The Only Beer Tent Where The Party Never Seems To Stop
Every Oktoberfest beer tent has its own personality but one stands above the rest for its nonstop energy. After spending time inside Munich’s famous Hofbräuhaus tent, it’s easy to understand why partygoers from around the world make it their first, and often last, stop.
By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger
Oktoberfest in Munich is a beer drinker’s paradise.
Walk into a tent and there are people as far as the eye can see, all sitting down and all with large mugs in front of them.
There’s a constant buzz of sound: conversation, live music, singing and shouting. It’s just like in the old Inspector Clouseau Pink Panther movie – a large, crowded and fun party.
While there are a dozen beer tents at Munich, to really do Oktoberfest right, you’ve got to go to the Hofbrauhaus.
It’s the only beer tent in Munich in which you don’t have to be sitting down to get a beer. Here you can be anywhere and they just seem to appear, as if you’re in some kind of beer drinker’s heaven. Which you are, in fact.
For this reason, Hofbrauhaus brings in all the youthful big-time party people from around the world.
They gather at the tables beneath the band – all bands are on elevated stages – start singing with strangers, and the waitress is always right there with a beer when you need one.
(Tip: These are cash transactions so be sure and have ample cash on hand; there’s virtually no crime so you are perfectly safe with money.)
The real party at Oktoberfest – the one you’ve heard about, had people tell you about and want to experience – is in Hofbrauhaus.
This is not a knock on the other beer tents; by all means go visit them, as well (you can freely walk – or stumble – from one to the other). And don’t be intimated by the “sit down to have a beer” rule; just walk around until you find an open spot at one of the long picnic tables, sit down and start partying with those around you.
The restriction, of course, is that this is your home base and if everyone in your party wanders from the spot, you will lose it.
The only thing you are likely to lose at the Hofbrauhaus is your inhibitions.
Best Times Go To To The Hofbrauhaus
If it’s opening weekend or a weekend you may have to line up before it opens. Otherwise, it’s not much of a problem. My advice is to be there at night; that’s when it is at its party peak.
OKTOBERFEST LINKS:
• Munich Oktoberfest Everything You Need To Know
• Oktoberfest Munich Top Party Tips & Beer Tents (pubclub.com)
• Munich Oktoberfest Hofbrau House Is The Best Beer Tent (pubclub.com)
• Oktoberfest In Munich Is The Ultimate Beer Drinker’s Heaven (pubclub.com)
• Munich Oktoberfest Is Heaven For Beer Drinkers
Kevin Wilkerson is the founder of PubClub.com, an award-winning journalist and nightlife expert who has covered destinations, events and nightlife for more than two decades. While working as a newspaper reporter, he received an Associated Press award for investigative journalism.
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