The Oktoberfest balance sheet 2024 - most guests came from the USA
189th Munich Oktoberfest - in numbers: 6.7 million people visited the Oktoberfest 2024 and a total of 7 million pints of beer were drunk... The Oktoberfest guards were able to take 98,000 pints from the souvenir hunters...
October 6, 2024: Last Oktoberfest Sunday in Munich - the Labor and Economy Department of the state capital Munich draws a preliminary balance
Munich. It was full at the Oktoberfest when the gunners fired their salute at 12 p.m. today. Today the 16 days of Oktoberfest in Munich come to an end and the results look as expected: a total of around 6.7 million visitors were there - including around 430,000 guests at the Oiden Wiesn - the favorite drink was barley juice, a whopping seven million Drank a glass of beer. Among the delicacies, the baked Wiesnhendl was an absolute hit. As the Labor and Economy Department of the state capital Munich announced today, the Mittagswiesn was also “strongly attended” on all days. And at the sales stands, “Glazed fruits, chocolate hearts with figurines, such as the Munich child or the angel Aloisius, ... were in great demand.” And the classic roasted almonds and stomach bread also did well – as did cotton candy and bratwursts. Although you can buy beer mugs from souvenir dealers and online, the security service had to save a total of 98,000 beer mugs from souvenir hunters and collect them from the festival grounds.
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| Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich seen from Theresienhöhe - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
From which countries did the Oktoberfest visitors come to Munich?
A good question every year! Most of the international guests came from the USA, of course our friends from Italy came in large numbers, followed by visitors from the UK, Austria, Poland, France, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, from down under from Australia and for the first time many visitors also came from India.
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| Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich with Bavaria - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
Our guests from overseas stuck to Bavarian Oktoberfest clothing and loved to celebrate in lederhosen and dirndls - as this Bavarian music band demonstrates.
Overall, the festival management, the showmen, stand operators and innkeepers were very satisfied with the quiet and peaceful Oktoberfest.
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| Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
The 3,500 lost items that accumulated in 16 days speak for themselves!
- 700 wallets,
- 700 items of clothing,
- 500 ID cards,
- 315 cell phones,
- 450 bank cards,
- 150 keys,
- 300 glasses/sunglasses,
- 160 bags, backpacks and pouches,
- 60 umbrellas
- and 45 pieces of jewelry.
Around 800 lost items were picked up by their owners at the Oktoberfest.
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| Angel Aloisius on his cloud in the Oktoberfest tent in Munich - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
What were the strangest findings?
- 16 leather pants straps,
- handcuffs made of light metal,
- five wedding rings (three picked up so far)
- a dental grinding splint,
- various pairs of women's shoes, then we played Snow White,
- Traditional hats and other headgear
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| Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
Oktoberfest 2024 in numbers
Energy: 2.8 million kWh of electricity consumed (12 percent more than 2023)
Garbage: 802 tons of garbage disposed of (2023: 820 tons)
Medical station: Aicher Ambulanz with 29 percent fewer patients than in 2023
Police: Decline in crimes of minus 25.8 percent – compared to the previous year
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| Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive) |
