Posted on 10/01/2023 3:28:34 PM PDT by Libloather
Oktoberfest is the world's largest folk festival, celebrated for its famous beer event and travelling carnival.
The iconic event runs from mid September to around the first Sunday in October - it's known to attract over six million people from around the world.
It didn't take place in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid, but returned to the city of Munich in 2022.
However, this year, a lot of revelers are giving it a miss due to how expensive it's become, with one X user calling it an 'alcoholic Disney land'.
A one litre stein of beer will reportedly set you back between €12.60 (£10.92) and €14.90 (£12.92), which is a 6% price increase from last year.
A TikTok by Kathi Seidl shows everything she and her friends spent in a day at the folk festival.
The first thing they got was breakfast, which usually costs €19.90 (£17.24) per person, but the group got it for free as one of them is working at Oktoberfest.
Next, Kathi drank a stein of beer which would have been €13.30 (£11.53), but again she bagged this for free, as well as a shot.
The first thing she actually paid for was her second pint, costing €14.80 (£12.83) including a tip.
She then ate a steak roll which her set her back €7 (£6.07) and Lángos, a typical Hungarian delicacy which was €9 (£7.80).
After this, the group headed for a spin on a theme park ride called the 'power tower,' which cost €10 (£8.67), before heading home in a taxi for €30 (£26).
At the end of the day, the cost of everything added up to €118 (£102.31), however €41 (£35.53) of it was free so she actually spent €71 (£61.53) in total.
German commenters were divided on whether the prices were...
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Yeah, whatever.
Let’s see some pictures of the lovely Hun servers in their low cut blouses.
A bargain compared to a ball game or concert in the US
Rip off. We'll have to say no.
Stop going to places who keep jacking up their prices as if non existent pay raises will cover it all.
Only then will the prices go down.
How does a pint cost more than a liter?
A liter of beer is a lot, that is why at Octoberfest you frequently hear the guys yelling at their buddy, “Look at the size of those things”.
From the pictures, it looks like they put a pint of beer in a liter stein, and the rest is foam. I’d raise hell with a bartender who poured beer that way, if I still drank beer in bars.
LOL. One of my sisters went to college at Loyola in New Orleans and we’d visit her on occasion. We called it “Disneyland for Drunks.”
I’m on tap here at the estate in Jupiter - Yuengling, of course.
You just gave me something to wish to dream about tonight. Thank you.
Any time!
FOAM IS BEER! as they say ...anyway, it will settle out and you’ll get a little bit more...
All that foam is mostly carbon dioxide. Don’t they care what they’re doing to the planet?
I would say what the root cause of this incredible inflation is in Germany, but people get mad at me for going off topic, so, no, I won’t mention the Ukraine War.
(but it is tempting...)
Article is useless if they’re not talking American dollars......
6%?
Meh.childs play.
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