Oktoberfest in Munich
Das geht ab wie Schmitz Katze That escalated quickly!
Oktoberfest in Munich! Talk about a bucket list item. Paul and I went to Germany for 12-days and based our trip around Oktoberfest. We had so much fun! Everyone has to go at least once in their life to experience it. Germans know how to party and they spend two weeks every fall proving it. Here are a few things I think you should know before you go:
Oktoberfest is open from around 10am - midnight most of the days
99% of the people who attend the festival (especially on the weekends) wear traditional German clothing. Women wear a dirndl and men wear lederhosen. You don’t have to wear traditional clothing but you’re going to wish you had once you’re there!
Speaking of the dirndl - where you tie the bow traditionally signifies your relationship status. Tying it on right to signals taken, the left means your single and the middle means your a virgin so just don’t tie it there
Traditional German food available at Oktoberfest
Spätzle - basically fancy mac and cheese, Weisswurst - white pork sausages, Hendl - roast chicken, Knödel - potato dumplings with gravy (yum), Flammkuchen - thin crust pizza with white sauce, Fischbrötchen - fish sandwhich, Schweinsbraten - slabs of pork with gravy, served with knödel and sauerkraut, Brezeln - pretzel (and it’s HUGE - YUM), and senf is mustard and for some reason German senf hits different
The tents (they’re actually massive buildings so “tent” is an understatement) each have their own vibe. Here are a few of the ones we checking out and what we felt the vibe was:
Schottenhamel tent - young people, and by young I mean like 16. This was the only tent that was carding people at the entrance
Käfer - very boujee and pricy, you probably won’t get in without a reservation and those are going to cost you. However, it’s one of the only tents that’s open until 1 am so if you want to stay out late get there early
Hofbrauhaus - one of our favorites! Very popular with tourists (mostly Americans, Italians and Australians from what I noticed)
Hacker-Pschorr - the famous blue sky roof photo, probably my favorite tent. They have live music too!
Augustiner - relaxed atmosphere, good beer
Lowenbrau - older crowd but a lot of fun!
I suggest picking a tent and getting there early to get a spot to sit where you can be served food and beer!
You’ll see people walking around selling a white powder in a small vial - we asked some frat star what it was and he said “they call it ‘snuf’ and I have no idea whats in it but it has caffeine” so if you see that, probably avoid it - however, you will see it a lot and it looks like everyone is doing cocaine
Bring CASH! They don’t take card and you will need more cash than you think you do!
As for the rest of Germany, read what to know before you go here and my 12-day Germany Itinerary! Prost!