Munich: The Original Oktoberfest

We spent a couple days touring the tents of the original Oktoberfest, and bookended the trip with Dachau and Third Reich tours.

December 29, 2024

I was fortunate enough to enjoy a month-long sabbatical from work, so spent it with family and friends crossing Oktoberfest and some other places off the bucket list—including Prague, Vienna, and Scotland.

Sights

Dachau

Oktoberfest

Third Reich Tour

Dachau

Almost as soon as we landed, we headed to Dachau to tour the concentration camp memorial. None of us really had words for the dispiriting experience, but felt it was important to see.

Oktoberfest

Hotel

We stayed at Hotel Brunnenhof. The hotel was clean and comfortable, was a nice 20-minute walk to where Oktoberfest was at Theresienwiese, and got us in the celebratory mood with Oktoberfest decor. We also upped the celebration with a bottle of prosecco and the most delicious chocolate cake, which was somehow still tasty the entire 3 days we were there.

Tents

We were slightly worried about finding enough seating for 9 people, but ended up having no problems—as long as we got to the tents close to opening at 10 am. Everyone there was very friendly, especially the young Germans who we still aren't convinced were old enough to enjoy the beer.

Third Reich Tour

Despite the rain and chill, we still enjoyed walking through Munich on the Third Reich Tour to learn about the regime's rise to power and see bits of hidden history that you'd normally stroll past—my favorite of which were gold bricks that paved tribute to resistors.

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