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Oktoberfest – Oktoberfest in Germany
Speaking of beer in Germany is to think and step into the biggest beer festival in the world, celebrated since 1810 in the city of Munich, to the present (in 2011 was held until October 3). Year after year the great Oktoberfest: Oktoberfest brings together nearly seven million liters of beer, 150,000 sausages, 500,000 roast chickens and thousands of people. Oktoberfest begins when the mayor of Munich serves the first glass of beer to President of Bavaria, after giving the first blow to a barrel, starting with the parade of traditional costumes, marching bands, culinary fairs, shooting competition bow, and an extensive program located in the courtyard of Santa Teresa (Theresienwiese).
The prices of a liter mug of beer ranging from 9.20 euros to 8.70 euros. The first Oktoberfest began in celebrating the wedding of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxony in 1810, when he said, beer for all, since then it has, but considering that the beer is subjected to the Purity Law of 1,516, which says that only you can make beer from barley, water, malt and hops. Read the rest of this entry »