Wired Oktoberfest 101 Wiki
Reading Wired on a calm Saturday morning I was surprised to discover they feature an “Oktoberfest 101 Wiki” on their front page. If you live in Munich you can’t miss the thousands of Germans and tourists from all over the world, running around in Lederhosen and Dirndl. While the dress at least resembles what’s part of Bavarian folk tradition – most designs have been a bit modernized – the fashion of drinking too much beer gathered in huge tents with thousands of people hasn’t changed.
At Oktoberfest the breweries put up huge tents hosting more than 10,000 guests for the duration of the festival. Some are more traditional in style and music selection, some a bit more modern. Here’s a webcam image from Löwenbräu tent, that should give you a good idea of the atmosphere. It’s very hard to get a seat in the evening, and don’t even try on the weekends unless you have reserved a table – that’s what many companies do.
Oktoberfest Webcam - Löwenbräu Festzelt
The Oktoberfest 101 Wiki is well written, and will give you valuable input for your Oktoberfest visit. Just make sure that you can still walk leaving Oktoberfest, and better don’t sleep on the lawn next to the festival area, in case you are totally drunk! If you enjoy drinking a lot of beer, meeting people from all over the world, dancing on the tables – then this is the place to be right now. Prost!
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