Oktoberfest in Munich

Bavaria • Germany Munich > Oktoberfest Oktoberfest 2024! Das Oktoberfest dates back to 1810. In 2010 the event celebrated its 200th birthday, but that year marked only the 177th Oktoberfest, what with wars, epidemics and such. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the...

Munich City Guide

Bavaria’s Capital City: More than Oktoberfest! Munich (München in German) is the capital city of the German state of Bavaria. It lies only about 30 miles north of the Bavarian Alps and is home to about 1.5 million residents (2020). Updated for 2024 + Day Trips...

King Ludwig’s Herrenchiemsee Palace

King Ludwig’s Bavarian Versailles Of King Ludwig II’s three famous palaces, this one is his “unfinished symphony”. Herrenchiemsee Palace (Schloss Herrenchiemsee) was incomplete when its builder died in 1886, and it remains incomplete today. But...