Oktoberfest 2009

Only 59 days until the opening of this years Oktoberfest (www.oktoberfest.de) and the tent preparations are already under way. Compared to this time last year, the building works seem to be a little behind.
2009-oktoberfest

This is a still taken today from this webcam.

These “tents” are engineering pieces of art. Some of the larger ones can seat 8,000 people in them. Sometimes the definition of “tent” seems lost on tourists. These structures have kitchens, solid walls, multiple levels and balconies. There are 14 tents, which can seat 110,000 people. Many of the tents have beer gardens around them so if the weather is nice it is probably a good move to stay outside. The only disadvantage is that you may not hear all the live music from the Oompah bands.

Smoking at the Oktoberfest

This year again smoking is allowed in the Oktoberfest tents, they cite problems with dealing with crowds as to why they can’t impose the smoking ban. Some tents have said that they will try to enforce that in the earlier part of the day that smoking will be prohibited. But in a tent with 10,000 people this may be quite the challenge.

Drinking at the Oktoberfest

This year a litre of beer will set you back €8.30 to €8.60, last year it was €7.80 to €8.30.

SEOktoberfest

There are plenty of parties going on at the Oktoberfest, one I would like to go to is SEOktoberfest , but entry to the event runs at €5,000, which is a little out of my range for a startup SEO. If you do have the money and you want some great drinking buddies then I would give Marcus Tandler a shout ASAP. If you can’t afford €5k, then one tip is to get to the Weis’n early. This means getting there before 9am at the weekends and before 5pm during the week.

Eins, Zwei, Drei – Gsuffa!”

6 thoughts on “Oktoberfest 2009

  1. Wish I was going again this year! Had a brilliant time last year. Even the price of a litre(!) or beer didn’t put me off. Smoking was one thing that got to me though but with a regular trip outside it was ok.

    Unfortunately the weather last year wasn’t great so sitting outside wasn’t really an option apart from the first and last days we were there. Still you can’t beat a litre of beer, singing and half a fried chicken!

    1. Hi Dan,
      Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully the weather this year will be better, right now it’s 31C here in Munich, and 35C is forecast for tomorrow.

      Beer, Singing and 1/2 a chicken is the only way to go !

  2. one of these years….. we’ll be back!

    Hard to believe it was 2005 when I went. Not gonna make it this year, maybe next?

  3. A smoking ban would be awesome! Wonder if they will do it one of these years.

    Joe, hope you make it back for 2010. I should still be here, waiting for the monolith to land at the Wies’n to let “Dave” off. “My god, it’s full of stars!” (okay, random Clarke reference)

  4. Should we start a campaign to “Bring Joe & Andrew back for 2010” ?

    They did think of doing a partial smoking ban at the Oktoberfest, but implementing it would have been a serious pain in the head. I don’t really like the smoke and after a few beers you don’t really notice it. Smoke is better than BO that’s for sure 😉

    Paul

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