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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. Oktoberfest history in Munich and the US and a General Introduction to the Oktoberfest. By Ruth Reichmann
    2. General Oktoberfest History
    3. Oktoberfests and German Festivals in North America
    4. Official Munich Willkommen auf dem Oktoberfest site. In English and German
    5. Bavaria Alpine Net Guide's Oktoberfest
    6. Family Fun - click the arrow and view all 33 pics
    7. View from the Ferris Wheel CLICK SECOND PICTURE
    8. Roller coasters
    9. Indoor rides
    10. Rides and more rides
    11. Click WEITER for info on the 2009 rides
    12. Oktoberfest Foods and N.American Oktoberfests from Global Gourmet
    13. Oktoberfest Webring - resources and N. American events
    14. Switzerland: Winterthurer Oktoberfest bei der Brauerei Haldengut
    15. Oktoberfest links from Yahoo-Deutschland
    16. Lederhosen and Trachten - traditional outfits
    17. Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz - Sanitätswache Oktoberfest: health, tips, Kinderfundstelle, stats, etc.
    18. Online quiz - GET A 90% - what do you know about the Oktoberfest?

      BAVARIAN NEWSLETTER - an insider's view

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

      Images

    22. Image collection and live cam from muenchen.de
    23. Interesting pics of Oktoberfest preparations One, two, three, four
    24. Collection from BR ONline
    25. Nice photo collections from 2001 and 2002
    26. Many FOTOS from Theresienwiese.de
    27. Click through Oktoberfest Bilder - Fotos and Videos
    28. Excellent Images of Oktoberfest
    29. Great photos from 2002 organized by day - click the numbers
    30. German postcards

      Webcams and Videos

    31. Google Earth and Virtual tour map and a good map of the grounds
    32. Live Cams from GermanNews
    33. Good cams from BR Online with LIVE AUDIO
    34. Street views near the Oktoberfest
    35. Löwenbräu Tent/Festhalle and Tower cams. Plus audio.
    36. Spaten LiveCam of Oktoberfest grounds - with archive of the day
    37. Bernie's collection of webcams and images.

    38. Video - Excellent walk around the Oktoberfest 2005 - 17 minutes
    39. Good overview video from Spaten
    40. Oktoberfest parade and tent video clips
    41. COOL Zoomable Panoramic views and LiveCams

      MUNICH

    42. Official Munich Tourism Office and Fodor's Miniguide to Munich
    43. Munich Slide Show and Munich Videos (city and Ludwig's castles).
    44. Deutsches Museum - German Museum: history of technology, cars and much more
    45. München Online - aktuelle Informationen
    46. My Munich Webquest
    47. Choose Munich at Munich Panoramas
    48. Munich Airport - get lost

      49. MUSIC, CLOTHING, GAMES, FOOD, FUN STUFF

    49. Shockwave Fun and Games from Hendl (chicken).
    50. Oktoberfest Hits - downloadable files of the most popular songs
    51. Oktoberfest Music CDs from Amazon.com - oompah music, Volkslieder
    52. Typical beer hall songs with audio
    53. More Videos and CDs from GermanVideo. Further video resources
    54. The Bavarian Shop: shop for Lederhosen and Dirndl. Lederhosen Museum?
    55. Oktoberfest beer and beer steins from Skip's Bierkrüge Collection.
    56. Oktoberfest recipes: pretzels, soups, chicken, sausages, potato salad, beer, cakes, etc.
    57. Official Hofbräuhaus site with a tour and a virtual HB.
    58. Germany's Offical Beer Website and my beer page. Recipe for Beer soup.
    59. Conduct Internet Searches for further up-to-date Oktoberfest Web sites.

      OKTOBERFEST TEACHING MATERIALS

    60. Online quiz - what do you know about the Oktoberfest?
    61. My Questions to be used with the above sites. Create your own exercises.
    62. Oktoberfest Word Search using German terms
    63. Online web unit on the Oktoberfest from the Davis School District.
    64. Goethe Institut's Rituale und Feste: Oktoberfest. Info and Questions for students.
    65. Inter Nationes Landeskunde Online - Oktoberfest 1999.
    66. Questions for Video: Munich's Oktoberfest
    67. Oktoberfest Frog (?) bookmarks

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