190th Munich Oktoberfest - State Capital Munich
The Munich Oktoberfest countdown is on: 36 days and almost 16 hours until the cry: "Let's go to the Wiesn 2025" and "Ozapft is!"
September 20th to October 5th - 190th Oktoberfest in Munich - There can only be one original Oktoberfest! (English version, Deutsch, Français, Italiano)
Munich. From September 20th to October 5th, the Bavarian capital invites the whole world to the Theresienwiese for the world's largest folk festival: the 190th Munich Oktoberfest. This year, Munich (as the locals affectionately call their city) will celebrate for 16 days. It all begins with the traditional tapping of the keg by Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter on September 20th, at exactly 12 noon - as always in the Schottenhamel Festhalle. The cry "Ozapft is!" means "It's tapped!" in good Bavarian. This announcement by Dieter Reiter is followed by twelve cannon shots, signaling the start of beer sales in all festival halls. Now the beer flows from the barrels of Munich's breweries. The mayor taps the first liter of beer for Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder. This annual opening ceremony takes place every year at noon on the first Saturday after September 15th—this year, on Saturday, September 20th, 2025. But there's still a lot to do before then; anyone looking across the meadow can witness the creation of the Oktoberfest city of beer halls every day.
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| Oktoberfest construction in Munich - Oktoberfest construction site on the Theresienwiese on August 12, 2025 - Photo: A. Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
The festival grounds are located at the foot of the Bavaria statue.
The festival grounds on Munich's Theresienwiese cover an area of 42 hectares, almost the size of 60 football fields. And anyone who knows the Wiesn before the Oktoberfest build-up knows: grass really grows here! At least between the paved paths.
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| A wide Bavarian sky makes the green Theresienwiese with Bavaria and Ruhmeshalle almost glow, Photo: A. Waess (Pressefotoarchiv - 12. August 2025) |
Zum großen original Oktoberfest 2025 in München wurden 468 Betriebe zugelassen:
- 36 gastronomische Betriebe
- 238 Schaustellergeschäfte
- 170 Marktkaufleute
- und mehrere Servicebetriebe
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Kufflers Weinzelt / Wine Hall (left) - Oktoberfest construction site on Munich's Theresienwiese - Photo: A. Waess (Pressefotoarchiv 12. August 2025)
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Don't worry, the open meadow will still be filled with rides - but that's another story!
41 businesses were permitted at the Oidn Wiesn this year
- 4 catering establishments
- 31 showmen's businesses
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| View of the Oktoberfest meadow or Theresienwiese from the Bavariastrasse intersection: in the front left, the Oide Wiesn is being set up - here with the traditional tent (Traditionszelt), photo: A. Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
