Facts and Figures
Location:
Theresienwiese
Stands, Tents and Carousels:
1,398 entertainment companies and
restaurateurs applied for places at the
Oktoberfest.
650 received permission.
Among those, are 362 marketers, 200 showmen and 64 breweries and restaurateurs.
The biggest tent is owned by Hofbräu (10,000 seats), the smallest is the Eiscafé Clark, with space for 30 visitors.
There will be 14 merry-go-rounds, 4 scooters, 3 haunted houses, 5 roller coasters and many other attractions.
New Ride:
Fighter: an ultra-hardcore merry-go-round with a gondola suspended
on chains.
New Snack Bar/Small Tent:
For the first time since 1900 the “Nürnberger Bratwurst Glöckl” will return to the Oktoberfest. Eat your Bratwurst in a tent decorated in the style of the
turn of the century.
Reservation Numbers for
the Big Tents:
Augustinerbräu: Tel. 231 832 66 Fax 260 53 79
Hackerbräu: Tel. 08170/7303 Fax 08170/7385
Hofbräuhaus: Fax 448 35 87
Löwenbräu: Tel. 477 677 Fax 470 58 48
Paulanerbrauerei Tel. 46 20 22 95
"Winzer Fändl": Fax 46 65 59 49
Hacker Pschorrbräu Tel. 857 20 29
"Bräurosl": Fax 859 70 56
Spatenbrauerei Tel. 38 38 73 12
"Ochsenbraterei": Fax 38 38 73 40
Staatliches Tel. 448 96 70
Events:
Saturday, 16. 09, 11:00:
Beer Prices:
Between DM 11.20 and DM 12.60 (!)
per Mass (liter).
Opening parade. Festive carriages transport the restaurateurs, their families and beer barrels to the fairgrounds. Begins on Sonnenstrasse.
12:00: Official opening, when the first keg is tapped by the mayor, in the Schottenhamelzelt.
20:00: Folklore International. Dances and traditions from all over the world. In the Circus-Krone-Bau.
Sunday, 17. 09, 10:00: Costume and marksman parade to the Oktoberfest. Some 7,000 participants wearing traditional costumes from Bavaria and all over the world. Parade starts at the Siegestor in Schwabing and lasts for about two and a half hours. In the evening, a firework display will be staged.
Tuesday, 19.09, 12:00–18:00: First family day at the Oktoberfest.
Children (up to 14, sometimes up to 16, years of age) pay reduced prices for rides and food.
Thursday, 21.09, 10:00: Ecumenical
Oktoberfest Service in the Hippodrom.
Tuesday, 26.09, 12:00–18:00:
Second family day.
Sunday, 01.10, 12:00: Gun salute at the Bavaria statue to honor the winners of the Bavarian marksman championships.
Tuesday 03.10: Parade of the Bavarian Marksman Club. Some 6,000 participants from 4,700 branches of the
club will march from the city center
to Theresienwiese.
