Munich Nightlife
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Someone famous once said that Munich is a city nestled between two mountains, on one side is art and on the other is beer. For him to make such a statement, it must be that Munich's beer culture is so larger-than-life it can be placed side by side with the effervescence of art. And in fact, it is. Beer and drinking is such an influential and deeply ingrained part of what makes Munich the city it is now that one cannot visit this fine German city without experiencing its beer culture and nightlife.
Although essentially not just limited to the nightlife scene. Munich's Oktoberfest still remains to be the most widely recognized and widely attended beer celebration there is in the city. On the average, more than 6 million people of all ages, gender and nationality come specifically to Munich, Germany in order to experience this one of a kind celebration.
Curiously, Munich's Oktoberfest starts late in September and runs its wild and booze-brimming course for sixteen days into the first week of October. This very famous celebration is now held in many other countries and cities all over the world, all of which were patterned with the Oktoberfest of Munich City, Germany. This exuberant and well-attended event was first held awy back in 1810, in commemoration of the wedded union between Prince Ludwig who would be later known as King Ludwig I and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. In order of their marriage, a magnificent horse race was organized on October 17, thus the name Oktoberfest.
And what are you suppose to expect when in Munich for the annual Oktoberfest? For one, expect to find gallons upon gallons of bubbly golden beer served and drank almost everywhere you look. Beer tents of all shapes and sizes crowd amongst each other and tourists, visitors, locals and travelers weave in and out of them carrying mugs and pints of foamy beer.
If you are unfortunate enough not to be there when this overwhelmingly enjoyable event takes place in Munich, cheer up because there are still numerous beer halls and beer gardens permanently found all over the city. These beer gardens in Munich, unlike those beer joints in other countries that usually open late in the afternoon, can be found serving drinks as early as 11 in the morning. Kugleralm, Hirschgarten, Waldwirtschaft, Leiberheim and Michaeligarten are just a couple of the premium beer gardens that Munich has to offer.
But for those who want to experience Munich nightlife in bars, discos and nightclubs, you can do that as well. The legal age to get into a club in Munich is 18 years old, but other require customers to be 25 or 30 years old and above. No doubt that the district of Haidhausen is number one when it comes to nightlife as it not just hosts numerous clubs but its neighboring areas have plenty of bars and nightclubs too.
