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    This page is about the Oktoberfest in all its aspects. The Oktoberfest is more than just beer and I'm in no way condoning beer consumption or drunkenness. It seems to be a typical American stereotype that all Germans drink beer and inevitably become drunk - perhaps those holding such stereotypes need to grow up, become informed, shed their America-centric ideas about the rest of the world, etc. If you are offended by the thought of someone of age having a beer, please visit some other site.

    HISTORY, INFO, EVENTS

    1. When does the Oktoberfest 2004 begin and end?
    2. Oktoberfest history in Munich and the US and a General Introduction to the Oktoberfest. By Ruth Reichmann
    3. General Oktoberfest History
    4. Oktoberfests and German Festivals in North America
    5. Official Munich Willkommen auf dem Oktoberfest site. In English and German
    6. Bavaria Alpine Net Guide's Oktoberfest
    7. Hit NEXT to view 11 Ferris wheel ride photos
    8. Great nighttime photos of rides
    9. What rides are there? Click on images More rides
    10. View all pics under AUTOSKOOTER only!
    11. Oktoberfest Foods and N.American Oktoberfests from Global Gourmet
    12. Oktoberfest Webring - resources and N. American events
    13. Switzerland: Winterthurer Oktoberfest bei der Brauerei Haldengut
    14. Oktoberfest links from Yahoo-Deutschland
    15. Lederhosen and Trachten - traditional outfits
    16. Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz - Sanitätswache Oktoberfest: health, tips, Kinderfundstelle, stats, etc.

    BAVARIAN NEWSLETTER - an insider's view

  • How many Oktoberfests have there been and who attends?
  • Oktoberfest Visitor profile from a local visitor
  • Insider description of Oktoberfest and basic tips and warnings

    LIVECAMS AND IMAGES

    1. Interesting pics of Oktoberfest preparations One, two, three, four
    2. Nice photo collections from 2001 and 2002
    3. Many FOTOS from Theresienwiese.de
    4. Click through Oktoberfest Bilder - Fotos and Videos
    5. Excellent Images of Oktoberfest

    6. Great photos from 2002 organized by day - click the numbers

    7. Send a postcard or chat.
    8. More German postcards

      Webcams

    9. Löwenbräu Tent/Festhalle and Tower cams. Plus audio.
    10. Spaten LiveCam of Oktoberfest grounds - with archive of the day
    11. Good cams from BR Online with LIVE AUDIO
    12. Overview of grounds from BR online and another long view
    13. The weather over Munich - cam
    14. 4 Oktoberfest / Munich cams
    15. Theresienwiese Cam and cams on the left side
    16. Street views near the Oktoberfest
    17. Steer the webcam of Munich
    18. Oktoberfest TV: info in German and English, live video streaming, festival tents, videos.
    19. Wies'n TV: 10 live cams, daily archived images, news cams, zoom images, info,

    20. Heineman Archive from 2004 - click through the days
    21. Bernie's collection of webcams and images.
    22. Munich LiveCams - try them all

    1. Video - Excellent walk around the Oktoberfest 2005 - 17 minutes
    2. Good overview video from Spaten
    3. Oktoberfest parade and tent video clips
  • COOL Zoomable Panoramic views and LiveCams
  • More zoom-able panoramic views of Oktoberfest grounds and beer tents. Needs Plug-in or Internet Explorer.

    MUNICH

    1. Official Munich Tourism Office and Fodor's Miniguide to Munich
    2. Munich Live Traffic Cams
    3. Munich Slide Show and Munich Videos (city and Ludwig's castles). Great Travelocity Guide to Munich
    4. Munich links and info plus further tourism links
    5. Deutsches Museum - German Museum: history of technology, cars and much more
    6. München Online - aktuelle Informationen
    7. My Munich Webquest
    8. Numerous Munich Webcams - try them all
    9. View at Munich Centre: Pedestrian area next to Rathaus.
    10. Choose Munich at Munich Panoramas
    11. Enjoy some great Live Munich Views from MuniCam.de
    12. Munich Airport - get lost
    13. Virtual Beer Gardens: Munich Beer Gardens with 360-degree-panoramas!

    MUSIC, CLOTHING, GAMES, FOOD, FUN STUFF

    1. Shockwave Fun and Games from Hendl (chicken). Needs Shockwave.
    2. Scroll down to Hackemeister Game
    3. Oktoberfest Hits - downloadable files of the most popular songs
    4. Oktoberfest Music CDs from Amazon.com - oompah music, Volkslieder
    5. Typical beer hall songs with audio
    6. More Videos and CDs from GermanVideo. Further video resources
    7. The Bavarian Shop: shop for Lederhosen and Dirndl. Lederhosen Museum?
    8. Oktoberfest beer and beer steins from Skip's Bierkrüge Collection.
    9. NEW: Oktoberfest recipes: pretzels, soups, chicken, sausages, potato salad, beer, cakes, etc.
    10. Official Hofbr;auml;uhaus site with a tour and a virtual HB.
    11. Germany's Offical Beer Website and my beer page. Recipe for Beer soup.
    12. Conduct Internet Searches for further up-to-date Oktoberfest Web sites.

    OKTOBERFEST TEACHING MATERIALS

    1. Online quiz - what do you know about the Oktoberfest?
    2. My Questions to be used with the above sites. Create your own exercises.
    3. Oktoberfest Word Search using German terms
    4. Online web unit on the Oktoberfest from the Davis School District.
    5. Goethe Institut's Rituale und Feste: Oktoberfest. Info and Questions for students.
    6. Inter Nationes Landeskunde Online - Oktoberfest 1999.
    7. Questions for Video: Munich's Oktoberfest
    8. Oktoberfest Frog (?) bookmarks

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