189th Munich Oktoberfest 2024 - in numbers

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.

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

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

 

Oktoberfest Wiesn in Munich - Photo: Helga Waess (press archive)

Munich: Celebrate Wirtshauswiesn like in an Oktoberfest tent

 Over 40 Munich restaurants offer the full Oktoberfest feeling in the pub

It's like Oktoberfest! The inner-city Wirtshauswiesn with live music in Munich expands the Oktoberfest feeling

Wirtshauswiesn with music, beer tent atmosphere and original Oktoberfest beer (with and without alcohol) in the taverns until the end of the Oktoberfest on October 6, 2024

Munich. If you are in Munich for a longer period of time and want to experience the festival tent feeling of the people of Munich every evening, we recommend the Wirtshaus-Wiesn. There is live music and a marquee atmosphere with over 40 city center innkeepers. The restaurants are actually part of the Oktoberfest experience and if you don't know the Wirtshauswiesn, you're missing out. Here you can experience the original. Half of Munich celebrates in traditional costume with its guests in the Hofbräuhaus, in the Bratwurstherzl at the Viktualienmarkt, at the Nuremberg Bratwurst Glöckl at the cathedral (see photo) or in the Munich cafés such as the Café Rischart at Marienplatz and in over 40 other inns. - A little tip: it's best to reserve a table here too! - When? Until the end of the Oktoberfest on October 6th, 2024. At the Nuremberg Bratwurst Glöckl am Dom, freshly tapped food has been served for 130 years - of course AUGUSTINER, which is what Freddie Mercury always liked to drink when he lived in Munich (more on this in this blog in the article: "The photo exhibition by Peter Hince “QUEEN in MUNICH” in the Stephen Hoffman Gallery in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof shows a piece of rock history " - in German: "Die Foto-Ausstellung von Peter Hince „QUEEN in MUNICH“ in der Galerie Stephen Hoffman im Hotel Bayerischer Hof zeigt ein Stück Rockgeschichte ")

Nuremberg bratwurst Glöckl at the cathedral in Munich, photo: Helga Waess

The following taverns are celebrating the city-wide Wirtshauswiesn until October 6th

•     Museum parlor in the beer and Oktoberfest museum (close to the Viktualienmarkt),
•     Brenner Restaurant with a Wirtshaus-Wiesn cocktail named after “Toboggan-Gimlet”,Museum parlor in the beer and Oktoberfest museum (close to the Viktualienmarkt),
•     Brenner Restaurant with a Wirtshaus-Wiesn cocktail named after “Toboggan-Gimlet”,
•     Old innkeeper Moosach,
•     Andechser at the cathedral,
•     Casual at the cathedral,
•     Augustinians at the cathedral,
•     Nuremberg bratwurst Glöckl at the cathedral
•     Woerner's Café am Dom – here we look forward to pretzel pralines and Obstler pralines
•     Café Rischart Marienplatz - soon also on Theresienhöhe
•     Wildmosers Restaurant Café at Marienplatz,
•     Schneider Bräuhaus in the valley,
•     Spade house at the opera,
•     Kilians Irish Pub, Sendlinger Tor
•     Augustiner am Platzl,
•     Ayinger am Platzl,
•     Hofbräuhaus am Platzl, where there is live music on all three floors (we reported in this blog under this link "If you haven't seen the most famous tavern in the world, you don't know Munich! A must for visitors to Munich from all over the world: The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl - "WirtshausWiesn" in the Hofbräuhaus with live music and tradition - in German Wer das berühmteste Wirtshaus der Welt nicht gesehen hat, der kennt München nicht! Ein Muss für Münchenbesucher aus aller Welt: Das Hofbräuhaus am Platzl - "WirtshausWiesn" im Hofbräuhaus mit Live Musik und Tradition))
•     Augustinian cellar,
•     Augustinian monastery innkeeper,
•     Augustinian Schützengarten,
•     Augustinian headquarters,
•     Bratwurst heart at the Viktualienmarkt,
•     Pschorr at the Viktualienmarkt,
•     ... and many more!

 

On Oktoberfest.de all participating taverns of the WirtshausWiesn are named:

 
www.oktoberfest.de/magazin/wirtshauswiesn/wirte-und-gaststaetten

So in one day you can experience the Oktoberfest atmosphere at the WirtshausWiesn

You get to know Munich in a different way! Lederhosen and dirndls are completely normal here - but not a must! The Bavarian joy of life, the open-mindedness of Bavarians and the Munich feeling can be experienced in the restaurants during the Oktoberfest, when the locals say: 

“Sit here, then there will be more of us!”

At the foot of the Frauenkirche there are several restaurants, Wirtshauswiesn with Augustiner-Beer in the Nuremberg Bratwurst Glöckl am Dom, photo: Helga Waess