OKTOBERFEST!

First Oktoberfest

October 12th, 1810

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OKTOBERFEST!

Originally celebrated as a wedding festival.

Largest “Volksfest” (people’s festival) in the world.

Price of Beer in 2010: 8,40 – 8,90 EUR = $11.50 – 12.29

Oktoberfest Fakten

• 100,000 Seats in Festival Halls

• 6.4 Million Visitors

• 83 Phone Booths

– Also have Ability for International Calling Cards

Oktoberfest Fakten

• 4,000 Items in Lost Proptery:

– 500 Crutches

– 260 Pairs of Glasses

– 200 Mobile Phones

– Wedding Rings

Oktoberfest Fakten• 7,100,000 Liters of Beer

• 89,259 Liters of Wine

• 37,733 Liters of Sparkling Wine

• 245,335 Liters of Coffee and Tea

• 1,028,522.5 Liters of Water and Lemonade

Oktoberfest Fakten• 505,901 Units of Chicken

• 109,302 Pairs of Pork Sausages

• 40,850 kg of Fish

• 69,293 Units of Pork Knuckles

• 119 Units of Oxen

Oktoberfest Fakten

• 1,000 Tons of Garbage

• 980 Toilet Seats

– More than 878 Meters of Urinals

– 17 for People with Disabilities

Trachten

• Lederhosen • Dirndl