Fun and Interesting Facts about Oktoberfest |
Posted: June 19, 2018 |
This fest runs for 16 days and in 2018 it is its 298th birthday. In 1810, first Oktoberfest took place in the Munich, Germany just to honor the Bavarian Crown Ludwig’s marriage. Every year around 1.8 million people consume beer. Do you know that this amount of beer can fill up the legendary king’s pond pool in Hawaii. We provide oktoberfest germany packages to make the fun prepared. The first oktberfest was celebrated in Munich in 1810 in the honor of Prince Ludwig. This fest lasts in almost a week and started on 12th October. That wedding party has been ended with a horse party. The Red Cross has 15 beds for the people having hangover just in case they needs to sleep. Surprisingly, more than 7,000 people come to the Red Cross tent for treatment. For every year, 4,000 items lost and found in the Oktoberfest. Though this is a Beer festival, the prices varies like anything and a beer that costs just 34 ounces will be costing about $13 here. At Oktoberfest most of the people are standing and lesser seats than the visitors. A hall named hofbrau-Festhalle is the largest tent that can gather up to 10,000 seats but still it’s better to be early. It is estimated that Albert Einstein has worked as an electrician in the Oktoberfest 1896 as an electrician. Surprisingly, this fest has been cancelled for 24 times due to the war and cholera epidemics. The entire fest is running on 100% renewable energies. Even if you are a wine lover, no worries as one of the official tent are dedicated to the wine rather than beer. Book your oktoberfest travel packages now. The fest begins in September but still named as Oktoberfest because of the warmer season in September that result in the audience comfort ability and further increase in crowd. It begins on the first Saturday after 15th date and generally lasts between 16 and 18 days. From 1950s the festival only starts at noon 12 when a gunshot sound occurs with shout of “O’ zapft is that means it’s tapped. It might get you shocked but the age of drinking beer and wine is 16 years in Germany and 14 years if you are with an adult. For the past few years, organizers are working hard to make this fest more family friendly with the traditional Bavarian parades, Roller coasters, Giant ferris wheel and Fairgrounds. Not every type of beer is served in the festival, you’ll be finding only those that meets up with the Bavarian Purity Requirements that uses only 3 ingredients used in the brewing process consisting Water, Barley and Hops only. The quality of beer is extra strong with at least 6% of alcohol. The locals call it “Wiesn” that is named after the theresienwiese that is the name of land where it occurs and pronounced as “Vizen”. The hairier hat means the wealthier wearer. In the entire fest, at least 7,551 people need medical attention and also the police were called 2,031 times.
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