not a chain Event.
In fact the waitresses earn more money the more they can sell. They pay commission when they get the Beer and sell it to the sitting persons. Plus Tips and for each work-hour the "normal" sellery. Depending in what tent/for which brewer-company you Work for. Ahead they even train in gyms or at Home to lift this weight. The bow on the apron of every waitress got a special meaning in her "Lovelife-status" (infront=left,middle,right & in the back) but I don't know what is what. Single, taken, not interested, bewiddowed
6:25 Because even drunk everybody knows the text. Oktoberfest is a very international event, if they would really play "bavarian music" even other germans wouldn´t know or undertand a word.
Oktoberfest is no longer limited to "Germany" specific. But the origin is Bavaria Germany. The Netherlands has plenty of Oktoberfesten around that time and they do also wear the traditional German tracht. Just to be clear it is not a culturally/traditional Dutch festivity - but who doesn't like a beer party. They mimic the German customs.
Well, the Octoberfest is getting more and more commercialized indeed. But the basic feeling and atmosphere always stays the same. And if you want to grab a piece of the original idea, just pop into the "Old Wiesn", where everything is much more traditional and crowded mostly by native Bavarians rather than tourists. Anyway, the Octoberfest will definitely be an experience you'll never forget. Whenever you return to Munich, let me know. I'll buy you a beer.
Hey mate if you want a real Aussie view have a look at Battle of Long Tan Documentary -Vietnam War - Narrated by Sam Worthington. It will give you a good look at the Aussie spirit.
I was once there, and I didn't enjoy it. It was overcrowded. Men standing at fences and p*ssing or vomitting; being aggressive. Everything was so expensive. The rides were too short and expensive (I only participated in 2). Would never go there again.
If I'd be a youngster like you, I'd think again on going there. Paying a fortune for beer and food, to be amongs hords of drunk bums and listen to crappy music... I don't know. You can find better places to party in Munich, I assume.
I have always followed your videos and enjoyed them. However you seem to be obsessed with Germany. I am not the slightest bit interested in Germany. Bring back unpleasant memories of my childhood. Believe me there are much nicer countries in europe. I have been to a lot of them. What is your fascination with the place?,
At the end of the day you´ll spend 200 to 500 euros a day for your hotel and taxi just to get hammered and to get pushed arround in endless queues. If you can and want to afford it-go on and do it! I´d rather use the money to travel to a bordering state or spend three days in another german town/city or at a big music festival for the weekend with great bands.
Wearing Lederhose and Dirndl is not an Oktoberfest tradition. Only recently it became a thing probably to sell them. In the old days people were wearing their best clothes, like suits and dresses. Dirndl and Lederhosen were working clothes. It was considered too rustic.
the funny thing is that country roads basicly is a song you only listen to when you are drunk or are getting drunk ("sauflied" idk how to translate it) (probably not exclusively but this is the only context i ever heard someone play it )
I have been there twice and it is mamazing. The city of Munich is usually a bit boring compared to other European major cities, but not during the October fest. We are 5 guys that anually travel from Norway to different European cities for å break from fanily life. This is one of the most fun places to travel to.
You were wondering about the Waitress carrying 10 Mugs? They can carry even more!!! And the Majority of the Waitresses make so much Money (espiacelly with the Tip) that they finance a total Year for College for example 😉👍
Current world record in beer mug carrying is 29 for men, and 19 for women. Distance should be 40 meters for both, but i'm not sure. Weight per mug is about 2.3kg.
Sadly the video didn't say anything about the amount of people attending this Bierfest. Just imagine to be in the Hofbräu tent: We are talking about a "tent" with 10,000 seats! Usually there are around 6 million (!) people attending the Oktoberfest in those 16 party days spending their money - which is over 1 billion euros. But anway: although it's an expensive experience, it is a ton of fun!
Oktober fest is just a place where you get drunk until you pee yourself or get unconscious from alcohol... It is not nice seeing people puking around you. Not to mention the exaggerated prices and the huge crowds... Nah, I like smaller events. Oktober fest is like the biggest tourist trap in Germany😂😂😂
It's kind of hopeless to try to get rid of the word stein in English. No idea who brought this name into english language. It doesn't exist in German in this combination. And as you have seen in the video, it's most often glas, not stone.
@@holger_p on some parts of Oktoberfest they are serving beer in traditional stones. The Bavarian tradition is certainly not glass. Have you even ever been to Munich?
@@untergehermuc Sure, but nobody in Germany calls it Stein or Stone. Or have you ever heared of a word like beer stein or anything similiar sounding in German language ? It's a mystery where this is coming from.
@@holger_pbecause the traditional mugs where made of stone-ware "Steingut", a kind of porcelain. But calling it only "Stein" is ridiculous, cause it means rock.
Sorry, I get nearly nothing to do with Bavaria [but I accept their intelligence to manage ...] so far as I know the Oktoberfest rised up through the wedding of their [Bavarian] King Ludwig ... It got nothing to do with "Neuschwanstein" !! My hometown is Dortmund - quiet close [50 mls] to The Netherlands: so I'm able to announce something about the Orange Colo ur, although their flag is absolutely different [no Orange inside] ... "Neuschwanstein" is finanied by "Prussia" to build his "Favour Castle" ... to Ludwig II. [it means the Second] .... buil round about 1890 ... after he was killed in a sea ... Stefan, Dortmund [not all of Germany only exist of Bavaria !!] And if you willing to go to this: you'll meet a lot of Americans, Swedish, Australians and so on. I would NEVER go to it - Sorry, 'cause too stupid !!
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a popular party song in Germany. it's an earworm and easy and fun song to drunk-sing. somewhere in the Schlager genre there's a trucker-country corner that scratched mainstream for a while. it's like they call on John Denver for legitimacy. for a foreign audience that song is perfect. it's a really nice journey-moody song even if you don't get the lyrics, but getting the not too wordy lyrics is quite easy, especially the chorus
Ah, one thing is yet to mention for Yankees and Aussies: EVERY YEAR there are fights between this groups, and nobody really knows why! ;P Mostly US-guys attack first, and I have warned every Australian I've met in hostels when they told me they are curious to see finally the Oktoberfest ^^
I have lived a couple of years in Munich, and went one time to the Oktoberfest. It's real charmy and funny, but TOO EXPENSIVE. You need at least 30€, and if you are tourist surely more, because you will buy so many things you have never seen or tasted. But if you have seen big fairs in many other german cities, it's not so magnificent. The only striking difference are the special bavarian folklore dresses (called 'Trachten' in german), that many tourist find funny, but germans from other regions often simply ridiculous, in special the 'Lederhosen' (means leather-shorttrousers) and rustic chequered shirts. Maybe of typical kelt tradition origin. But the typically big bosomed bavarian ladies look very sexy in their 'Dirndl' dresses.
When I got (more than once) to USA for some weeks I realized that I began to miss typical german bread. First I thought it was normal... but Jan Böhmermann showed me that we Germans have a special love for different sorts of bread... Have a look at a southern deli: ruclips.net/video/YSAqTdc-Y2g/видео.html By the way: In a world that is currently drifting more and more apart, humor - like love - is a great unifying force and disempowers the spiteful and violent. The first thing warlords and dictatorships forbid is laughing at oneself. As long as we can still do that and hold up the mirror to each other, we prevent worse. Keep up your good work!
I highly recommand finding some local friends at Munich who take you along, maybe "Feli from Germany" will be more that happy to invite you to her table.
I prefer a garden party/BBQ with some good friends over a Oktoberfest visit. I have been the once, also in a VIP section above but i did not like it. The music is to loud, so one could not really talk to each other. For people who are not very comminbicative, this seems to be ok, but when I go out i would like to talk to people or listen/dance to good music and the music played at the Oktoberfest is not my taste.
The atmosphere is ok, but the prices became insane. Read , they are planning to take 15 Euros this year for 1 litre beer. They want and have to earn money, but this is starting getting only available for rich people and tourists who dont care. There are many other smalller Festivals allover Deutschland every month, cheaper, also nice atmosphere and not so insane crowded with people.
oh jp, didn´t you see the seahawks game last year in munich. the whole stadium was singing this song "west verginia". was funny to see how brady and the us commentar reacts. lot of vids on youtube. also a reason is, that bavaria was the us zone after the world war II. a lot of US solders get married or realationships with german woman during this time. so you find a lot of people with german/US roots here.
Be aware that naming it a beer festival could be misleading. Yeah the most drunken beverage is beer, but you might think a beer festival gives you the opportunity to tast several kinds of beer, but that's not the case. The tents only sell the beer of the own brewery, and not even all tastes that they produce.
every german women has to be abl to carry 10 maß, we call that german marriage readiness test. the german marriage readinesstest for men on the other hand is to be able to drink all this 10 maß without dying. After they showed this procedure at the registry office, they are handed their marriage certificate.
John Denver's song is from the 70's, it's so old everyone knows it. The song can be played very well as a remix, making it a mood song that visitors can dance and sing along to. In addition to typical old Bavarian music, exactly those songs are played that many guests from all over the world know. Yes, you have to experience it, you would be amazed and want to go back there every year. In addition to beer, you should watch the parade on the first Sunday (parade of traditional clubs, shooting clubs, bands, old crafts and professions in nature, etc.). There is also a evant specifically for LGBT people and there is also a special children's event. Police and paramedics are everywhere so everyone can feel safe.
What I heard from locals in Munich: Rather than going to the Oktoberfest in Munich, prefer the Oktoberfests in smaller towns in the Munich region, such as Rosenheim (remember out of Rosenheim ?) Those smaller Oktoberfests are more traditional and more affordable.
The reference is NOT to König Ludwig II who built Neuschwanstein (who lived at the end of the 19th century) but to an ancestor/grandfather of his (who lived at the beginning of the 18th century) - Ludwig I who got married to Therese (hence Theresienwiese), which is honored by the celebration ever since! Most royal names are traditionally passed on through generations….
Ludwig got married as a prince at the beginning of the 19th century, 1810 I guess, later he became King Ludwig I of Bavaria
If I remember correctly🤔, it was a Birthday of his wife and she had it in october. And because the weather is not that stable, they pushed it forwards to September
But Not quite Sure, if it ist correct🤷🏻♀️
Wich Ludwig "went swimming" and didn't came back?
Ludwig first?
And his son had problems with the "brown Shirts".
If i remember right.
Please correct me if i'm wrong.
@@robertb8673 Ludwig II, so the Neuschwanstein one, was the one who drowned himself. He was not married and childless and died long before brown shirts came onto the scene. But, he was, like Hitler, a profound fan of Richard Wagner and his operas (thus the tacky grotto in Neuschwanstein and all the references to legendary folk sagas).
@@Attirbful thank's for the Infos. 👍
OK, just to get some facts straight: Taxi rates don't change during Oktoberfest. They are legally the standard rate. Believe me, I have been a cabby at Oktoberfest for way too many years. Of course, there are special situations, when 100K folks leave the venue after 10pm closing time, but there are only 5 K taxis all over town. I had a guy flag me down with a 500 EUR bill, to bring him to the Hilton 15 minutes away. I could have written a book every year I drove Oktoberfest. Like the campground in the south of Munich, folks are so flipping drunk, they have multiple person tents for accommodation, and often folks have no idea why they have a stranger lady/lad beside them when they wake up, how she/ he got there, and what happened. But then, on the other side, Oktoberfest is the single one occasion, where most folks meet to be a couple and get married after a while. 'In vino veritas'.
Hi Joel, WARNING!
Oktoberfest doesn’t actually happen n October, this year it happens from September 16 to October 3rd. It’s one of those misnomers in life.
It is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, running from mid- or late-September to around the first Sunday in October, with more than six million international and national visitors attending the event
Oktoberfest used to take place in October, but people complained about the colder weather, killing their mood. Then, Oktoberfest moved to the middle of September, and so much better! It's easier to figure out which day it starts: the first Saturday after 15 September is the start day. If 3 October falls on Friday, it's automatically extended to Sunday, 5 October as it happened a few times before.
This comment has to be pinned! For any and all travellers who want to visit the Oktoberfest get the yearly schedule when it starts and ends.
That’s just BS. Oktoberfest has not fix dates. It ends on the first Sunday in October and sometimes it extends one or two days if the 3rd of October is on a Monday or a Tuesday.
That’s it.
Please stop lying. That is not nice.
7-12 Maß of beer are normal to carry for a Wiesn' waitress. The record is 24. One Maß weights 1.3kg with beer it's 2.3 kg. (5lbs) Drinking 2 Maß of beer results in about 1.2 BAC and the max BAC in Germany for driving is 0.5 BAC. Another traditional thing to do in Germany is Karneval :
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I've never been to Oktoberfest and I will not visit it in the future. There are much more chilled "Volksfeste" in Germany and I can't see any benefit in having overpriced food and drinks and permanently having to cleave a way through an over alcoholized crowd of people, trying not to step into puddles of vomit. Sorry, not my cup of tea.
Same…I am not too fond of these sorts of drinking fairs, …. Only exception is the Carneval in Cologne, because the drinking is mostly done after the parade or before….the parade can be watched by everyone and if you are past a certain point in life where getting laid and drunk isn‘t on the top of your list you continue celebrating at someone’s home.
It‘s a lot of men pissing everywhere, too…..but I like the satirical floats…makes for great discussions the following weeks
For me (I'm german) it's too full, way too drunken guys ...just pure stress
exactly. a) too many tourists and b) (even worse) too many bavarians. :P
@@montanus777 correct!
I live 50 km west of Munich and I have never been at the Oktoberfest. I will never go to it. I prefer a small beer garden where I can drink my beer, meeting other peoples, having an athmosphere, where I can relax. You find many of such places even in Munich. That's what I recommend
Oktoberfest is definitely worth to visit. There are so many nations within a flair of Bavarian culture… for me this mixture is great.
The beer is excellent but you should try also some from quite small breweries everywhere in Bavaria. They also produce very good stuff, some are little diamonds.
But don‘t drink more than your body can tolerate. As long as you are nice and friendly, nearly all Bavarians are supportive and they accept also if people are drunk. But if you start to become unfriendly or even aggressive this can change within a second. If you offend their girlfriends - even by mistake - this can end up badly. A lot of Bavarians are hard working on their farms. They are strong and this is way different to bodybuilders. So always stay friendly and you will meet friends instead of waking up in hospital. 😉
Surely a must do before you die.
But in the city of Stuttgart is the Wasn.
The 2 nd. Largest Beer Festival in the world 🌍
Check it out
Its awesome 🤩
And there are many smaller Octoberfest Beer Fairs in Bavaria.not in Munich only.
10:10 Or to be foundd by the medics when you pass out...
If you really consider going to Oktoberfest in Munich, you might also go to what's considered the 2nd largest beer festival in the world, the 'Cannstatter Wasen' in Stuttgart. Both festivals overlap for one week and from Munich to Stuttgart it's 2 hours by train.
Munich is more an international crowd, where Stuttgart is more with the locals.
If you like to see a a beer festival in Munich for locals. You have to go to Nokherberg during the fasting period. In the past monks couldn't eat in that period. So instead they drunk strong beer with over 10% alc. This is celebrated every year in the 2nd half of March on Nokherberg.
Now after your visit, you know some places in Munich already 😊 Have a great day overthere in the 🇺🇸
I spoke with German tourists here in the USA before the pandemic. They said Oktoberfest in München is overpriced. Many places in the area have the same type celebration for far less money. And look at any Oktoberfest beer made in the USA. It will say “Märzen style.” März is the month of March. Prior to refrigeration the brewers in Germany would produce this beer during March that would store in cellars and caves throughout the warm months. No brewing took place between April 1st and Oktober 1st. So...what do you do to get rid of left over stock? Throw a party! Beginning in September.😊
The smaller ones in Erlangen and Bamberg are much better :)
If you really, really wanna know what it's like, check out some Oktoberfest fail videos. They're pretty representative.
I can't get past this idea that a litre of beer is 50% froth.
Why do they present the auto scooter again and again? ...isn't there much more to see? ...for example the dark sides of the event (💩💨👂, 💪👊💥, 🍺😵💫🤮, 💶🤏🤡) of which they only showed the crowd singing 'Take me home'....
Oktoberfest. Bigest European Drug addicted Party.
As an bavarian I can tell you Oktoberfest is way too overhyped and the prices are too high. If you want to have an experience of a „Volksfest“ go better to the „Gäubodenfest“ in Straubing its the secound biggest but not overhyped and cheaper. Or you go to Nuremberg. The it is also cheaper, not overhyped und the feeling is closly the same + its on the „Zeppelinfeld“ its part of the Naziparty „Headquater“ where you can also learn many thing - for free. 😎
Oktoberfest is not Germany! 😉
Goodluck 12 euro,s a beer.
This year its more likely you have to pay 14 -15 € for one Liter/Maßkrug/Stein
Which is still waaaaayyyyy cheaper than buying a 75 ml beer at a game in americans sports stadium or in Disneyland or one of the other amusement parks like 6flags where they literally robb you with a price of 15-20 dollar just for one (American-🤮)beer in a normal sized plastic cup
@@PPfilmemacher thanks
I attended Germanfest in Milwaukee this year. A 12 ounce (1/3 liter) beer in plastic cup cost $9US! A plastic 500ml Maßkrug was $20 filled with $12 refill. You keep the thing as a souvenir. I did not see any German made bier, only domestic but the brewer Sprecher makes bier like Germans do. He went there to learn how. I enjoyed 1 bier the entire day I was there...
@@kbittorf335 wooow
EVERY German I would say can sing along with "take me home" ^^ if it is 13yr old kid or a grandma everybody can sing it^^
There has been at least one Cover for each generation that keeps it alive….
7:05- this waitress is holding around 25kg of beermugs (a "Maß" glass alone weighs 1.2-1.3 kg and it holds 1 liter of beer so the total weight of a filled "Maß" is at 2.2 - 2.4kg...)
My dear American friend, the Bavarian Oktoberfest is sooo boring that I'm really tired of being called the only festival in Germany. To be honest, Germany has many more festivals that are more interesting than the Bavarian Festival. How about the largest shooting festival in the world in Lower Saxony in Hanover? The best beer with schnapps is drunk there in northern Germany.
I love the wine festivals
Yeah, there is much more than just Oktoberfest, overrated!
70€ Tracht 😂😂😂😂
Well that ain't happening.
Mei lederhosen costs about 400€
My knife to go with it around 190€
And about 80€ for the shirt.
Also I got a coat belonging to my local tracht (google Schladminger coat/not needed) which was 550€.
Shoes another 150-300€
Misc bits and pieces 50-100€
So to get kitted out in traditional stuff you need to calculate north of 1000€
Also wanted to add the Lederhosen I got 9 years ago and the coat about 7years ago
The knife I inherited from my grandad (price would bei dir a similar one)
Edit due to autocorrect
It wasn't the Ludwig who built Neuschwanstein Castle, but his grandfather, Ludwig Ist. His son was Maximilian II, who was the father of Ludwig II (he's the one who built Neuschwanstein). It's at the end of September, actually, not in October.
Can't wait to see you in Lederhosen! ;-)
"Country Roads" has been a standard at the Oktoberfest for many years along with a number of other songs in English.
Feli from Germany has a couple of videos from her visit with her boyfriend last year. You might enjoy those.
I've been several times, but it has been many years. I'm not too wild about the idea of going again, but you certainly need to go once.
Yepp, can't recommend Feli strong enough. As a Munich native she knows the ins and outs of the Wiesn. Only a little warning: the small hill behind the large number of toilet stalls isn't known as the Kotzhügel, the barf hill, for nothing. It's fairly common to find passed out drinkers lying in pools of vomit back there, despite the best efforts of the paramedics to keep on top of the situation. Oh, and should someone become too inebriated but still friendly (or very quiet suddenly) it's no problem calling the security in. They are usually very good natured about it and are more than willing to assist, not throw them in jail. Sure, if someone gets violent they may have to take them into custody but even that will be done with the least amount of force or injury necessary.
So, have fun there but do be aware of Bockbier, which may have up to 8% or even 9% alcohol to the same Mass/liter of beer. That requires a good, fatty food foundation to not knock you out too easily.
Hello from Germany, it is of course an extraordinary event for someone who does not know it. I'd like everyone to have fun at the Wies'n, but I'd like to point out that you can easily spend €500 in an afternoon and evening. If it's worth it to you, then you can have a lot of fun at the Wies'n.If you want to go on the rides, drink a few Maß, eat something (preferably roast ox or very tasty fish cooked over an open ember, at the Fischer-Vroni) then €500 isn't much.
Warm greetings from Germany
Oktoberfest.. only 46 days to go.🍺😉 I'm there for sure
I'm born and raised in Munich, so of course I've been to Oktoberfest plenty of times. When I was around 22 despite back then still being a girl of maybe 120 lbs I would easily finish around 4-5 Mass (litres) over the course of an afternoon and still somehow find my way back home on my own. Today I'm done for a few days even after half a litre. Ah... old age... And it's weird it's been quite long since I've been to my last Oktoberfest but just seeing the scenes from the tents makes my muscle memory go off. The way people 'cheers' each other, the small rituals around it and the songs... I'm instantly ready, want it or not.
Btw. I disagree with the point of locals being 'expected' to wear Tracht (the traditional dress). That's a pretty recent development over the last 10-15 years. I never even once wore a Dirndl to Oktoberfest. Just never had the spare cash for a full traditional outfit I'd use at max 2 weeks a year, and even IF i had that kind of outfit, I'd certainly not wear it to an event where chances are high sooner or later someone will either throw up on me or I on myself... or you just fall into the dirt somewhere... believe me it happens all the time. Not in a minimum 500 euro outfit, sorry.
I always went in jeans or maybe a skirt. My older brother too who is also raised in Munich never went in Bavarian clothing in the 70s. Well into the 90s and early 2000s only people from the surrounding villages/small towns would wear Tracht (which btw. is a traditional farmer's dress and not the traditional dress of city dwellers)... and of course tourists - both foreign and German - in ill-advised attempts to 'fit in' (a proper Tracht has signifiers for the exact region of Bavaria you come from, anything else is a costume imo).
Anyway, tbh honest though by my late 20s I had slowly started to fall out of love with Oktoberfest. Personally, at this point I find it too touristy, too expensive, and yeah, partly a bit too degenerate. As a local there are plenty of smaller more traditional and more chill Oktoberfests or general Volksfests around to enjoy. Spoilers: at those proper traditional smaller Volksfests nobody cares if you don't come in Tracht. Real Bavarians don't need to proof with their dress they're Bavarian. You hear it instantly when they open their mouth to talk ;)
All the same, if you're young and only just discovering Germany, I do think Oktoberfest is something you should try to experience at least once (and if you like it and have time and money maybe a few days in a row... why not?). In that case some advice from a local:
- On weekdays you'll usually get a seat easily until the early afternoon, on weekends you have to come early early.
- Trying to get into a tent early has the upside that people are still relatively civil when you arrive, but I'd only do it if I don't plan to stay all day (you will end up comatose on the nearby lawn if you do).
- Later in the afternoon if you're just 2-3 people you'll always find a spot to sit somewhere but you have to be mentally prepared for some people already being unreasonably hammered. You better know how to read the room well to avoid unpleasantness.
- For the love of God have some substantial food (high in fat and salt) BEFORE you start drinking.
- Whatever rides you want to ride, ride them BEFORE you start drinking too.
- Follow the locals in their cheers, song and dance rituals best you can. It will be appreciated and you will make friends.
- Don't carry any vital documents (passport, credit cards etc) with you. Not only are there pickpockets, but chances are also high you'll end up in a state where you just lose stuff. Prosthetic legs(!!!) have ended up in Oktoberfest's lost and found office. Only take the cash you think you'll want to use (also it's a natural cut-off that may save you from ending up in hospital)
- If the mood seems to flip in a tent or your corner of the tent, get out of there. Try to be patient and jovial with everyone, but if someone starts staring you down red-faced, just get out of their sight. Remember, people are very drunk and there are massive heavy steins standing around everywhere. Just avoid confrontation. It's not worth it.
- Talking of Mass glasses (steins), you are NOT allowed to carry your Mass out of the tent and home with you. You can buy a commemorative stein at the tourist shop, but the Mass glasses in the tent belong to the tent owner.
- Don't forget to tip the waiter or waitress.
T went to Octoberfest back in the mid 1960's. I can't remember if I enjoyed it
Bavaria and Oktoberfest? No way. WACKEN is much better. 🤘🏽
depends on the weather ... :P
Will Wacken survive after the financial disaster this year?
as a Bavarian, i personally think Oktoberfest is overhyped. But there are lot of these smaller "Dults" that are a lot nicer and more chill
As a long-time Münchner, I agree!
alcohol is overrated
almost everything is overhyped, doesnt mean its bad.
@@RichiSpilleso Beer didn’t really count as alcohol especially not in Germany where it isn’t even that unusual to see people ordering a Beer with their Breakfast and at lunch.
Beer generally, especially german beer (which follows strict the german „Reinheitsgebot“ a 500 years old law (one of the world’s first and oldest food regulation law, implemented in 1516 by the King of Bavaria William the IV) which is even still today relevant and allows only the use of water, malted or unmalted grain, yeast and hops as ingredients. otherwise its not allowed to be called „Beer“ here in Germany.
Which is also why there is literally no real existing craft beer scene/movement in Germany because of the additional ingredients usually used to brew craft beer makes it literally illegal to calling and advertise it as „beer“)
Body and health beneficial ingredients are:
- B vitamins: thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6), cobalamin (B12), niacin, folic acid and pantothenic acid.
- Minerals: a relatively large amount of potassium and little sodium form a favorable composition and the silicon contained can be easily absorbed by the body.
- Antioxidants: they protect body cells from free radicals, slow down cell oxidation and have an anti-inflammatory and cancer-preventing effect.
- Hop Bitters: Hops have long been used in herbal medicine. Xanthohumol, a component of hops, has powerful antioxidant effects.
- Soluble fiber: it comes from the cell walls of barley.
- Bee is also extremely Isotonic (non-alcoholic beer is literally suitable as a sports drink. Even being healthier and performance wise even better as regular isotonic sports drinks like Gatorade or Powerade, its even helpful balancing your body back on track if you have a hangover.
- and even after consuming 1 Liter you are mostly not considered as drunk probably not even seen as tipsy (at least not if you drink responsible and not excessive fast and in large amounts)
@@SovermanandVioboywhen you don‘t drink alcohol it is even worse than just „bad“
Oktoberfest is way to expensive and if I am right mostly Visitenkarte by foreigners.
Still it's an Event with a long history and unique yet copied in the usa. Lol..how insulting..it's not a chain Event.
I would recommend the oktoberfest videos from feli cause she is from munich and know all the small importent things ;)
In fact the waitresses earn more money the more they can sell. They pay commission when they get the Beer and sell it to the sitting persons.
Plus Tips and for each work-hour the "normal" sellery. Depending in what tent/for which brewer-company you Work for.
Ahead they even train in gyms or at Home to lift this weight.
The bow on the apron of every waitress got a special meaning in her "Lovelife-status" (infront=left,middle,right & in the back) but I don't know what is what. Single, taken, not interested, bewiddowed
So, Oktoberfest is more like Zeptemberfest 😅
Theptemberfetht 😅 LOL
Der Vater furzt, die Kinder lachen, so kann man billig Freude machen.😉
Die Rede ist hier von Ludwig l. , nicht von Ludwig ll.
6:25 Because even drunk everybody knows the text.
Oktoberfest is a very international event, if they would really play "bavarian music" even other germans wouldn´t know or undertand a word.
Bavarian is not german after all.
This song is extremely popular in Germany, not only at Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest is no longer limited to "Germany" specific. But the origin is Bavaria Germany. The Netherlands has plenty of Oktoberfesten around that time and they do also wear the traditional German tracht. Just to be clear it is not a culturally/traditional Dutch festivity - but who doesn't like a beer party. They mimic the German customs.
Joel, someone already sent you a Scottish Kilt, now be ready for someone from Bavaria to send you a Lederhosen for you to show off! LOL
John Denver is still very popular in Deutschland 🇩🇪
He was of german heritage
Well, the Octoberfest is getting more and more commercialized indeed. But the basic feeling and atmosphere always stays the same. And if you want to grab a piece of the original idea, just pop into the "Old Wiesn", where everything is much more traditional and crowded mostly by native Bavarians rather than tourists. Anyway, the Octoberfest will definitely be an experience you'll never forget. Whenever you return to Munich, let me know. I'll buy you a beer.
Hey mate if you want a real Aussie view have a look at Battle of Long Tan Documentary -Vietnam War - Narrated by Sam Worthington. It will give you a good look at the Aussie spirit.
I was once there, and I didn't enjoy it. It was overcrowded. Men standing at fences and p*ssing or vomitting; being aggressive. Everything was so expensive. The rides were too short and expensive (I only participated in 2). Would never go there again.
If I'd be a youngster like you, I'd think again on going there. Paying a fortune for beer and food, to be amongs hords of drunk bums and listen to crappy music... I don't know. You can find better places to party in Munich, I assume.
There are better fests here...
Top 10 Best Beer Tents At Oktoberfest In Munich This is another good video about Oktoberfest.
They have 12 tents, and rate the top 10 ? That's crazy.
I have always followed your videos and enjoyed them. However you seem to be obsessed with Germany. I am not the slightest bit interested in Germany. Bring back unpleasant memories of my childhood. Believe me there are much nicer countries in europe. I have been to a lot of them. What is your fascination with the place?,
As a citizen I advice the traditional„Trachten-und Schützenumzug“ (traditional costumes and marksmen parade) that’s really the best in my opinion ❤😊
At the end of the day you´ll spend 200 to 500 euros a day for your hotel and taxi just to get hammered and to get pushed arround in endless queues. If you can and want to afford it-go on and do it! I´d rather use the money to travel to a bordering state or spend three days in another german town/city or at a big music festival for the weekend with great bands.
yeah, on your way home, be careful nobody steps on your hands...
YOU SHOULDN'T FOCUS SO MUCH ON GERMANY. THERE ARE MANY MORE INTERESTING COUNTRIES.
Wearing Lederhose and Dirndl is not an Oktoberfest tradition. Only recently it became a thing probably to sell them. In the old days people were wearing their best clothes, like suits and dresses. Dirndl and Lederhosen were working clothes. It was considered too rustic.
the funny thing is that country roads basicly is a song you only listen to when you are drunk or are getting drunk ("sauflied" idk how to translate it)
(probably not exclusively but this is the only context i ever heard someone play it )
ok that the reason why it also played by the NFL Game last November between the Seatle Seahawks and the Tampa Bay Buc´s in Munich
I have been there twice and it is mamazing. The city of Munich is usually a bit boring compared to other European major cities, but not during the October fest. We are 5 guys that anually travel from Norway to different European cities for å break from fanily life. This is one of the most fun places to travel to.
You were wondering about the Waitress carrying 10 Mugs? They can carry even more!!! And the Majority of the Waitresses make so much Money (espiacelly with the Tip) that they finance a total Year for College for example 😉👍
You should add, that studding at an university in Germany is much cheaper than in USA. Seldom more than 500 bugs a semester.
Current world record in beer mug carrying is 29 for men, and 19 for women.
Distance should be 40 meters for both, but i'm not sure.
Weight per mug is about 2.3kg.
Now we have got to see Joel wearing Lederhosen
Sadly the video didn't say anything about the amount of people attending this Bierfest. Just imagine to be in the Hofbräu tent: We are talking about a "tent" with 10,000 seats! Usually there are around 6 million (!) people attending the Oktoberfest in those 16 party days spending their money - which is over 1 billion euros. But anway: although it's an expensive experience, it is a ton of fun!
Oktober fest is just a place where you get drunk until you pee yourself or get unconscious from alcohol... It is not nice seeing people puking around you. Not to mention the exaggerated prices and the huge crowds... Nah, I like smaller events. Oktober fest is like the biggest tourist trap in Germany😂😂😂
1 litre beer steins & you can't go wrong - we do the celebration here in Australia as it is an excuse to drink more beer :)
It's kind of hopeless to try to get rid of the word stein in English. No idea who brought this name into english language. It doesn't exist in German in this combination. And as you have seen in the video, it's most often glas, not stone.
@@holger_p on some parts of Oktoberfest they are serving beer in traditional stones. The Bavarian tradition is certainly not glass.
Have you even ever been to Munich?
@@untergehermuc Sure, but nobody in Germany calls it Stein or Stone.
Or have you ever heared of a word like beer stein or anything similiar sounding in German language ?
It's a mystery where this is coming from.
@@untergehermucIt's not stone! It's stone-ware! The first is s rock, the second a kind of porcelain.
@@holger_pbecause the traditional mugs where made of stone-ware "Steingut", a kind of porcelain. But calling it only "Stein" is ridiculous, cause it means rock.
i hate the Wiesn and i hate brass music.
La Brass Banda is good
agree with the wiesn-part, but 'brassed' ska can actually be pretty good.
Sorry, I get nearly nothing to do with Bavaria [but I accept their intelligence to manage ...]
so far as I know the Oktoberfest rised up through the wedding of their [Bavarian] King Ludwig ...
It got nothing to do with "Neuschwanstein" !! My hometown is Dortmund - quiet close [50 mls] to The Netherlands: so I'm able to announce something about the Orange Colo ur, although their flag is absolutely different [no Orange inside] ...
"Neuschwanstein" is finanied by "Prussia" to build his "Favour Castle" ... to Ludwig II. [it means the Second] .... buil round about 1890 ... after he was killed in a sea ...
Stefan, Dortmund [not all of Germany only exist of Bavaria !!]
And if you willing to go to this: you'll meet a lot of Americans, Swedish, Australians and so on. I would NEVER go to it - Sorry, 'cause too stupid !!
Looks like Fredericksburg, TX., Or Torrance, CA., during the time of that feast, yearly, globally.
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" is a popular party song in Germany. it's an earworm and easy and fun song to drunk-sing.
somewhere in the Schlager genre there's a trucker-country corner that scratched mainstream for a while. it's like they call on John Denver for legitimacy.
for a foreign audience that song is perfect. it's a really nice journey-moody song even if you don't get the lyrics, but getting the not too wordy lyrics is quite easy, especially the chorus
Oktoberfest: Perfect for leather and dirndl fans. 👍🏽
Ah, one thing is yet to mention for Yankees and Aussies:
EVERY YEAR there are fights between this groups, and nobody really knows why! ;P Mostly US-guys attack first, and I have warned every Australian I've met in hostels when they told me they are curious to see finally the Oktoberfest ^^
I have lived a couple of years in Munich, and went one time to the Oktoberfest. It's real charmy and funny, but TOO EXPENSIVE.
You need at least 30€, and if you are tourist surely more, because you will buy so many things you have never seen or tasted.
But if you have seen big fairs in many other german cities, it's not so magnificent. The only striking difference are the special bavarian folklore dresses (called 'Trachten' in german), that many tourist find funny, but germans from other regions often simply ridiculous, in special the 'Lederhosen' (means leather-shorttrousers) and rustic chequered shirts. Maybe of typical kelt tradition origin. But the typically big bosomed bavarian ladies look very sexy in their 'Dirndl' dresses.
......this year (2023) the Mass Beer will be from 12.- up to 15€. It depends on the tent and brewery.
When I got (more than once) to USA for some weeks I realized that I began to miss typical german bread. First I thought it was normal... but Jan Böhmermann showed me that we Germans have a special love for different sorts of bread... Have a look at a southern deli:
ruclips.net/video/YSAqTdc-Y2g/видео.html
By the way: In a world that is currently drifting more and more apart, humor - like love - is a great unifying force and disempowers the spiteful and violent. The first thing warlords and dictatorships forbid is laughing at oneself. As long as we can still do that and hold up the mirror to each other, we prevent worse. Keep up your good work!
11 Euros for a Mass? Those were cheap times! This year it'll be something between 13.50 to 14.50 depending on the tent.
This only shows the official nice side of Oktoberfest. The real Oktoberfest you have to experience by yourself...
😜
I hope that you get to go to Oktoberfest. Maybe take Lachlan and Sean with you.
By the way, 10 one litre Mugs (Maßkrug) for a serving person is normal. The record held ist at the moment 38 Litre in one go!!
Table booking is only after 6pm necessary. Before it's still nice, but only 50% as full.
Pro tip: If you drink enough, you can sleep for free in a first aid tent or intensive care.
You don't speak German? It doesn't matters... Enter the Wiesn an drink Beer.... Have fun. We German love to show how nice it is 😊
I highly recommand finding some local friends at Munich who take you along, maybe "Feli from Germany" will be more that happy to invite you to her table.
Rather watch the videos from Feli from Germany about the Oktoberfest. They are more precise and will give you a good impression of the atmosphere.
I prefer a garden party/BBQ with some good friends over a Oktoberfest visit. I have been the once, also in a VIP section above but i did not like it. The music is to loud, so one could not really talk to each other. For people who are not very comminbicative, this seems to be ok, but when I go out i would like to talk to people or listen/dance to good music and the music played at the Oktoberfest is not my taste.
If you are going, be sure to buy the proper Lederhosen and accessories. Please don't get those cheap-assed tourist special ones!
yes as a tourist use a good one or go in normal cloth (what is perfectly fine)
There is really no obligation to wear Tracht/ bavarian costume. People are mixing this up with carneval.
The atmosphere is ok, but the prices became insane. Read , they are planning to take 15 Euros this year for 1 litre beer. They want and have to earn money, but this is starting getting only available for rich people and tourists who dont care.
There are many other smalller Festivals allover Deutschland every month, cheaper, also nice atmosphere and not so insane crowded with people.
oh jp, didn´t you see the seahawks game last year in munich. the whole stadium was singing this song "west verginia". was funny to see how brady and the us commentar reacts. lot of vids on youtube. also a reason is, that bavaria was the us zone after the world war II. a lot of US solders get married or realationships with german woman during this time. so you find a lot of people with german/US roots here.
7:03 yeah, they picked a slow day for filming...
3:38 Every culture has an autumn festival that becomes a vehicle of chaos.
King Ludwig and Ludwig van Beethoven really kept the name alive.
Ja Ludwig 🐶 aus den Eberhofer Krimis ist ja leider tot. 😢
Be aware that naming it a beer festival could be misleading. Yeah the most drunken beverage is beer, but you might think a beer festival gives you the opportunity to tast several kinds of beer, but that's not the case. The tents only sell the beer of the own brewery, and not even all tastes that they produce.
every german women has to be abl to carry 10 maß, we call that german marriage readiness test. the german marriage readinesstest for men on the other hand is to be able to drink all this 10 maß without dying. After they showed this procedure at the registry office, they are handed their marriage certificate.
John Denver's song is from the 70's, it's so old everyone knows it. The song can be played very well as a remix, making it a mood song that visitors can dance and sing along to. In addition to typical old Bavarian music, exactly those songs are played that many guests from all over the world know. Yes, you have to experience it, you would be amazed and want to go back there every year.
In addition to beer, you should watch the parade on the first Sunday (parade of traditional clubs, shooting clubs, bands, old crafts and professions in nature, etc.). There is also a evant specifically for LGBT people and there is also a special children's event. Police and paramedics are everywhere so everyone can feel safe.
I am from munich and i love it so much
What I heard from locals in Munich: Rather than going to the Oktoberfest in Munich, prefer the Oktoberfests in smaller towns in the Munich region, such as Rosenheim (remember out of Rosenheim ?) Those smaller Oktoberfests are more traditional and more affordable.
Been there, I remember some of it!!! 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
WOWEEE THEY HAVE A BANK HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY 3RD OF OCTOBER ....HIIICCCCCCCCC
just 10 mugs, amateur server, the pros go for like 22!
John Denver - absolute legend!😊
Pls always tip the waiters and waitresses. Their jobs are brutally hard.
Ah yes, the equivalent of the annual Yeehaw-Hillbilly-Banjo-Country-slash-Western-Blackface-Bullride Festival, in Tennessee AL.
never been there, but your description seems to be a quite fitting comparison.
oktoberfest is pretty shit these days. mostly because of tourists
bro, country roads is a classic! come on... :)