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Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October.
Theresienwiese is an open space in the Munich borough of Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt. It serves as the official ground of the Munich Oktoberfest . A space of 420,000 square metres (4,500,000 sq ft), [ 1 ] it is bordered in the west by the Ruhmeshalle and the Bavaria statue, symbolizing the State of Bavaria , and in the east by Esperantoplatz ...
Dieter Reiter opening the barrel in 2017 Dieter Reiter exclaiming "O'zapft is!" The Schottenhamel tent. The exclamation "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian for "It is tapped", standard German: "Es ist angezapft") is a tradition during the tapping of the first beer barrel by the mayor of Munich in the Schottenhamel tent at the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany since 1950.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
A bottle cap celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot. Löwenbräu beer has been served at every Oktoberfest in Munich since 1810. Because only beers that are brewed in Munich are permitted to be sold at Oktoberfest, Löwenbräu is one of six breweries represented, along with Augustinerbräu, Hofbräu, Hacker-Pschorr, Paulaner, and Spaten.
Paulaner Hefe-weißbier Paulaner Salvator Paulaner Hell. Paulaner is a German brewery, established in 1634 in Munich by the Paulaner Order of mendicant friars.Now owned by the Schörghuber family, it is one of the six breweries which provides beer for Oktoberfest. [2]
The brewhouse in the Marsstraße in Munich was closed due to a lack of workload in 2006 and is now the museum of the company. In 2011, the brewery launched the Franziskaner Royal (wheat beer). [2] In 2017, AB InBev launched the distribution of alcohol-free Franziskaner in the UK. [3]
The Bräurosl is the tent of Peter Reichert, who also runs the large restaurant Donisl in Munich's Marienplatz. This tent traditionally holds the "Gay Sunday" ("Rosa Wiesn") every year on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest, which emerged from a club event of the MLC (Münchner Löwen Club).