Munich: 2. August - Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt

 Munich: August 2, 2024 is the fountain festival at the Viktualienmarkt

 

Celebration tip: Fountain Festival in the living room of the city of Munich, the Viktualienmarkt - take part in a piece of Munich's “cultural tradition”

Traditions count at the Viktualienmarkt: “Munich Fountain Festival on the Viktualienmarkt” -  the celebration on August 2nd, 2024 will attract half of Munich to the old town from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m

Munich - Viktualienmarkt. The celebrations take place on August 2nd in Munich. Everything comes together at the fountain festival on Munich's Viktualienmarkt in the heart of the old town. It is just a few steps from Marienplatz to the most famous market square in the Bavarian capital. The stalls and the market women have long been world-famous and are a must for locals and tourists from all over the world. There you will experience “A Gaudi on every corner”. Today's Friday traditionally belongs to the “living room of the city”, the Viktualienmarkt. It is a festival that is intended to commemorate a time between 1860 and 1920, the great era of folk singers and actors in Munich. A few years ago (2010) a new tradition was founded at the Viktualienmarkt called the “Fountain Festival” that has been very well received. Homepage: www.brunnenfestviktualienmarkt.de .... Munich's fountain reminds us of so-called Munich originals who were given a place in the heart of the city as fountain figures: they are folk singers and comedians such as Karl Valentin, Weiß Ferdl, Liesl Karlstadt, Ida Schumacher , Elise Aulinger and the Roider Jackl who received specially decorated fountains this year on the first Friday in August. Musicians, artists and actors perform alongside festively colored fountains. The audience experiences drama, readings, singing and dancing.

 

Fountain festival on the Viktualienmarkt in Munich,
Photo: H.Waess (press archive)

If you would like to be there, please keep the first Friday of August 2024 free tomorrow if you would like to take part in a piece of Munich's “cultural tradition discovery”

A day on which the market stalls also have treats available to encourage people to get to know regional specialties.

 The beer garden at the Viktualienmarkt - you can bring food with you - drinks can be bought from the innkeeper!

When the weather is nice, the Brunnenfest is an opportunity to visit the most beautiful and central beer garden in downtown Munich. You can sit here comfortably under the old, shady chestnut trees, drink something cool and relax after or before your shopping trip, which is always something special in Munich city center from Kaufingerstrasse to the Fünf Höfe to the noble Maximilianstrasse.

Australian calves at the fountain festival,
Photo: A. Waess (press archive)

Today we enjoyed the “Elderstandl”, which is somewhat hidden (to the right of “Nordsee”)

 We tried sea buckthorn, strawberry and elderberry syrup. Everything is homemade and delicious. A little sea buckthorn syrup in the glass and poured with mineral water, it looks like beer and is a great thirst quencher.

People sing, celebrate and dance at the Brunnenfest, photo: H. Waess (press archiv)

 On the Viktualienmarkt there are several fountains spread throughout the market area

 Most of the fountains are named after singers and personalities. Even throughout the year, the fountains are repeatedly decorated by the market people - one or two figures have a few flowers in their hands.

Maypole on the Viktualienmarkt
Photo: H.Waess, press photo archive

Elise Aulinger Fountain

In 1977, Elise Aulinger also received her fountain on the Viktualienmarkt. She probably invented Ratschkathi and enriched the “Münchner Luft” operetta as market woman Veronika Wurzl.

The music plays at the fountain festival,
Photo: A. Waess - press photo archive

White Ferdl fountain

The Weiß Ferdl is located directly at the Viktualienmarkt beer garden. His widow Bertl Weiß once let him splash for the first time.

Viktualienmarkt in Munich - the city's living room - Photo: H. Waess - Press photo archive

Roider Jackl fountain

Jakob Roider went down in Munich history as a folk singer with his Gstanzl. A forester by profession, he appeared at strong beer festivals such as the Salvator tapping at Nockherberg.

Liesl Karlstadt fountain

Liesl Karlstadt was the pseudonym for Elisabeth Wellano, who, as an actress and cabaret artist, formed the comedian duo with Karl Valentin.

Historical costumes in Munich on the Viktualienmarkt, the living room of the Bavarian capital, photo: Helga Waess (Archive)

Karl Valentin fountain

The Karl Valentin Fountain has been flowing water for the Munich comedian and folk singer (1882 - 1948) since 1953. Valentin played many pieces with Liesl Karlstadt. The museum in the Isartor was set up for both.

Ida Schumacher fountain

Ida Schumacher came from Lower Bavaria and was a theater actress and comedian. Her role as Ratschkathi with a bucket and broom is well known. We find this fountain very close to the maypole.

 

Ida Schuhmacher fountain with historical folk singers,
Press photo archive: A. Waess 

 

Traditional costumes from the 19th century
Press photo archive H. Waess

The potato fountain

It is very inconspicuous and provides drinking water all year round.

 

The sleeping tree between the Schrannenhalle and the city museum offers enough shade for a break on hot days, Photo: H. Waess - press photo archive

The honey fountain

No, there is no honey here, but the “Honigfrau” has her “Honighäusl stand” very close by.

A little dance in traditional costume and the sun is shining!
Photo: H. Waess press photo archive

You can see a few impressions from the “living room of the city”, from the fountain festival on the Viktualienmarkt, on the traditional homepage:

    www.brunnenfestviktualienmarkt.de/

Munich - Celebration tip: August 2nd, 2024 - Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich

Munich: August 2nd, 2024 is the fountain festival at the Viktualienmarkt

Viktualienmarkt fountain, Bavarian folk music and historical costumes - Munich is celebrating the fountain festival at the Viktualienmarkt on August 2nd, 2024...

Viktualienmarkt: the celebration on August 2nd, 2024 will attract half of Munich to the old town from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m

 

Munich - Viktualienmarkt. The celebrations take place on August 2nd in Munich. Everything comes together at the fountain festival on Munich's Viktualienmarkt in the heart of the old town. It is just a few steps from Marienplatz to the most famous market square in the Bavarian capital. The stalls and the market women have long been world-famous and are a must for locals and tourists from all over the world. You have to see this in Munich. What better opportunity than the famous fountain festival, where the market stall holders decorate the fountains with flowers and perform in their historical costumes while listening to Bavarian folk music. At the same time, they celebrate their folk artists such as Liesl Karlstadt, Karl-Valentin and the many others who have a bronze figure above a water source here. The fountains can be found in different places in the market and are named after singers and special people. Every August, the Viktualienmarkt honors its fountain figures with festively decorated fountains, live music and traditional dancing. We present all the fountains in the following article in this blog: Celebration tip: Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt. Fountain Festival in the living room of the city of Munich, the Viktualienmarkt.Traditions count at the Viktualienmarkt: “Munich Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt”: Feiertipp: Brunnenfest auf dem Viktualienmarkt. Brunnenfest im Wohnzimmer der Stadt München, dem Viktualienmarkt.Auf dem Viktualienmarkt zählen Traditionen: „Münchner Brunnenfestes auf dem Viktualienmarkt"

Brunnenfest musicians at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

The beer garden at the Viktualienmarkt - you can bring food with you - drinks can be bought from the innkeeper!


When the weather is nice, the Brunnenfest is an opportunity to visit the most beautiful and central beer garden in downtown Munich. You can sit here comfortably under the old, shady chestnut trees, drink something cool and relax after or before your shopping trip, which is always something special in downtown Munich from Kaufingerstrasse to the Fünf Höfe to the noble Maximilianstrasse.

 

Fountain at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

With live music and lively hustle and bustle, you can sit in one of 1,100 seats on the day of the fountain festival and next to nice Munich residents on the classic beer benches. The special thing about Munich beer gardens: where there are no tablecloths (here you can be served) you can eat your own snack and enjoy a freshly tapped beer.

 

Delicacies from Bavaria, photo: Helga Waess

This Munich beer garden has another special feature, 

because beers from all six Munich breweries are tapped here - but every 6 weeks a different tasty and golden-yellow drink flows into the beer mugs.

Every 6 weeks you can try the tasty beers from the following major Munich breweries:

• Hofbräu

• Spaten Bräu

• Augustiner Bräu

• Hacker Pschorr

• Paulaner

• Löwenbräu

Anyone who has a place in the beer garden will enjoy the fountain festival with the musicians at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich even more, photo: Helga Waess

„Hock di her, dan san ma mehr!“ - “Sit here, then we are more!”

At the Brunnenfest everyone meets here and it is not uncommon to hear the sentence: “Hock di her, dan san ma mehr!” - because wherever there is a free place, every tourist will find a place of enjoyment next to a Munich resident in traditional costume. And as I said, you can bring food with you or buy something cold or warm at the many Viktualienmarkt stalls: everything from Bavarian delicacies such as roast pork or meat patties to pretzels and Obazda.

Stand at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich - local and oriental fruits, photo: Helga Waess

The fountains and “streams”, beer and champagne - truffles or fish rolls: there is everything at the Viktualienmarkt

There are Kustermann hydrants and a total of six fountain monuments that supplied the Viktualienmarkt in the heart of Munich's old town with water - so there is celebration throughout the entire market. The former farmers' market and herb market has over time become a very valued place for connoisseurs and gourmets. All visitors can choose between traditional Bavarian goods, exotic fruits and specialties. Around 140 stalls and traders, a butcher's row and the beer garden of the Viktualienmarkt are always worth a visit.

Here are a few impressions from the fountain festival at the Viktualienmarkt in 2022

 

From Marienplatz it is only a few steps to the Viktualienmarkt - from where we are standing, we can see it when we turn around! Photo: Helga Waess

Brunnenfest musicians at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

Brunnenfest musicians at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

Brunnenfest musicians at the beer garden on the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

Brunnenfest musicians at the beer garden on the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

After so much partying, it's time to take a nap in the city on the side squares at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich:

Bench at the Stadtmuseum Museum at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

 

 

 

 

Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

Sightseeing-TIP: Munich Viktualienmarkt

 

 Viktualienmarkt in the heart of Munich's old town

The largest Bavarian village got the first maypole on its Viktualienmarkt in Munich's old town in 1962

International meeting point at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich (GERMAN / French)

Munich. The Viktualienmarkt is located not far from Marienplatz and is therefore in the heart of Munich's old town. Anyone who visits our beautiful city cannot avoid visiting this market for connoisseurs and gourmets. You will find everything here, from white sausage and traditional Bavarian specialties to exotic fruits. This year the Viktualienmarkt is more than just a food market. Characteristic are its market people in the green pavilions, who offer fresh fruit and vegetables from all over the world every day, and the maypole and the cozy beer garden in the heart of the market. There is also a North Sea fishing hall. “A Gaudi on every corner!” is the motto in the so-called living room of the city: the Viktualienmarkt.

Try, buy and feast - for the gourmet palate / Anyone who shops here at the Viktualienmarkt will be advised and pampered by experts, Photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

THE LANDMARK OF THE VIKTUALIENMARKET:

THE MAYPOLE OF MUNICH

The famous maypole towers over all the stalls at the Viktualienmarkt. No Bavarian village without a maypole! ... and the people of Munich often talk about “our village Minga!” The largest Bavarian village got the first maypole of the Viktualienmarkt in 1962 - it is decorated with traditional Munich figure groups: the brewery team, of course the Oktoberfest, the Schäfflertanz, various musicians and dancing couples, a woman at the stall, the beer bar, the Munich city flags and of course the two patron saints of brewers: St. Boniface and St. Florian.

The world-famous maypole on Munich's Viktualienmarkt in the center of the old town, photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

Anyone who strolls through the Viktualienmarkt will not miss its fountain

At the annual fountain festival on the first Friday in August, the fountains are decorated and musicians sing in honor and memory of the originals depicted. They helped shape Munich: the folk singers and comedians to whom a monument was erected here.

Fountain Festival singers at the Ida Schumacher fountain on the Viktualienmarkt in Munich's old town, press photo archive: Andreas Waess

We find bronze fountain figures of famous Munich originals

• Karl Valentin - Munich comedian and folk singer - together with Liesl Karlstadt, the Musäum im Isartor was dedicated to him
• Weiß Ferdl - he is on the beer menu at the Viktualienmarkt - here you immediately think of the tram anthem "Line 8-Lied"
• Liesl Karlstadt - actually Elisabeth Wellano / the cabaret artist formed the famous artist duo together with Karl Valentin
• Ida Schumacher - a Lower Bavarian Ratschkathi with a bucket and broom and also a comedian
• Elise Aulinger - popular actress who appeared as Ratschkathi and Veronika Wurzl
• Roider Jackl - the Bavarian folk singer was known nationwide for his Gstanzl at strong beer festivals - e.g. Nockherberg "Salvatoranstich"
• Potato fountain - runs open all year round and offers drinking water. It was set up at the potato market
• Honey fountain - near the Honigfrau at the Honighäusl stand, it has been around for over 100 years (although it also had other locations before)

Here are the links to our blog posts about the fountain festival - with photos of all the bronze fountain figures:

Feiertipp: Brunnenfest auf dem Viktualienmarkt. Brunnenfest im Wohnzimmer der Stadt München, dem Viktualienmarkt. Auf dem Viktualienmarkt zählen Traditionen: „Münchner Brunnenfestes auf dem Viktualienmarkt" 

English: ... Celebration tip: Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt. Fountain Festival in the living room of the city of Munich, the Viktualienmarkt. Traditions count at the Viktualienmarkt: “Munich Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt”

Brunnenfest: Fest-Tradition am Viktualienmarkt in München - Fünftes Brunnenfest und „An jedem Eck a Gaudi!“ Wie schon zur Faschingszeit mit dem traditionellen Tanz der Marktweiber (Link zu unserem Blogbeitrag zum Tanz der Markfrauen), so haben die Standl-Betreiber am Viktualienmarkt eine weitere Tradition begründet, die bei jedem Wetter Besucher anlockt: DAS BRUNNENFEST. 

English: ... Fountain Festival: Festival tradition at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich - Fifth Fountain Festival and “A Gaudi on every corner!” As with the carnival season with the traditional dance of the market women (link to our blog post on the dance of the market women), the stand operators at the Viktualienmarkt founded another tradition that attracts visitors in all weathers: THE FOUNTAIN FESTIVAL.

Viktualienmarkt – München Richtung „Altes Rathaus – mit Spielzeugmuseum“ und Sparkassenstraße Richtung Hofbräuhaus, Foto: Andreas Waess

We start early in the morning with breakfast at the Viktualienmarkt

... the market people have already set up their market there. Here and there you get an appetite for croissants, coffee or white sausage with pretzels. You can have breakfast directly at the market or visit one of the surrounding cafés. 

• For example, the “Rischart am Viktualienmarkt – Café am Markt”, which was founded by the Munich baker Rischart, invites you to do so. One of the most beautiful of its cafés is located directly on the Viktualienmarkt and has a beautiful terrace with a view of the market. 
• 
  
• “Schmalznudel – Café Frischhut” invites you to look out from the window with freshly pulled out drinks and Striezerl and is a must for visitors to Munich.
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• "Café Nymphenburg Sekt" - no, there is more than sparkling wine here, but a sparkling wine breakfast with freshly squeezed juice is not to be underestimated. You can enjoy the breakfast menu here!

Or straight to the beer garden to have your own snack. Yes, it's true: you can bring your own spices here. Bought in the stand, you sit here and order your drinks. However, the beer garden doesn't open that early ... 

No visit to Munich without a traditional white sausage breakfast!

After all, the Weißwurst is the most famous Munich specialty. You eat them in the morning, before twelve, with sweet mustard, pretzels, Obazda and some wheat beer! By the way, white sausages are not allowed to hear the 12 o'clock chime! Inns with tradition only offer the Weißwurst breakfast until 12 p.m. When you order a white sausage, you always get a pair - so never order two, otherwise you'll just have to eat four.

• By the way: you will immediately be recognized as a stranger if you eat the Weißwurst incorrectly. The white sausages are either zipped and alternatively provided with a cross cut or a longitudinal cut

This is where even die-hard Munich residents separate the wheat from the chaff:

•  Traditionally zipped, stylishly cross-cut or classically sliced ​​lengthways.
• The skin of the sausage is never, ever eaten - it is too tough.

View from Sparkassenstrasse to the Viktualienmarkt, press archive - Photo: Helga Waess

Opening times of the stand at the Viktualienmarkt

• Monday to Saturday, open
• from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the latest
• Florists, bakers and restaurateurs have their own opening hours - e.g. also on Sundays

Dance of the market women from Munich's Viktualienmarkt

Dance of the market women from Munich's Viktualienmarkt - always Shrove Tuesday - The dance of the market women has been around for over 100 years. / Photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

Sightseeing: Munich Viktualienmarkt

 Viktualienmarkt in the heart of Munich's old town

The largest Bavarian village got the first maypole on its Viktualienmarkt in Munich's old town in 1962

International meeting point at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich (GERMAN / French)

Munich. The Viktualienmarkt is located not far from Marienplatz and is therefore in the heart of Munich's old town. Anyone who visits our beautiful city cannot avoid visiting this market for connoisseurs and gourmets. You will find everything here, from white sausage and traditional Bavarian specialties to exotic fruits. This year the Viktualienmarkt is more than just a food market. Characteristic are its market people in the green pavilions, who offer fresh fruit and vegetables from all over the world every day, and the maypole and the cozy beer garden in the heart of the market. There is also a North Sea fishing hall. “A Gaudi on every corner!” is the motto in the so-called living room of the city: the Viktualienmarkt.

Try, buy and feast - for the gourmet palate / Anyone who shops here at the Viktualienmarkt will be advised and pampered by experts, Photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

THE LANDMARK OF THE VIKTUALIENMARKET:

THE MAYPOLE OF MUNICH

The famous maypole towers over all the stalls at the Viktualienmarkt. No Bavarian village without a maypole! ... and the people of Munich often talk about “our village Minga!” The largest Bavarian village got the first maypole of the Viktualienmarkt in 1962 - it is decorated with traditional Munich figure groups: the brewery team, of course the Oktoberfest, the Schäfflertanz, various musicians and dancing couples, a woman at the stall, the beer bar, the Munich city flags and of course the two patron saints of brewers: St. Boniface and St. Florian.

The world-famous maypole on Munich's Viktualienmarkt in the center of the old town, photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

Anyone who strolls through the Viktualienmarkt will not miss its fountain

At the annual fountain festival on the first Friday in August, the fountains are decorated and musicians sing in honor and memory of the originals depicted. They helped shape Munich: the folk singers and comedians to whom a monument was erected here.

Fountain Festival singers at the Ida Schumacher fountain on the Viktualienmarkt in Munich's old town, press photo archive: Andreas Waess

We find bronze fountain figures of famous Munich originals

• Karl Valentin - Munich comedian and folk singer - together with Liesl Karlstadt, the Musäum im Isartor was dedicated to him
• Weiß Ferdl - he is on the beer menu at the Viktualienmarkt - here you immediately think of the tram anthem "Line 8-Lied"
• Liesl Karlstadt - actually Elisabeth Wellano / the cabaret artist formed the famous artist duo together with Karl Valentin
• Ida Schumacher - a Lower Bavarian Ratschkathi with a bucket and broom and also a comedian
• Elise Aulinger - popular actress who appeared as Ratschkathi and Veronika Wurzl
• Roider Jackl - the Bavarian folk singer was known nationwide for his Gstanzl at strong beer festivals - e.g. Nockherberg "Salvatoranstich"
• Potato fountain - runs open all year round and offers drinking water. It was set up at the potato market
• Honey fountain - near the Honigfrau at the Honighäusl stand, it has been around for over 100 years (although it also had other locations before)

Here are the links to our blog posts about the fountain festival - with photos of all the bronze fountain figures:

Feiertipp: Brunnenfest auf dem Viktualienmarkt. Brunnenfest im Wohnzimmer der Stadt München, dem Viktualienmarkt. Auf dem Viktualienmarkt zählen Traditionen: „Münchner Brunnenfestes auf dem Viktualienmarkt" 

English: ... Celebration tip: Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt. Fountain Festival in the living room of the city of Munich, the Viktualienmarkt. Traditions count at the Viktualienmarkt: “Munich Fountain Festival at the Viktualienmarkt”

Brunnenfest: Fest-Tradition am Viktualienmarkt in München - Fünftes Brunnenfest und „An jedem Eck a Gaudi!“ Wie schon zur Faschingszeit mit dem traditionellen Tanz der Marktweiber (Link zu unserem Blogbeitrag zum Tanz der Markfrauen), so haben die Standl-Betreiber am Viktualienmarkt eine weitere Tradition begründet, die bei jedem Wetter Besucher anlockt: DAS BRUNNENFEST. 

English: ... Fountain Festival: Festival tradition at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich - Fifth Fountain Festival and “A Gaudi on every corner!” As with the carnival season with the traditional dance of the market women (link to our blog post on the dance of the market women), the stand operators at the Viktualienmarkt founded another tradition that attracts visitors in all weathers: THE FOUNTAIN FESTIVAL.

Viktualienmarkt – München Richtung „Altes Rathaus – mit Spielzeugmuseum“ und Sparkassenstraße Richtung Hofbräuhaus, Foto: Andreas Waess

We start early in the morning with breakfast at the Viktualienmarkt

... the market people have already set up their market there. Here and there you get an appetite for croissants, coffee or white sausage with pretzels. You can have breakfast directly at the market or visit one of the surrounding cafés. 

• For example, the “Rischart am Viktualienmarkt – Café am Markt”, which was founded by the Munich baker Rischart, invites you to do so. One of the most beautiful of its cafés is located directly on the Viktualienmarkt and has a beautiful terrace with a view of the market. 
• 
  
• “Schmalznudel – Café Frischhut” invites you to look out from the window with freshly pulled out drinks and Striezerl and is a must for visitors to Munich.
• 
  
• "Café Nymphenburg Sekt" - no, there is more than sparkling wine here, but a sparkling wine breakfast with freshly squeezed juice is not to be underestimated. You can enjoy the breakfast menu here!

Or straight to the beer garden to have your own snack. Yes, it's true: you can bring your own spices here. Bought in the stand, you sit here and order your drinks. However, the beer garden doesn't open that early ... 

No visit to Munich without a traditional white sausage breakfast!

After all, the Weißwurst is the most famous Munich specialty. You eat them in the morning, before twelve, with sweet mustard, pretzels, Obazda and some wheat beer! By the way, white sausages are not allowed to hear the 12 o'clock chime! Inns with tradition only offer the Weißwurst breakfast until 12 p.m. When you order a white sausage, you always get a pair - so never order two, otherwise you'll just have to eat four.

• By the way: you will immediately be recognized as a stranger if you eat the Weißwurst incorrectly. The white sausages are either zipped and alternatively provided with a cross cut or a longitudinal cut

This is where even die-hard Munich residents separate the wheat from the chaff:

•  Traditionally zipped, stylishly cross-cut or classically sliced ​​lengthways.
• The skin of the sausage is never, ever eaten - it is too tough.

View from Sparkassenstrasse to the Viktualienmarkt, press archive - Photo: Helga Waess

Opening times of the stand at the Viktualienmarkt

• Monday to Saturday, open
• from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the latest
• Florists, bakers and restaurateurs have their own opening hours - e.g. also on Sundays

Dance of the market women from Munich's Viktualienmarkt

Dance of the market women from Munich's Viktualienmarkt - always Shrove Tuesday - The dance of the market women has been around for over 100 years. / Photo: Helga Waess (press archive)