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Oktoberfest – it’s quite the party

ktoberfest in Munich is a cultural celebration Largest festival hall (including garden):
Olike no other. It is big, really big. Just how Hofbräu (9,991 seats)
big is it? Well, here are some numbers from Smallest catering business: Schiebl's
Oktoberfest 2024. Kaffeehaferl (60 seats)
Visitors: 6.7 million The festival grounds:
Beer served: 7 million liters Theresienwiese: 42 hectares
Electricity consumption (operation): 2.8 Oktoberfest area with 34.5 hectares, including
million kilowatt hours Oider Wiesn ("Old Oktoberfest") with 3.5
Natural gas consumption: 165,000 cubic hectares
meters
Water consumption: 82,653 cubic meters Oktoberfest records
Garbage: 802 tons
Lost property: 3,500 Most visitors: 7.2 million (2023)
Applicants: Highest beer consumption: 79,225 hectoliters
Total: 927 (2011)
Admitted: 470 Largest festival tent: Bräurosl with 12,000
Sale of goods: 194 seats in 1913; today Hofbräu festival tent
Displays: 123 with just under 10,000 seats.
Catering establishments: 153 Source: https://www.muenchen.de/en