Oktoberfest Turned Munich, Germany Into a 24-Hour Party
Article by: Laura Mason|@masonlazarusTue October 04, 2016 | 00:00 AM
Boy oh boy, is Oktoberfest a wild one. Now a beer-fueled bacchanal, the Bavarian festival (known to locals as "die Wiesn," after the name of the Theresienwiese Fairgrounds, where the festival is held in Munich) originally celebrated the 1810 marriage of the Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe Hildburghausen with a horse race. The horse race continued as part of the celebration until 1960, and now it's just mostly beer. The good stuff. That good stuff comes with strict purity codes (enacted in 1487) of what can and cannot be served. Only Oktoberfest beers made in Munich are on tap, and they come with a good 2 percent higher alcohol content than the rest of the year.
Revelers captured stunning shots of famed beer tents Hofbrauhaus, Augustiner, Hippodrome and Schottenhamel, and of the circus scene outside. In addition to high-rising Ferris wheels, merry-go-rounds and indoor roller coasters, another star of the show is The Brewer’s Parade (also known as the “Grand Entry of the Oktoberfest Landlords and Breweries”), which marks the Saturday start of the festival. Beer-makers on colorful brewery wagons travel from the city center (Sonnenstrasse) to the festival meadow.
These pictures below are our favorites that captured the heart of this energetic festival. Enjoy!
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