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About 6 million people are expected to attend the official Oktoberfest celebration in Munich, Germany. The world’s largest beer festival begins Sept. 17, 2016, and runs through Oct. 3. Festive program of events Grand entry of the Oktoberfest landlords and breweriesDate: Saturday, 17th September 2016, duration about 45 minutes. Oktoberfest Costume and Riflemen’s ParadeDate: Sunday,…

20 Years of Oktoberfest on the Peace Plaza ROCHESTER, Minn. – It’s a Rochester tradition 20 years in the making. On Friday Apollo Wine and Spirits hosted their 20th Oktoberfest on Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester. For $ 20 at the door, folks enjoyed a traditional German meal and all you can … Read more…

Parents club prepares for Oktoberfest Organized by the Our Lady of Fatima Parents Club, Oktoberfest includes about 150 different kinds of beer and more than 20 types of barbecued sausage, along with wine. The event is modeled after the world-famous celebration of Bavarian culture in Munich … Count Sarah Palin among the sane who clearly…

BMW Built A One-Off M3 “Münchner Wirte” For Oktoberfest [w/Video] In addition, the livery includes depictions of Munich landmarks (such as the Olympic Stadium, Siegestor, Frauenkirche church, and BMW’s headquarters – the “four-cylinder” building), a roast chestnut seller, and the Wiesn-Schänke beer tent at the Oktoberfest. Read more on Carscoops (blog) British-born actress Emily Blunt…

Longmont’s Oktoberfest among several weekend festivals Oktoberfest is one of a handful of annual events that the group intends to launch over the next year, to raise at least $ 30,000 annually for the scholarship fund that will be split evenly between a student at Monarch High School … Read more on Longmont Times-Call The…

Oktoberfest promises fun for the entire family Gate 10 will be open to Oktoberfest traffic as follows: Thursday, Sept. 17 at 4:30 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 18 at 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 19 at 11:30 a.m.; and Sunday, Sept. 20 at 11:30 a.m. All adults in the vehicle must have a valid photo ID; the ……

German Police to Separate Oktoberfest Revelers from Migrant Masses, Fears of… As for Oktoberfest, he said he “could not foresee how the many drunken Oktoberfest revelers will behave”, but noted that there were always some incidents and the meeting of a large group of refugees and the revelers could close both the railway … Read…

Munich City guide The capital city of the Free State of Bavaria and the third-largest city of Germany ( 1.3 million inhabitants ) lies in the center of the Bavarian plateau. It was founded on the 14th of June in the year 1158 by the Guelph Duke Heinrich den Lowen ( Henry the Lion )….

Englischer Garten –  English Garden On February 1st, 1789 Karl Theodor issued an electoral decree for a military garden to be laid out in the garrison town. In 1803 the garden architect Ludwig von Sckell was put in charge and was able to realize his plans for the new design of the garden by 1808….

German Museum, Munich ( Deutsches Museum ) With its unique collections, the museum is situated on one of the islands in the Isar and has an exhibition area covering 40,000 m2. It is the most significant technical-scientific museum in the world. In this museum, you can feel the spirit of invention and it accompanies man’s…

The legendary Schwabing begins to the north of the Siegestor ( Victory gate ) ( 1843-1852 ) which forms the border between two centers of Munich which are completely different in character. For a long time, it was just an ordinary village outside of the gates of Munich. Then in 1887, it became an independent…

Travel madness strikes Germany as train drivers expand the strike German train drivers on Thursday expanded their unprecedented national strike to passenger services, causing travel chaos for millions and drawing intense criticism. The work stoppage by the GDL trade union strikes long-distance and regional train services … Read more on FRANCE 24 Europe’s 10 worst…

The local people call it the “Wies’n” ( fairground ). Oktoberfest is the largest public festival in the world. It commences every year on the second to last Saturday of September with the parade of the landlords of the beer tents and the breweries from the center of town to the Theresienwiese ( festival grounds…

Indeed, the Oktoberfest-visitor doesn’t have it easy: with 14 tents to choose from, and each one more awesome than the other! Oktoberfest Munich Photo Tour Oktoberfest 2006 Munich Oktoberfest – Biergarten Munich Oktoberfest 2006 Okotoberfest 2006 – Munich Germany Munich Germany Beer Festival – Oktoberfest Indeed, the Oktoberfest-visitor doesn’t have it easy: with 14 tents…

Car Parking in Munich There are abundant Parking areas in surrounding Munich. Travelers should definitely consider using them, as the Munich inner city area is hopelessly congested during Oktoberfest. The P&R-area at the exit “Garching-Sued” is recommendable when arriving on the A9 from Nuernberg. There is a capacity for over 570 cars. The parking area…