Craving for an escape into a place where there is sheer joy and profuse flow of hormone? Come September and Munich has a bundle of mirth for you. Though known as Oktoberfest, this 16 day festival starts in September itself and continues till the month of October. Originally, this fest started way back in 1810 in honour of the matrimonial alliance between Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen with a 5 day fest wherein all the locals were invited to eat, drink and merry. No matter how a few things about the fair have changed over the years, yet the core remains the same: bringing people together and having a real good time.

If you ever plan to visit Germany, plan it in this season to have some memories you would want to live over and over again. Oktoberfest today is counted as the world’s largest folk festival that celebrates the old traditions with modern century characteristics yet keeping the Bavarian culture intact. So, what exactly must you expect in the Oktoberfest? There are various activities that go on during this festival that includes parades, shooting displays, carousals, roller-coasters and other various sources of entertainment and enjoyment. A very important activity that was held in the fest is the horse race. The horse race marked the closing of the event that was a major festival for the whole of Bavaria. The yearly repetition of the horse race resulted in the tradition of the Oktoberfest that gradually expanded into a global celebration. In the year 1811, the horse races were accompanied by agricultural show in order to boost the Bavarian agriculture which gained tremendous popularity with the passage of time. However, the horse races got defunct but agricultural shows are still held in Oktoberfest once every three years.

The festival has also gained all the popularity for being one of the major beer festivals around the globe. Attracting around six million visitors every year, a total of seven million liters of beer is consumed at Oktoberfest every year which is indeed a behemothic quantity. Along with beer, one gets to satiate the hungry soul too with pretzels, grilled sausages, chicken delicacies and so much more. The festival that continues for two whole weeks witnesses a mass crowd at Munich’s city centre turning it into a huge fiesta spree. The much awaited festival in Germany is all about love and how love can make this world a better place to live in. The Oktoberfest 2017 will be the 184th edition and if you really want to experience the unadulterated essence of festivity, then Oktoberfest is definitely the place to be. So, book your tickets rightaway!

The event will begin on 16th of September and will last till the 3rd of October 2017.