Any Munich / Oktoberfest advice?

zeebamom
Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:51:58 +0000

H and I were there last fall and had a blast. First off, it is crowded. Really crowded.

On the Trip Advisor Munich forums, there is a FAQ section for Oktoberfest. One of the links takes you to a site, Oktoberfest-insider.com - this has the best basic info.

Reservations: for full tables only, and they’re sold out well before now. If you are going on a weekday, go early in the afternoon and sit at a non-reserved table. By evening, that table will probably be reserved and you’ll have to move or leave. I understand that the tents will have a section that’s always unreserved, but we did afternoon so it wasn’t important.
There are menus on the tables. There is one style of beer, but each brewery has their own take. That’s all the beer they sell.
If the weather is good, you can sit outside.

The Residence was a great set of museums. H did one of the Deutsches Museums over near the 'fest while I visited the treasury.

We did Dachau one day. Sobering and well worth it.
The Eyewitness guide was our most-used book.