As a german, for me the best way to survive Oktoberfest is simply I don´t visit it. I rather go to smaler local festivals or Biergartenfesten. It´s same fun, but less crowded and expensive, especial the beer price. But for you, have a great tome and fun.
the small fests have pretty much the same vibe, same food, beer, etc. but they are missing the international vibe, which is a good or bad thing, depending on perspective :)
@@MattSuozzo By "the international vibe" you mean fewer plastered tourists from the Anglosaxon world? I agree! If you really have to go there, choose the "Oide Wies'n". You pay for entrance, it's way lesser crowded and you actually can catch some of the local vibe. The larger Oktoberfest is basically a tourist trap.
@@cehaem2Yeah but foreigners won't find many people at rural Volksfeste who are willing or able to speak English with them, that's where he's getting at I reckon
American's could never pull of something like the Oktoberfest also because they would need 100x the space for the parking lot... There are two underground stations below / near the Oktoberfest area which brings most visitors to and away from the event location. The trains are much more frequent during this time and it's very well organized with both security and also (funny) police officers - which you will most likely see again in viral TikTok videos.
actually 4 underground stations close by (Theresienwiese, Goetheplatz, Schwanthalerhöhe Poccistr.) + light rail (Hackerbrücke) and Munich main train station ~15-20min walk away
One nice detail about the Dirndl is where you tie your Dirndl apron. They show your relationship status. For example: Bow on the right means you're taken Bow on the left means you're single Bow in the back means you're a waitress or widow and Bow in the middle means you're a virgin
Nice vid and adding value for novices from abroad. Some small advice from my side. Don’t choke the beer down too quickly as it carries more alcohol than the average beer at home. If you decide to leave a little in the mug when the beer turned warm and stale, no worries, many people do that and it reduces intake. Don’t order beer too quickly in the beginning (wait how you react to it). Tipp the waiter really well and you will never be short of supply or support in case there is something. If you do get into a fight, by no means use the mug to hit at someone. Nowadays this is considered attempted manslaughter and people do get jailed long for it (injuries are also horrific). Moreover, I would not recommend to get a local outfit cheaply from one of the pop up stores - looks, quality and sustainability are terrible plus any real local will look down on you (it is not carnival). Most Germans speak English, so no need to be shy if there is anything. Enjoy!
all good advice! i would also advise against attempted manslaughter. luckily the tents/tables I have been at have been pretty chill and fun. outside the tents the most drama I ever see are people sick or couples breaking up. I wonder if the increase in non-alcoholic beer this year will see any changes to behaviour...
Best of luck for your training! 5:26 "ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit" = a toast to coziness; 5:21 "zwoa, oans, Gsuffa!" (bavarian dialect) in high-german "zwei, eins, Ausgetrunken!" = two, one, drink empty your glasses!
@@robertjahnigen424 youve never eaten a good bavarian pretzel then, i see. you gotta know that they cant make pretzels that fresh for so many people in a place like the wiesn.
This video was sooo cool! I’m german and i’ve never thought about those things like german smalltalk or how to not get drunk. But man you nailed it. I can identify with so much of the points mentioned by you in the Video. So i can say: This is a really good tutorial for beginners. And you can watch it before visiting a northern Dorffest (village festival) also. But maybe dont wear a traditionally Bavarian tracht then 😂
Regardless of the stereotypical German: Coming from the Northern part of Germany, the Oktoberfest is easily avoided, bc Munich is 8 hours away from my home town. I can live without the Oktoberfest and without the Oktoberfest beer. But to each their own. Have a nice weekend, have fun. With or without it.
I'm from the western part. So from here it's 'only' 4 - 5 hours. I still don't see any need to go to Oktoberfest. There are enough other festivals here to choose from. Yes, they are not as large as Oktoberfest, but I can't eat at 50 different food stands and drink in 10 different beer tents anyway. As a bonus, it's not as expensive , there is no Bavarian clothing and no Bavarian music.
If you have a friend in bavaria and you want to experience the octoberfest, ask them when their „voigsfest“ is and visit them during that time. Each community has their small octoberfest aka voigsfest and these are so much better. Its cheaper, more chill and there are actually bavarians and not tourists with printed lederhosn.
You nailed it. Pretty good analysis of how we (Germans) are and what you need to consider when going to the Wiesn. The smalltalk part, however, is pretty easy. Just nod, say „yes“ and smile all the time and baam, you’re there. 😉
Bro you've literally been coming off so sympathetic throughout the video... until referring to my beloved Bavarian Brezn as a salted cardboard box xD I was born and raised in Munich and moved to the west side of Germany for university, and every time I come back to Munich to visit my family I can barely sleep the night before thinking of the taste of a freshly baked Brezn and how much I'm looking forward to have some!!
Fun fact: Tourists and even Germans from outside of Bavaria wearing cheap imitation "Trachten" clothes are actually considered kind of offensive by many Bavarians. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing regular clothes to Oktoberfest if its not your native culture and you don't know the ins and outs. I actually respect that a lot. Many of us Bavarians inherit pieces of the outfits from our ancestors and there are many details involved. We can see what area or village someone is from just from the style of hat, shirt etc. We wear it proudly not only to Oktoberfest but weddings, funerals, birthdays, village celebrations or even just on any given day. Every day we fight to keep our language alive knowing it will likely be extinct within a generation or two. So its pretty inappropriate for tourists to just slap on some fake Lederhosen and a stupid hat as a "funny" booze costume.
Your German language is not gonna be extinct in a generation or two. The Netherlands & all of Scandinavia, they dub all their TV shows and movies. (unlike Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) & the Dutch & Scandinavian languages are not going away soon.
@@MikeCee7 Most likely Bavarian dialect and not high German. The former is arguably really on the way out, modern media is definitely eliminating local culture that way.
Very nice guide! Most of this is very specific for Bavaria, though, not Germany at large. Other parts of Germany have very different cultures. I am from Northern Germany and when I am at Oktoberfest I feel like a tourist too (because I am). At 4:28, this "seven years of bad luck" (or bad sex) thing if you don't look people in the eyes while touching glasses is a thing outside of Bavaria too but there is no superstition involved in this. It's just something you say because it's rude to not look people in the eyes while doing it because we see it as a statement of appreciation. The "Zwischenwasser" and "Radler" (called "Alster" were I am from) mentioned at 6:55 is also a thing outside Bavaria. Drinking alcohol dehydrates the body which is one of the main contributing factors of hangover, so drinking lots of water in between alcoholic drinks helps. If you do it correctly, you can even avoid a hangover entirely, even after a full night of drinking. The best way is still not drinking too much alcohol in the first place, of course.
A 12 ounce plastic cup of domestic beer at last years Milwaukee Germanfest was $9US! I enjoyed one and drank water the rest of the time. And yes, it‘s more of a Bavarian fest. The Stihl Timbersports competition was fun to watch. 🇩🇪
As a woman who lives about 10 minutes away: you can even go alone, no male or female friends necessary for your safety. But I would recommend saving the number of German emergency cervices (as I would in any country you visit) and have a quick read up on safety measures during Oktoberfest.
Your German friends definetely got you with the „beer delivered by horse and cart“ 😂 it’s not.to further ruin the romanticism: some tents even have permanently installed pipelines underneath the surface, since each tent stays on the same place each year (the last time something changed apart from oide Wiesn becoming permanent was in the late 80ies/early 90ies). Beer gets delivered via truck into tanks and all but augustiner tap from tanks and not kegs.
I'm watching this from walking distance to your filming location at Dachauer Volksfest :D Nice Overview and yeah never pour the beer to another ! Prost (:
I was born and raised in Munich and never heard of the rule to not fill beer from one Maß to another but as soon as you said it I just had this intuitive and visible burst of disgust, so I think it's just part of our DNA
Price is same as a Bud-Light on the Timesquare?.. Well yeah, Bud-Light is equivalent to German Water, so it's pretty expensive :) But yeah, the beer is super expensive. Hope to see you @ "Wies'n" (Chapter 6: Don't call it Oktoberfest) Greetings from Munich :) Another tipp to not get drunk: Wave your Glass around to each song, and spill half your beer over the person next to you...
@@MattSuozzo yeah, Germans, especially Bavarians are pretty proud of their heritage and culture. That's annoying. I was born in Northern Germany and came to Bavaria when I was 2yo - I will never be seen as a Bavarian 😅
@@RaveKev as a Swabian (Western neighbours of Bavarians) my recommendation would be to not even try to become a Bavarian (unless you're able to do it effortlessly). There's a real danger in such an effort to look weak, needy or cringe - or all at the same time. People in south Germany (and I dare to include Austrians and Swiss here too) like to think of themselves as being open and tolerant, at least in towns and big cities. Even Swabians are just well tolerated in Upper Bavaria. The reverse - Bavarians in Swabia - is also true though 😂😂😂
@@michaelburggraf2822 Oh Swabians vs Bavarians always are like Mercedes -Benz vs BMW who makes the better cars ? Both say we do of course ! Lots of rivalry between the two some hate each other I've heard is that true ?
@@RaveKev come on Helmfried von Lüttichau aka Staller in "Hubert and Staller" goes as bavarian and he was 10 or something when he reached bavarin soil.
Getting two people to sit (trick), it helps the American guy is “outta sight” (hidden) when the girl asks. We did that same track while hitchhiking in Martha’s Vineyard I would hide in the bushes while my girlfriend would be going hitchhiking.
3:32 😂that’s not the Oktoberfest but the Volksfest Dachau behind the big tent😂 but honestly it’s the much better choice if you ask me( an absolutely unbiased local 😅). First of all it’s in august meaning much nicer weather and it’s traditional the most affordable in Bavaria. Like half the price of Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest is the biggest drinking party in the world. Anglo-Americans can really get drunk there. And the Italians too. As a northern German, I couldn't care less about that.
@@MattSuozzo thats also a southern festivity. we dont have big parties, but we meet in large groups play stupid games while slowly traveling to the place we eat our kale stew. there is drinking involved and our kale stew is mostly meat.
If you are a group of mostly sober young guys, asking a waiter to find a space usually works because they know you are going to purchase a lot for them. The waiters are paid by how many beers+food they sell 😁
Munich local here: never ask the guy sitting there. Ask the waitress. She makes the guy let you sit there (if it's not a reserved table), because she wants business instead of empty seats. And there is no "i'm holding seats for my seven friends" at Oktoberfest 😅
Haha you where in Dachau, my City. I could have seen you on our Volkstfest. For me personly i dont like the Oktoberfest that much, its to big, to expensive and the ride to there and home again is annoying. 20€ for one Maß is crazy, in Dachau and the Volkstfeste near it you pay half the price and you get a better expirience. I hope you had fun in Dachau and stayed till the end. Good luck on the Oktoberfest and dont go to the Kotzhügel... Pfiaddi :)
If you come to drink, sure. But massive Wiesn is just different when you wander about from booth to booth and from ride to ride. A single Auto Scooter and chocolate glazed fruit that are out of stock at 8pm in Dachau just feels weird to me😅
@@gregorygant4242yes. Vomit Hill. It's the incline in front of the Bavaria statue where lots of people try to get some rest.. and puke. I mean there's vomit all over the floor in he whole area, the train station and trains but this "hill" has meme status. The KZ is a little outside of the town. The festival place is close to the center, under the castle
Damned .. i missed the point to turn out on time (Prost!) Perfectly done .. mostly. Training for Oktoberfest has not to start on Sep 2nd, but all over the summer in Biergartens and Bavarian beer festivals LOL Btw: 0:49 perfekt eingschenkt (filled) 👍
Whaaat brezen tastes like a cardboard box at Wiesn?? Do not hesitate to buy one of those giant Brezen from the vendors walking around with them selling them. And share it with the whole table. It’s really good and can be the difference of feeling quite good again as it fills your stomache with food again delaying and diluting the effects of to much beer.
Most people here telling you to not go to the Oktoberfest have probably either not visited it or not done it the right way. I'm from Munich and I'm telling you, once you experienced the real deal, you'll probably want to move to Munich permanently.
yeez mate, get a BUTTERbrezn ... of course a pure Brezn will be dry as heck... though I wouldn´t say it tastes like cardboard at all.. so, please give it a try, maybe you like it?
you offended my soul when you said brezin to a BREZEL and that it tastes like a cartbord box. Actually in baveria and badem würtemberg there are by far the best onces you can buy
I was so surprised to find good Brezn at Biergartens during the summer. My friend wanted to know why I was surprised, so I mentioned that anytime I got Brezn at Wiesn (or god forbid Hofbräuhaus) they were so dry and bland it made me ashamed for their bakers. Honestly even the ones at Rewe (mit Käse natürlich) are pretty decent. Just avoid at Wiesn :)
Boy am I getting old, (now in my 50s) who wants to drink that much beer at 10am in the morning? 3:17. Are there plenty of bathrooms there? Because that’s where I’d be probably spending all my time, seen the size of those mugs. (thank you enlarged prostate)
one comment to chapter 5 I am now going for a mass in one hour. Doesn't mean I need the whole hour to drink it. That would get bad. But at that pace, you cooperate a bit with your body, to work on the alcohol in your system. Additionally with the rest you said: EAT SOMETHING
@@hrs6480 well their is Oktoberfest at Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart and also some smaller everywhere in South Germany.. Therefore Oktoberfest is not exclusivly Bavarian.
Thank you very much for the video! Always interesting to see cultural differences as I live 60 km east of Munich. - Eye contact when cheering: nope - never done that or heard anyone talking about it - I only know this from YT-videos like yours ;) - Pouring beer to another mug so avereyone can cheer with you even if they ran out of beer: Very appreciated! And I have one tip for you that might work at the Munich festival as well: The pretzels your can order in the tent are always bad - at every festival I was at they had the best pretzels at the stand where they grill the fishes (Steckerlfisch). I have never been to the Munich-festival but you could give it a try. Beer and pretzel is something that just belongs to each other at a volksfest.
Getting two spots on the table worked the second time, not because she asked more formally (no one does that in the Bierzelt), but because a woman asked instead of a guy
I thought the same thing to. I can’t even tell the difference in how she asked verse the way he asked. I watched it Twice but my eyes are too blurry to read this late at night Also, it helps the American guy “outta sight” (hidden) when the girl asks. We did that same track while hitchhiking in Martha’s Vineyard I would hide in the bushes while the girl would be hitchhiking.
I am from Bavaria, as a man you must not order a Radler! This is a mayor sin and the most severe insult to our beer and culture! If you can not handle the alkohol, it is no big deal. Order a water, some food, but Never a Radler. Only a woman may be allowed to order it, but if you sit on a table with some real locals (not the city folk/Isapreisn/Zugroaste), if you order a Radler you will be the laughing stock of your table and even the neighboring ones! Maybe we are to polite to say it directly, but we want you to leave then.
Nice video! At 5:05 by the way, we don't pour it together because we don't want to mix the fresh beer with the stale beer. The fresh beer immediately loses its freshness and goes stale much faster. And of course, you always want to have fresh beer. It's actually more accepted to leave the last few milliliters (called Noagerl [noàgàl]) instead of pouring them together.
Now that ive watched the video to the end i want an apoligy from you regarding Bretzeln. They in fact do not taste like salted cardboard. You just havent gotten a good one then. Yes you should skip on the Bretzeln at Oktoberfest but this just shows the problem every festival has with food in general. Its alright but if you want something truely breathtaking you have to get it at a local store. Also you cant compare German beer with Miller Light or Bud Light. You guys in the US drink beer with 2-3% while ours has 5%.
I remember over the summer getting Brezn at a regular beer garden and thinking: wait a minute, this is really good. then the same at other beer gardens. I was surprised until I realized that at the big fests there is no way to get good fresh baked goods, so I avoid them. but at the bakeries, smaller fests and beer gardens, I love a good Brezn :)
How to „survive“ the octoberfest? - be an alcoholic - dont give a damn about other people - hatte your own life so much that you have to drown yourself in alcohol Poor people. Just very poor people.
The best tip is: DO not even go to the Oktoberfest. Get a place to grill and buy the beer yourself, invite your friends and you will have a way better experience.
The real bavarian strategy is the. Taktischer Zwischenkotzer.
was bezahlt wird, bleibt drinnen
@@1moritzz960 Drum kotzen manche auch direkt in die Maß und saufens wieder...
AKA Zwiko
@@1moritzz960 wo saufen eine ehre ist darf kotzen keine schande sein
4:47 more like 7 years of bad sex (at least where I come from lol)
that explains why everyone takes it so seriously
@@MattSuozzo 7 years of bad luck is when you wish someone Happy Birthday in advance.
ahhh okay. I knew that was also a thing but I didn't know they were different kinds of bad luck. thanks :)
at least its 7 years of sex
As a german, for me the best way to survive Oktoberfest is simply I don´t visit it. I rather go to smaler local festivals or Biergartenfesten. It´s same fun, but less crowded and expensive, especial the beer price. But for you, have a great tome and fun.
the small fests have pretty much the same vibe, same food, beer, etc. but they are missing the international vibe, which is a good or bad thing, depending on perspective :)
@@MattSuozzo By "the international vibe" you mean fewer plastered tourists from the Anglosaxon world? I agree! If you really have to go there, choose the "Oide Wies'n". You pay for entrance, it's way lesser crowded and you actually can catch some of the local vibe. The larger Oktoberfest is basically a tourist trap.
@@cehaem2Yeah but foreigners won't find many people at rural Volksfeste who are willing or able to speak English with them, that's where he's getting at I reckon
You‘ve been to the Dachauer Volksfest? Nice! I’m from there. 😄
@@christopherrid9592Sufficiently Alcoholized Bavarian dialect is indistinguishable from Sufficiently Alcoholized English.
American's could never pull of something like the Oktoberfest also because they would need 100x the space for the parking lot... There are two underground stations below / near the Oktoberfest area which brings most visitors to and away from the event location. The trains are much more frequent during this time and it's very well organized with both security and also (funny) police officers - which you will most likely see again in viral TikTok videos.
actually 4 underground stations close by (Theresienwiese, Goetheplatz, Schwanthalerhöhe Poccistr.) + light rail (Hackerbrücke) and Munich main train station ~15-20min walk away
Parking? Nobody can drive after visiting Octoberfest.
germans complain about Germany and dream about America. Now i have the impression the opposite is also true
One nice detail about the Dirndl is where you tie your Dirndl apron. They show your relationship status.
For example:
Bow on the right means you're taken
Bow on the left means you're single
Bow in the back means you're a waitress or widow and
Bow in the middle means you're a virgin
3:10 Yes, I'm sure the formal German pronouns made the difference! 🤣
xD
My wife used her English pronouns to get us seated at nearly every place 😂😂
Eat as heavily as possible and then start drinking.
Starting with breakfast.
I see people make the mistake of not eating all the time, it will catch up with you fast.
@@MattSuozzo They think it will keep them from throwing up.
Awesome to see you filmed most of this at the Dachauer Volksfest. I was constantly looking for myself in the video since I’ve been there every day xD
i managed to film it mostly the first day when it opened as it was quiet. it was a lot of fun :)
Hahah bist ned der einzige
Nice vid and adding value for novices from abroad. Some small advice from my side. Don’t choke the beer down too quickly as it carries more alcohol than the average beer at home. If you decide to leave a little in the mug when the beer turned warm and stale, no worries, many people do that and it reduces intake. Don’t order beer too quickly in the beginning (wait how you react to it). Tipp the waiter really well and you will never be short of supply or support in case there is something. If you do get into a fight, by no means use the mug to hit at someone. Nowadays this is considered attempted manslaughter and people do get jailed long for it (injuries are also horrific). Moreover, I would not recommend to get a local outfit cheaply from one of the pop up stores - looks, quality and sustainability are terrible plus any real local will look down on you (it is not carnival). Most Germans speak English, so no need to be shy if there is anything. Enjoy!
all good advice! i would also advise against attempted manslaughter. luckily the tents/tables I have been at have been pretty chill and fun. outside the tents the most drama I ever see are people sick or couples breaking up. I wonder if the increase in non-alcoholic beer this year will see any changes to behaviour...
@@MattSuozzo hopefully not. Absolutely do go wild please - fun’s is what everyone is there for 😃🥳
Best of luck for your training!
5:26 "ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit" = a toast to coziness;
5:21 "zwoa, oans, Gsuffa!" (bavarian dialect) in high-german "zwei, eins, Ausgetrunken!" = two, one, drink empty your glasses!
Just drink. Not empty out. If you empty your glass in one go, you most likely will be kicked out
Es heisst: Oans, zwoa, drei, G'suffa!
Really? A Brezn is slightly salted cardboard? 😂Banause!
most beer gardens the Brezn is great. Maybe the Wiesn Brezn is also made in the Spring xD
only at Wiesen :)
The Brezn is the weak-ass version of the Swabian Brezel, which actually has a crust and some crunch to it.
@@robertjahnigen424 youve never eaten a good bavarian pretzel then, i see. you gotta know that they cant make pretzels that fresh for so many people in a place like the wiesn.
Yeah that asterisk may have saved your life buddy ;) nothing better than a fresh Brezen from my local bakery.
This video was sooo cool! I’m german and i’ve never thought about those things like german smalltalk or how to not get drunk. But man you nailed it. I can identify with so much of the points mentioned by you in the Video. So i can say: This is a really good tutorial for beginners. And you can watch it before visiting a northern Dorffest (village festival) also. But maybe dont wear a traditionally Bavarian tracht then 😂
thanks, maybe years of trial and error to learn this xD
„eRm, I‘m FrOm NoRtHeRn gErMaNy AnD I wOuLd NeVeR ViSiT oKtObErFeSt.“
Ich bin ein Friesenjung
Und wohne hinterm Deich
Regardless of the stereotypical German:
Coming from the Northern part of Germany, the Oktoberfest is easily avoided, bc Munich is 8 hours away from my home town.
I can live without the Oktoberfest and without the Oktoberfest beer.
But to each their own.
Have a nice weekend, have fun. With or without it.
cheers :D
Well, you can ride the all-night train and arrive there in the morning, drink all day, then take train home. Simple.
I'm from the western part. So from here it's 'only' 4 - 5 hours. I still don't see any need to go to Oktoberfest. There are enough other festivals here to choose from. Yes, they are not as large as Oktoberfest, but I can't eat at 50 different food stands and drink in 10 different beer tents anyway. As a bonus, it's not as expensive , there is no Bavarian clothing and no Bavarian music.
If you have a friend in bavaria and you want to experience the octoberfest, ask them when their „voigsfest“ is and visit them during that time. Each community has their small octoberfest aka voigsfest and these are so much better. Its cheaper, more chill and there are actually bavarians and not tourists with printed lederhosn.
You nailed it. Pretty good analysis of how we (Germans) are and what you need to consider when going to the Wiesn. The smalltalk part, however, is pretty easy. Just nod, say „yes“ and smile all the time and baam, you’re there. 😉
Bro you've literally been coming off so sympathetic throughout the video... until referring to my beloved Bavarian Brezn as a salted cardboard box xD I was born and raised in Munich and moved to the west side of Germany for university, and every time I come back to Munich to visit my family I can barely sleep the night before thinking of the taste of a freshly baked Brezn and how much I'm looking forward to have some!!
Thank you for the honest and on the point info.
Fun fact: Tourists and even Germans from outside of Bavaria wearing cheap imitation "Trachten" clothes are actually considered kind of offensive by many Bavarians. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing regular clothes to Oktoberfest if its not your native culture and you don't know the ins and outs. I actually respect that a lot. Many of us Bavarians inherit pieces of the outfits from our ancestors and there are many details involved. We can see what area or village someone is from just from the style of hat, shirt etc. We wear it proudly not only to Oktoberfest but weddings, funerals, birthdays, village celebrations or even just on any given day. Every day we fight to keep our language alive knowing it will likely be extinct within a generation or two. So its pretty inappropriate for tourists to just slap on some fake Lederhosen and a stupid hat as a "funny" booze costume.
Your German language is not gonna be extinct in a generation or two. The Netherlands & all of Scandinavia, they dub all their TV shows and movies. (unlike Germany, France, Italy, and Spain) & the Dutch & Scandinavian languages are not going away soon.
@@MikeCee7 Most likely Bavarian dialect and not high German. The former is arguably really on the way out, modern media is definitely eliminating local culture that way.
@@Arcaryon Thanks, I just thought the comment was about the German language going extinct. I’m American, so I didn’t know about the Bavarian dialect.
Very nice guide! Most of this is very specific for Bavaria, though, not Germany at large. Other parts of Germany have very different cultures. I am from Northern Germany and when I am at Oktoberfest I feel like a tourist too (because I am).
At 4:28, this "seven years of bad luck" (or bad sex) thing if you don't look people in the eyes while touching glasses is a thing outside of Bavaria too but there is no superstition involved in this. It's just something you say because it's rude to not look people in the eyes while doing it because we see it as a statement of appreciation.
The "Zwischenwasser" and "Radler" (called "Alster" were I am from) mentioned at 6:55 is also a thing outside Bavaria. Drinking alcohol dehydrates the body which is one of the main contributing factors of hangover, so drinking lots of water in between alcoholic drinks helps. If you do it correctly, you can even avoid a hangover entirely, even after a full night of drinking. The best way is still not drinking too much alcohol in the first place, of course.
To compare a Bretzel with a slighty salted cardboard box 7:27 is straight up insulting!
Underrated channel!!! Love the Editing reminds me of Casey Neistat
thanks :)
A 12 ounce plastic cup of domestic beer at last years Milwaukee Germanfest was $9US! I enjoyed one and drank water the rest of the time. And yes, it‘s more of a Bavarian fest. The Stihl Timbersports competition was fun to watch. 🇩🇪
that does sound like fun. i want to watch that
@@MattSuozzo It‘s probably streamed somewhere here. The only thing you will miss is the smell of fresh sawdust and 2-cycle!
As a woman who lives about 10 minutes away: you can even go alone, no male or female friends necessary for your safety. But I would recommend saving the number of German emergency cervices (as I would in any country you visit) and have a quick read up on safety measures during Oktoberfest.
Your German friends definetely got you with the „beer delivered by horse and cart“ 😂 it’s not.to further ruin the romanticism: some tents even have permanently installed pipelines underneath the surface, since each tent stays on the same place each year (the last time something changed apart from oide Wiesn becoming permanent was in the late 80ies/early 90ies). Beer gets delivered via truck into tanks and all but augustiner tap from tanks and not kegs.
I'm watching this from walking distance to your filming location at Dachauer Volksfest :D Nice Overview and yeah never pour the beer to another ! Prost (:
You can also do a saures Radler, which has water instead of lemonade
🤮
xD
always a good choice. but now i just go for the non-alcoholic beer instead to switch it up
5:31 "oans, zwoa, ... " is bavarian dialect and stands for "one, two, ... ". You'll probably hear lots of dialect during your visit!
Lots of dialect. Also sometimes they say "oans, zwoa" and then other times they add a "drei" in there. keeps you on your toes xD
@@GoldPascha From all the tourists...lol.
Another hint: In Bavaria, never pronounce Maß like "Maas". It's "Mass" with a short "a".
I was born and raised in Munich and never heard of the rule to not fill beer from one Maß to another but as soon as you said it I just had this intuitive and visible burst of disgust, so I think it's just part of our DNA
xD
Price is same as a Bud-Light on the Timesquare?.. Well yeah, Bud-Light is equivalent to German Water, so it's pretty expensive :)
But yeah, the beer is super expensive.
Hope to see you @ "Wies'n" (Chapter 6: Don't call it Oktoberfest)
Greetings from Munich :)
Another tipp to not get drunk: Wave your Glass around to each song, and spill half your beer over the person next to you...
those are some good tips. I’m slowly learning: it’s Wiesn not Oktoberfest, Stachaus not Karlsplatz :)
@@MattSuozzo yeah, Germans, especially Bavarians are pretty proud of their heritage and culture. That's annoying. I was born in Northern Germany and came to Bavaria when I was 2yo - I will never be seen as a Bavarian 😅
@@RaveKev as a Swabian (Western neighbours of Bavarians) my recommendation would be to not even try to become a Bavarian (unless you're able to do it effortlessly). There's a real danger in such an effort to look weak, needy or cringe - or all at the same time. People in south Germany (and I dare to include Austrians and Swiss here too) like to think of themselves as being open and tolerant, at least in towns and big cities. Even Swabians are just well tolerated in Upper Bavaria. The reverse - Bavarians in Swabia - is also true though 😂😂😂
@@michaelburggraf2822 Oh Swabians vs Bavarians always are like Mercedes -Benz vs BMW who makes the better cars ?
Both say we do of course !
Lots of rivalry between the two some hate each other I've heard is that true ?
@@RaveKev come on Helmfried von Lüttichau aka Staller in "Hubert and Staller" goes as bavarian and he was 10 or something when he reached bavarin soil.
Da kriegen mich keine 10 Perde hin 😉 aber ich hoffe du/ihr habt viel Spaß. 🍻🙂
ich werde :)
0:56 Six and a half milion ... As a german i was scared you would say something different o.O
That was pretty ~funny (in a gloom & doom, dark humor)
(I wonder how many other people, also thought of that)
Getting two people to sit (trick), it helps the American guy is “outta sight” (hidden) when the girl asks.
We did that same track while hitchhiking in Martha’s Vineyard I would hide in the bushes while my girlfriend would be going hitchhiking.
3:32 😂that’s not the Oktoberfest but the Volksfest Dachau behind the big tent😂 but honestly it’s the much better choice if you ask me( an absolutely unbiased local 😅). First of all it’s in august meaning much nicer weather and it’s traditional the most affordable in Bavaria. Like half the price of Oktoberfest
Hahaha your description of Brezn (or Bretzel) is just hilarious 🤣😆👍🏽
Oktoberfest is the biggest drinking party in the world. Anglo-Americans can really get drunk there. And the Italians too. As a northern German, I couldn't care less about that.
what do you guys do to party up there (besides Fasching)?
@@MattSuozzo thats also a southern festivity. we dont have big parties, but we meet in large groups play stupid games while slowly traveling to the place we eat our kale stew.
there is drinking involved and our kale stew is mostly meat.
4:48 Bad sex not bad luck
Leavenworth, Washington has a beautiful Octoberfest....
The beer delivered by horse is a fairy tale ;)
If you are a group of mostly sober young guys, asking a waiter to find a space usually works because they know you are going to purchase a lot for them. The waiters are paid by how many beers+food they sell 😁
Als Münchner kann ich dir sagen: oa Hendl, drei Maß und Achterbahn! Es gibt auf der Wiesn mehr als nur Bierzelt 😮
Munich local here: never ask the guy sitting there. Ask the waitress. She makes the guy let you sit there (if it's not a reserved table), because she wants business instead of empty seats. And there is no "i'm holding seats for my seven friends" at Oktoberfest 😅
U actually need to try a BREZEL with cream cheese and parsley, pepper and salt, its insanely good! :D
Haha you where in Dachau, my City. I could have seen you on our Volkstfest. For me personly i dont like the Oktoberfest that much, its to big, to expensive and the ride to there and home again is annoying. 20€ for one Maß is crazy, in Dachau and the Volkstfeste near it you pay half the price and you get a better expirience. I hope you had fun in Dachau and stayed till the end. Good luck on the Oktoberfest and dont go to the Kotzhügel... Pfiaddi :)
What's the Kotzhugel a vomit hill or something ?
I know some German not much though.
I hope you aren't near the KZ over there are you ?
Just saying.
If you come to drink, sure. But massive Wiesn is just different when you wander about from booth to booth and from ride to ride. A single Auto Scooter and chocolate glazed fruit that are out of stock at 8pm in Dachau just feels weird to me😅
@@gregorygant4242yes. Vomit Hill. It's the incline in front of the Bavaria statue where lots of people try to get some rest.. and puke. I mean there's vomit all over the floor in he whole area, the train station and trains but this "hill" has meme status.
The KZ is a little outside of the town. The festival place is close to the center, under the castle
Volksfest was really fun, good vibes and felt like a mini Wiesn :)
Try Weihenstephan beer; the best you will taste.
Lovely & sad. What does not kill us makes us stronger.
Damned .. i missed the point to turn out on time (Prost!)
Perfectly done .. mostly. Training for Oktoberfest has not to start on Sep 2nd, but all over the summer in Biergartens and Bavarian beer festivals LOL
Btw: 0:49 perfekt eingschenkt (filled) 👍
I will begin training earlier next year xD
I agree - very good eigschenkt
Whaaat brezen tastes like a cardboard box at Wiesn?? Do not hesitate to buy one of those giant Brezen from the vendors walking around with them selling them. And share it with the whole table. It’s really good and can be the difference of feeling quite good again as it fills your stomache with food again delaying and diluting the effects of to much beer.
Trinken sie jeden tag bier, es ist gesund.
carneval in cologne is harder🎉 5 days non stop
I need to experience this, at least once
The key is „a Zwiwa“ 😂
0:56 Six and a half... As a german i was scared you would say something different o.O
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Heil Prosit der gemütlichkeit ;) Nice Video
If you need Pro Tipps ask me.I was a Master in over 20years Oktoberfest
I‘d never go there. I prefer sitting in a Biergarten.
Most people here telling you to not go to the Oktoberfest have probably either not visited it or not done it the right way. I'm from Munich and I'm telling you, once you experienced the real deal, you'll probably want to move to Munich permanently.
guilty as charged 🍻
Damn you did the brezn dirty
yeez mate, get a BUTTERbrezn ... of course a pure Brezn will be dry as heck... though I wouldn´t say it tastes like cardboard at all.. so, please give it a try, maybe you like it?
Please just don‘t hesitate talking to German ppl
For me i love talking to people from different countries all over the globe
you offended my soul when you said brezin to a BREZEL and that it tastes like a cartbord box. Actually in baveria and badem würtemberg there are by far the best onces you can buy
I was so surprised to find good Brezn at Biergartens during the summer. My friend wanted to know why I was surprised, so I mentioned that anytime I got Brezn at Wiesn (or god forbid Hofbräuhaus) they were so dry and bland it made me ashamed for their bakers. Honestly even the ones at Rewe (mit Käse natürlich) are pretty decent. Just avoid at Wiesn :)
When you pour the beer into another Krug, it becomes "Plörre" or "Blärre". Basically means it's disgusting
especially a Maß
Boy am I getting old, (now in my 50s) who wants to drink that much beer at 10am in the morning? 3:17. Are there plenty of bathrooms there? Because that’s where I’d be probably spending all my time, seen the size of those mugs. (thank you enlarged prostate)
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I am now going for a mass in one hour. Doesn't mean I need the whole hour to drink it. That would get bad. But at that pace, you cooperate a bit with your body, to work on the alcohol in your system. Additionally with the rest you said: EAT SOMETHING
I recommend maydult instead of Oktoberfest
Laugengebäck so zu diskreditieren bricht mir mein Herz :'(
Oktoberfest is bavarian not german
Bullshit
No 'Real Bavarian' (TM) would call it Oktoberfest.
@@nikotinus5590 ah okay explain
@@mariusmorawski5595 true
@@hrs6480 well their is Oktoberfest at Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart and also some smaller everywhere in South Germany.. Therefore Oktoberfest is not exclusivly Bavarian.
As a german you can't fool me. You're first beer isn't a Maß. It's only a half Maß!!!
Super cool, Matt, nice & gentle way of explaining hardcore to expats. See you at the wiesn ;-) ;-)
Never hold your mass like your german friend hehe you hold it the right way
One of the biggest mistake that instantly point out you're a tourist: stressing the "a" in "Maß" to much. It's "Mass", not "Maaaas"
noted
ganzes jahr spargel means whole year asparagus😂 its sparen/save the whole year
6:04 die ganzig das spargel
Thank you very much for the video! Always interesting to see cultural differences as I live 60 km east of Munich.
- Eye contact when cheering: nope - never done that or heard anyone talking about it - I only know this from YT-videos like yours ;)
- Pouring beer to another mug so avereyone can cheer with you even if they ran out of beer: Very appreciated!
And I have one tip for you that might work at the Munich festival as well: The pretzels your can order in the tent are always bad - at every festival I was at they had the best pretzels at the stand where they grill the fishes (Steckerlfisch). I have never been to the Munich-festival but you could give it a try. Beer and pretzel is something that just belongs to each other at a volksfest.
Eye contact - definitely a must here in lower Bavaria
@@malieba1443👍
aus woicham vo unsre käffer do herausd kimmsd du? I bin a Haager vo Geburt an.
it’s funny because pretzels at most beer gardens around Munich are great. i’m sure some of the stalls outside the tents have fresher ones
Getting two spots on the table worked the second time, not because she asked more formally (no one does that in the Bierzelt), but because a woman asked instead of a guy
I thought the same thing to. I can’t even tell the difference in how she asked verse the way he asked. I watched it Twice but my eyes are too blurry to read this late at night Also, it helps the American guy “outta sight” (hidden) when the girl asks.
We did that same track while hitchhiking in Martha’s Vineyard I would hide in the bushes while the girl would be hitchhiking.
I am from Bavaria, as a man you must not order a Radler! This is a mayor sin and the most severe insult to our beer and culture! If you can not handle the alkohol, it is no big deal. Order a water, some food, but Never a Radler.
Only a woman may be allowed to order it, but if you sit on a table with some real locals (not the city folk/Isapreisn/Zugroaste), if you order a Radler you will be the laughing stock of your table and even the neighboring ones!
Maybe we are to polite to say it directly, but we want you to leave then.
Nice video!
At 5:05 by the way, we don't pour it together because we don't want to mix the fresh beer with the stale beer. The fresh beer immediately loses its freshness and goes stale much faster. And of course, you always want to have fresh beer.
It's actually more accepted to leave the last few milliliters (called Noagerl [noàgàl]) instead of pouring them together.
thanks for the clarification, this makes a lot more sense now :)
der gemuetlichkeit, everyone knows it.
genau
Simple. Many of us simply don't go there!
Come on Wiesnbretzn are the best!!!
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Now that ive watched the video to the end i want an apoligy from you regarding Bretzeln. They in fact do not taste like salted cardboard. You just havent gotten a good one then. Yes you should skip on the Bretzeln at Oktoberfest but this just shows the problem every festival has with food in general. Its alright but if you want something truely breathtaking you have to get it at a local store.
Also you cant compare German beer with Miller Light or Bud Light. You guys in the US drink beer with 2-3% while ours has 5%.
I remember over the summer getting Brezn at a regular beer garden and thinking: wait a minute, this is really good. then the same at other beer gardens. I was surprised until I realized that at the big fests there is no way to get good fresh baked goods, so I avoid them. but at the bakeries, smaller fests and beer gardens, I love a good Brezn :)
How to „survive“ the octoberfest?
- be an alcoholic
- dont give a damn about other people
- hatte your own life so much that you have to drown yourself in alcohol
Poor people. Just very poor people.
U are holding the Mass wrong😂 Lol
i am so confused. i have gotten comments that i am holding the Bierkrug both the correct and the wrong way: a state-wide survey is required.
You insulted my Pretzel it's not salty kardboard.
You can easily survive this if you dot NOT go there.
Do not take drugs!
The best tip is: DO not even go to the Oktoberfest. Get a place to grill and buy the beer yourself, invite your friends and you will have a way better experience.
Preiß
did you just called brezn cardboard ?
the ones at Wiesn you are lucky to get cardboard. i think they make them the same time they start brewing the beer…. in March.
That‘s one of the Bavarian ways to survive Oktoberfest.
The German way is: Not to go there.
xD
already in the intro you do it wrong, beer has to come directly from the Refrigerator.
I will definitively try with the formal pronounds next time! (I guess Dirndl is included in the siezen form)
always helps xD
You have to train for years. You should be able to gulp down at least 20 liters of Beer, before you can compete at the "Oktoberfest"
I hear they train high up in the Alps
I'm German, living in the Northwest of Germany. Oktoberfest is in Bavaria. Wtf have I to do with it at all?
i live next to Munich and even i dont go there
who asked is the question
Oktoberfest is highly overrated, try Straubinger Gäubodenfolksfest
Are you aware that your shirts match the tablecloths?
Bavarian camo
How to survive: Don‘t drink too fast. Eat well. Every 2nd beer has to be a Radler, every 5th a non-alcoholic beer.
Nice video, well made! Quiero maß tambien!
danke :)
Do not drink faster or more than you can pee!
Pro Tipp ☝️
5:19 I don't think any local would pick up their maß like that. Get your hand inbetween the beer mug and the handle, like the guy on the left!