The Munich Oktoberfest
A more than 200 years tradition.
- The first Oktoberfest was actually a wedding party of King Ludwig I in 1810
- Only beers which are brewed within the city limits of Munich are served at the Oktoberfest
- The beer is specially brewed for Oktoberfest and it's extra strong
- People drank 7,500,000 liters of beer at the 2018 Oktoberfest. This amount would fill more than three Olympic-sized swimming pools.
- You can drink beer from 09:00AM until 11:30 PM at the Oktoberfest
- More than 6,000,000 people attended Oktoberfest.
- The largest beer tent seats 11,000 people.
- The Oktoberfest got its own post office. More than 130,000 post cards and gifts are sent out every year.
- Albert Einstein worked there as an electrician and helped to set up a beer tent in 1896
- In 2021 the Oktoberfest will be cancelled for the 25th time. In the past it was cancelled because of wars, a Cholera pandemic and in 2020 due to the COVID 19 pandemic.