All You Need To Know About The Oktoberfest – Munich, Germany

It ´s early Saturday morning, 10 o´clock, and I am sitting in a huge tent in the middle of Munich, Germany. Well, it`s more like a big hall than a tent, with walls covered with lovely paintings of ducks and landscapes. The tent is packed with people, people in beautiful traditional Bavarian clothes sitting on benches everywhere.

We can hear the rain pounding down on the plastic roof above our heads, and the air is damp and warm. There is a sense of excitement and expectation in the air. Every now and then the crowd breaks out in a spontaneous cheer. Everyone is waiting for the opening – the opening of Oktoberfest 2016!

Around 12 o´clock, the Oktoberfest parade enters the tent and the Mayor of Munich finally kicks a hole in the big beer keg that marks the official opening of Oktoberfest 2016.

Once the barrel has been tapped, we can all buy Oktoberfest beer. Yay, the wait is over and as the ompa ompa band begins playing, the party is on!

The opening of the first beer barrel in…