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Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is an annual German-heritage festival in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Based on the original Munich Oktoberfest, it is billed as the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States [1] and second largest in the world. [2] First held in 1976, as of 2024 it hosted over 800,000 attendees each year.
Today, people from around the world travel to the festival to celebrate German culture and, of course, beer. In fact, last year's festival drew a record-breaking estimated 7.2 million people .
A smaller variant of the Stuttgart festival, the Stuttgart Spring Festival, is also held each year in Wasen. Cannstatter Volksfest 2012 Cannstatter Volksfest 2004. Although the Volksfest is not strictly speaking a beer festival, it is considered by many to be the second largest beer celebration in the world after the Munich Oktoberfest. [1]
Festival of Lights Berlin is a free annual international event that takes place in September to October in Berlin, Germany.It transforms landmarks and buildings across the city through the use of illuminations, luministic projections and 3D mapping.
Germany in the Fall. Germany is a popular country to visit in the autumn for its enchanting landscapes, historic towns and fairytale castles. Between September and November the weather is still ...
The Wurstmarkt (literally: Sausage market) in the spa town of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany is the world's biggest wine festival with over 600,000 visitors each year. [1] It is held annually on the second and third weekend of September. The first Wurstmarkt - under a different name - was held in the year 1417.