ARmy Rumour SErvice

**The_IRON** · 09-07-2012, 19:52

Went to Munich Bierfest in 1989/ 1990 and 1992.....its awesome and a definate do before you die or if you don't pace yourself die whilst you do. First year slept in a tent when trashed I believe as can't remember, there is plenty of accomodation around the area if I remember correctly. Buy yourself a felt pointed Bierfest hat when you first get there as its a great stand in toilet ......you have a massive fair and loads of massive beer tents and its just party time with tonnes of different Nationalities who head to there own areas...look out for the Aussie sections as tonnes of Aussie birds one year. Only drink steins and watch in awe as the Bier serving wenches walk round with 8 plus steins at a time. It really is a must, dont get into fights, sings your head off with the German Bergermeister and you will love it........Hopefully a few been in last ten years on here who can update things

**Goatman** · 10-07-2012, 11:31

Originally Posted by Door_Bundle or Five Alpha or Carlos HathcockIII or...

My only experience of Oktoberfest was in Canada.

Thanks for sharing...so, lampswinging apart, you've never been to THE Oktoberfest either then ?

( anyone know if there is still a boozer near Trafalgar Square called the Bierkeller - or was it shut down the same time as the Zambezi Club ? )

ATTENTION IN THE CHEAP SEATS

if you have been to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany ( not that place outside Milwaukee) - tell us all about it, much like Prinz Albrecht and Der Iron above

Wild-but-true dits re Piss-ups in shebeens from Wick to Witwatersrand - The Badger's Arrse.

I thank you - here all week

**The_IRON** · 10-07-2012, 11:40

Make sure your protected, a Medic Full screw (Nige W) who went with us in early 90's spent quite a few weeks visiting different clinics in BAOR when he got a disease normally found in cattle , on further investigation the old tart he shagged their was from a Bavarian family who were nortorious for having sex with their animals.

**scruff_2** · 10-07-2012, 12:04

I have been to the Oktoberfest in Munich a few times now and would fully recomend it. If you plan to stay in the city centre book very early rooms are filled up almost a year in advance. As well as the beer tents there is a giant fun fair, great fun beaing thrown about after half a dozen lts of beer.

If you go then visit the Hofbrauhaus in Munich also, great atmosphere but extremely busy, also visit the Englischer gardens, there is a chinese style pergoda with bands playing and as usual great beer.

If flying into Munich the train system from the airport into the city is quick and efficient.

**Nignoy** · 10-07-2012, 12:04

Between 1970 and 1996 as an active member of the german order of falconers, I was a regular visitor at the Oktober fest which is sometimes the last week in september, was usually to be found in the Einbecker or Warsteiner tents, I had good connections to both breweries, it is always amusing to watch the tourists perform at the Waasen, after a couple of steins of paulaner, the more adventurous ones try some of the bock and doppelbock beers and wonder why they wake up a couple of days later with a black hole where their memory should be, there are plenty of camping grounds within 10 kms of the fest platz,some of them even hire out camping beds and sleeping bags,we will be in the vaterland in april, I will pick up the 2013 Octoberfest brochures with all camping grounds and gastatten ,and I will email them to anyone interested.

**scruff_2** · 10-07-2012, 12:06

I have been to the Oktoberfest in Munich a few times now and would fully recomend it. If you plan to stay in the city centre book very early rooms are filled up almost a year in advance. As well as the beer tents there is a giant fun fair, great fun being thrown about after half a dozen lts of beer. And of course lots of lovely women in their Dirndles.

If you go then visit the Hofbrauhaus in Munich also, great atmosphere but extremely busy, also visit the Englischer gardens, there is a chinese style pergoda with bands playing and as usual great beer.

If flying into Munich the train system from the airport into the city is quick and efficient.

**adouglasmhor** · 10-07-2012, 12:09

Went in the 80s with a group from 7 sigs. Ended up in the Spaten Pils tent, some of your group had to be seated to get served so we found a table with only a few studenty types on it. We sat down and discovered we were sitting with a group of German, Italian and Austrian Trotskyists, and surrounded by some Bavarian Nationalists. When the Oompah band started up the trots were attacked by the right wingers (one of them had warned us they were bad people), and a little Welsh bloke with us got punched by a skinhead, who was very surprised to be decked by someone half his size (I think he though he was one of the studenty types). After a bit of pushing and shoving the trots left and the nationalists had decided they really did not want to fight with us. - Great we got the whole table and all got seated.
We had hired a van from the PRI and I had filled the back with packing foam from the QM's so we slept there.

PrinceAlbert · 10-07-2012, 12:29

We went to the Hofbrauhaus (but there are 2 in Munich) one was where the Nazi Party got started. It is indeed very large, with a lovely outdoor area in the quad of the building.

We were all leathered by then, so carried on the motion. I'll post some photos once I've got my laptop fixed.