All in Monaco for the historic Bavarian Oktoberfest. Frothy steins, sausages, singing and dancing with a high alcohol content. But the chance to visit a beautiful city
It took two shots to the mayor hammer to insert the plug of Monaco Oktoberfest in the first barrel. So, with the traditional cry of "O'zapft is (is uncorked) has opened the largest folk festival in the world. A celebration of beer from absolute 198 years welcomes lovers of the "blondes" and the Bavarian capital.
Born October 12, 1810 as horse racing at the conclusion of the festivities of the wedding of Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen (in whose honor the lawn of the party, Wiese, was renamed Theresienwiese ), became an annual occasion, becoming a agricultural fair in an amusement park and a celebration for the entire region. The turning point came in the late nineteenth century, however, when hosts and brewers joined forces to build large warehouses in which to distribute their mugs.
But if "blond" (intended as well as beers unglued waiter), sausages, sauerkraut and roast beef are not all that interested in music and the orchestras of Bavaria gets bored with you, know that Monaco offers tourist attractions of absolute value. Symbol of the city is the Gothic cathedral dedicated to Our Lady, the Frauenkirche , with its towers (almost) twins topped with domes. Almost as fame is the Neues Rathaus, the town hall built in the late nineteenth century, three times a day (11, 12 and 17) comes alive on the notes of the famous carillon .
Rich 's offer the Alte Pinakothek museum for European painting from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, the Neue Pinakothek in the period from the late eighteenth century at the beginning of the twentieth century and the Pinakothek der Moderne for collections of contemporary art, graphics, architecture and design. Do not miss the ducal residence of Nymphenburg Palace with its exhibitions and the park, as well as the Deutsches Museum dedicated to interactive science and technology .
Sports enthusiasts will certainly be attracted prepared by the Olympic Park for the Games of 1972 and the recent hyper Allianz Arena, the stadium of the German World Cup debut in 2006, nature lovers (and nudism) from the many parks to relax (in some cases, especially for English Gardens, freely without clothes), fans of detective show from the village of Pucheim, where there is the Commissioner of the legendary Derrick ; motorists by the baby and spectacular BMW museum, the "historical alcoholics" by Hofbräuhaus, one of the largest breweries in the world infamous for having hosted the first meetings of Adolph Hitler. But then we might as well go back into the crowd cheering on Weise.





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