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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Given it’s a tourist attraction those don’t seem like very high prices to me. As a couple of the pictures show, your liter contains a lot of foam. It must be drunk anyway - it’s deadly carbon dioxide that’s killing the (hic!) planet. Drink it for Muvver Erf! I meant to fall off that bar stool...
I had a blast at Oktoberfest in Munich in 2010. Yes everything is expensive but it’s likely a one time experience. Just have a good time!
Euros and dollars are close enough these days that if you have to sweat the difference, you probably can’t afford the trip anyway. A Euro is a little over a dollar and a nickle this weekend. A year ago, it was a little less than a dollar to buy one.
Pounds cost about a dollar and a quarter these days. I remember when they were more that twice as expensive. But that’s before the Brits decimalized their currency.
What do they think they’re running? An NBA game?
Would you settle for Hill’s Angels? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3LoomRlqA
#10 that must be lite beer. She is holding up 13 mugs!!
I'll just have some milk.
I was there in 2009!!!
I can’t seem to find any beer in that pic.
someone’s got to pay for all the ‘new germans’ relocating to germany
Excellent! So much fun.
Celebrated my 20th birthday there in 1975. Remember some of it.
One liter for €13.30 converts to about $7 per US (16 oz.) pint. Pretty standard for a real beer.
I think i see a nip...
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