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Just booked up the last weekend at Oktoberfest this year. Anyone done it before and have any useful tips?
Edit. This could probably go in the 'Holidays' thread. Feel free to move!
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I can't remember what tent we were in but it wss the size of a football pitch and over 3000 really pissed people and not a scrap anywhere to be seen.
they won't serve you unless you're at a table though, i think it was about 20euros to sit at a table and thst included a stein of beer and a whole roast chicken
We are def gonna do it again in the next couple of years
You have to watch all the idiots on the fair rides after they've been drinking, funny as f***!
Been twice and they were some of the best holidays I've had.
Avoid the aussies though!!
the Germans can drink! It was quite funny the first time i was there as i was told i didnt have to go round for round with them if it was too much for me, i did and whilst they were all very impressed it meant nothing to me when the hangover kicked in!
my father in laws local just run a tab on your beer mat and you settle up when you're finished, very nice way of doing it.
If the weather is good it is easier to get a seat because each beer tent has a beer garden attached to it and this takes the pressure off inside, although you won’t be able to hear the Oom-pah outside This may be a bonus depending how you stand on Oom-pah music, personally I think it needs to be experienced in all its thigh slapping glory. I have German friends who would get there for 9am to ensure a favourable seat in a tent of their choice.
There are some real beer casualties by mid-afternoon, I saw a woman crap herself as she staggered to the toilets she left a trail behind her as it fell from the bottom of her drindle.
Great times.
If you get the time go to dachau concentration camp about 10 miles nw of the city and a 20 minute train ride from the hauptbahnhof on the S2. Grim but free and worth it, schedule 3 hours for this.
What ever you do always make sure you have a train ticket when travelling on trains and make sure you stamp them in the little blue boxes usually at the top of escolators/stairs leading to to the trains, if it isnt stamped it isnt valid even though you may have just bought it. They have a ton of inspectors on trains and they are plain cothed not like blakey.
Great place and enjoy...loads of good hotels near the bahnhof but can be a bit seedy....
One final, pressing issue, is what are the chances of finding anywhere to watch the England Australia game?! One of the lads I am going with, who has been before, has said no chance as we will be fast asleep after a long days drinking by the time it even kicks off, but I don't want to believe him!
I was on a stag do in Munich when Charlton played the away leg of the league one play off against Swindon. We managed to find an Australian themed sports bar that put it on for us in the basement bar. They were showing lots of other sports from around the globe on several TVs dotted around the place. They would definitely have international rugby on if they were prepared to put third division football on.
Your mate is probably right about being too drunk to watch it, I'd drunk so much at this point that I had to put my hand over one of my eyes to stop the double vision and was really confused by the fact we weren't playing in red, I think I celebrated when Swindon scored. Hence I can't tell you the name of the bar but I do remember it wasn't very good other than to watch the football. So many better places to drink in Munich. Try typing Australian bar Munich in to google.
Friday night we were there quite late, so could only get into a smaller tent which was pretty fun, then just ran around drunkenly/excitedly going on rides, playing the various games etc.
Saturday and Sunday we got there at about 9am and managed to get into two of the major tents, one was the Lowenbrau one, the other I can't remember. Basically just sat in them all day and as the afternoon comes along the places just go mad. Everyone making friends with everyone, everyone dancing on tables, everyone standing on the table chugging steins to 6,000 people cheering for you. It's absolutely mad.
We stayed in one of the closest hostels to it all which was rather convenient for stumbling back completely out of it!
It's hard to write about it properly as the two and a half days basically are all now rolled into one big blurry weekend, but it's something that everyone should be lucky enough to experience at some point.
I do not feel well at work today!
Maybe not the real thing but looking forward to this night out. At least will be home by 12.