Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SALZBURG FESTIVAL
One of the most important classical-music festivals in Europe (
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, this premier
event runs from late July to early September and features everything from Mozart to con-
temporary music, opera and theatre. Special performances for children also dot the pro-
gramme.
GÄUBODENVOLKSFEST
This epic Oktoberfest-style drink-up and occasion for much red-faced revelry draws about
a million people to little Straubing (
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for 11 days starting on the second Friday
of August. Expect lots of oompah music and traditional costumes as well as a fun fair for
the little 'uns.
September
Autumn delivers its first nip, especially at altitude. Pupils return to their schools,
students to uni and small-town Germany reverts to its predictable central European
normality.
OKTOBERFEST
Oktoberfest (
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should be under October, right? Wrong. It actually takes place
more in September than October
.
The world's most celebrated guzzle fest is Bavaria's top
event with five million raising a tankard or ten.
Prost!
CANNSTATTER VOLKSFEST
Very similar to Oktoberfest, Stuttgart's biggest beer festival (
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takes place for
two weeks from late September to mid-October and features processions, a fairground and
a huge firework display to round things off.
MUNICH MARATHON
Bavaria's top mass-participation running event wisely takes place just after Oktoberfest,
keeping at least the runners sober in the weeks leading up to the race. The course skips
through the historical centre before ending in a grandstand finish at the Olympic Stadium.
