Munich, Germany: Oktoberfest

This Travel Bite comes from "European Festivals II,” a brand new episode of Rick Steves’ Europe Season 10. Check your local public television station for this new episode or watch it on
Of Europe's many great festivals, one of the wildest is Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest lasts for two weeks, from late September into the first few days of October. Filling a huge fairground, under a dramatic statue representing Bavaria, locals set up about 16 huge tents that can each seat several thousand beer drinkers.
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