At the end of September/beginning of October each year all roads in Munich lead to the Theresienwiese, a giant grass meadow about the size of 20 football fields near the centre of the city. The occasion is the world's biggest party, the Munich Oktoberfest. The field becomes a beer-drinking city, complete with its own post office, police force and fire department, and most importantly numerous huge tents, erected by the various Bavarian breweries, that serve as massive beer halls. The first keg is tapped in ceremonial style to open the two-week celebration, which draws hundreds of thousands of revellers from all around the world. Apart from the rollicking beer halls where traditional Bavarian bands belt out their old favourites, the festival offers a host of carnival games and fun park rides, as well as stalls selling a range of German delicacies.
Date: 19 September to 4 October 2009; Website: http://www.oktoberfest.de/
If anyone has attended the Oktoberfest in previous years, you will know how difficult it can be to find affordable hotel accommodation.
We have secured a limited number of rooms at the 3* Tulip Inn Munich Schwabing hotel which is on the outskirts of Munich - While the hotel is not centrally located, there are very good transportation links to the centre of Munich.
Interested ? Please send an e.mail to caroline@gtahotels.com for rates and current availability
Friday, June 26, 2009
Munich Oktoberfest
At the end of September/beginning of October each year all roads in Munich lead to the Theresienwiese, a giant grass meadow about the size of 20 football fields near the centre of the city. The occasion is the world's biggest party, the Munich Oktoberfest. The field becomes a beer-drinking city, complete with its own post office, police force and fire department, and most importantly numerous huge tents, erected by the various Bavarian breweries, that serve as massive beer halls. The first keg is tapped in ceremonial style to open the two-week celebration, which draws hundreds of thousands of revellers from all around the world. Apart from the rollicking beer halls where traditional Bavarian bands belt out their old favourites, the festival offers a host of carnival games and fun park rides, as well as stalls selling a range of German delicacies.
Date: 19 September to 4 October 2009; Website: http://www.oktoberfest.de/
If anyone has attended the Oktoberfest in previous years, you will know how difficult it can be to find affordable hotel accommodation.
We have secured a limited number of rooms at the 3* Tulip Inn Munich Schwabing hotel which is on the outskirts of Munich - While the hotel is not centrally located, there are very good transportation links to the centre of Munich.
Interested ? Please send an e.mail to caroline@gtahotels.com for rates and current availability
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