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The Oktoberfest in the financial centre is back. It is best avoided by night as it attracts every weirdo South Co Dublin seems to produce.
26 seconds into this video more accurately desribes the people you will meet in the dark outside if you dont want to pay for a ticket for the tent: http://www.paulaner-oktoberfest.com/video.htm
This is what it would have looked like in Munich a few weeks ago:
In the year 1811, the Oktoberfest was cancelled since Bavaria was involved in the Napoleonic war. In 1816, carnival booths appeared. The main prizes were silver, porcelain, and jewellery. In 1819, the founding citizens of Munich assumed responsibility over festival management. It was agreed that the Oktoberfest would be celebrated each and every year without exception. Later, it was lengthened and the date pushed forward, the reason being that the end of September in Bavaria often has very good weather. The high temperature in the first week of Oktoberfest nears 19°C which stimulates the thirst of the visitors. However, today the last week of Oktoberfest is still in October.
The images page has pictures of the Oktoberfest in Munich which was moved to September due to the weather – they would do well to follow this tradition in Ireland but they cannot really imitate the Bavarian tradition of sun and not a damp mess as it was here last year.
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