The TRUTH about Oktoberfest! | Feli from Germany
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It's Oktoberfest season! Today would have been the first day of Oktoberfest 2021, but - just like last year - this year's "Wiesn" as we call it in Munich was canceled. Since there are plenty of Oktoberfest celebrations in the US and all over the world though, this is the perfect time to talk about some COMMON MYTHS and MISCONCEPTIONS regarding the biggest beer fest in the world. I made a list with 10 common Oktoberfest myths and will let you know which ones are TRUE and which ones are complete BULLSHIT! :)
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0:00 Intro
2:39 #1 Oktoberfest is a German holiday
5:54 #2 It takes place in October
7:18 #3 It's like the movie Beerfest
8:32 #4 Locals don't go to Oktoberfest
9:48 #5 Only tourists dress up
11:01 #6 It's for adults only
12:00 #7 Chicken Dance
12:51 #8 Wiener dog races
13:36 #9 Only traditional music
15:01 #10 Huge beer selection
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Thank you for setting the record straight. I'm from Cincinnati and lived in Munich in my late 20s. I've attended Oktoberfest many times, trying desperately not to look like a tourist and only during my last visit to the Wiesn did I feel somewhat like a Münchener. Zinzinnati's festival is something of a joke. I mean, Sam Adams is the sponsor? Mentioning the food here would only be insulting. If you approach it as an excuse to people watch, then you can have a good time with it but it has little to nothing to do with Oktoberfest. **This Cincinnatian not only knows Robbie Williams "Angels", but also plays/sings on acoustic guitar.
ich bin mal gespannt ob ich jemals auf das Oktoberfest gehen werde und wenn sicher eher in die Weinzelte als in die Bierzelte, wenn man da überhaupt rein kommt - meinen Eltern und mein Bruder waren schon zig mal da, aber mir liegen jegliche art von Volksfest nicht so😁
Myth:
Chief Inspector Clouseau does not show up at Wiesn just to be unsuccessfully hunted down by henchmen while people are in the background singing
"Boobie, boobie...
Boobie, boobie...
Boobie, boobie...
A boob, a boob, a boob!"
(This is my fav scene from The Movie: The Pink Panther Strikes Again. -Starring Peter Sellers as Chief Inspector Clouseau.)
Oktoberfest is definitely on the “to do” list..😀
I have a question. Do you know anything about the Oktoberfest in Windhoek, Namibia, and how does it differ from German Oktoberfest? I know Namibia is a country with a large German population, and they do celebrate Oktoberfest, but I've not found a whole lot to read about German Namibians and Oktoberfest there.
So basically Oktoberfest is all about to make sure Crown Prince Ludwig remembered his wedding anniversary. Good to know.
Apparently he needed more reminding that he was actually married!!
@@chrisk5651 Haaaaaaaa! xD
Not Ludwig Beethoven?LOL
Note to self: When getting married, have a two week long annual party to remind me of the date. :)
I was just telling my tour guide its just basically became a global celebration of a wedding anniversary. Lol!!
My mother was German, she grew up in Bavaria. I did spend some of my childhood in Germany and have such happy memories. My mom recently passed and I'm heartbroken. Watching these videos actually is part of my healing, it helps me to indulge in my memories of my mom and my love of Germany. The mention of King Ludwig made me recall our visit to one of his castles and I was a small child and asked where his potty was. Thank you for bringing smiles and the beauty of Germany to me in a time when I really need it.
First of all, I am sorry to hear that you lost your beloved mother. I can only guess how painful it is.
It is great that you still love Germany after being gone for so long. But the Ludwig she is talking about is Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I). The castles you mean are surely built by Ludwig II, the grandson of Ludwig I.
Greetings from Germany
@@vornamenachname920 Thank you for the clarification!
@@vornamenachname920 And yes, you are correct! Neuschwanstein was built by Ludwig II. Thank you for your kind words and for adding to my knowledge about Germany. 💚
@@iolitelight Gerne/ you're welcome. Did your mother taught you how to speak German?
@@vornamenachname920 We spoke it at home as children and I can still have a basic conversation but my grammar and spelling are poor. It was really my first language, mixed in with a little English. I did all my schooling in English and French and now speak these two languages better than German.
Me a Munich resident: I miss the Wiesn.
Americans: Oh we also have Oktoberfest here.
Me: No, you don‘t.
Right...we have an "Unreasonable Facsimile" here. At our recent "Ompafest" which coincides with Steuben Day (NYC)...the very thing that pisses off Muenchner, pisses me off...drunken american brats wearing grass green cheap felt hats and lederhosen t-shirts, and thinking they are in appropriate gear, while I am in full Tracht-which I do to celebrate my 100% German ancestry. And swilling S A or Budweiser! C'mon , man, we can get Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, HB, Erdinger and best of all (IMHO) Weihenstephaner pilsner, lager or Hefe-Weiss!! Sei authentisch!! Even Yuengling..an american bear from one of the oldest american breweries is better than .....But-wiper!!
Und Ich hatte lieber Spaten vergessen! Tut mir leid!!
Yep..no we don't. And it sucks. Considering how many people of German decent live here,we should be able to host an amazing Octoberfest.
In the Rhineland region we call Karneval/Fasching the "fifth season" 😂
I am constantly amazed at your lack of an accent. I would never have guessed you are from Germany. My RUSSIAN wife of 23 years still has a heavy accent. Amazing.
Hi Felecia ... love watching your videos ... born & raised in Dinkelsbuehl, but have been in the US since 1975, have not been back since 1978, but I hope to change that when COVID is over ... keep up the good work, it keeps me in touch mit meine Heimat
When I lived in Germany, Fasching always seemed to be a bigger deal than Oktoberfest. But I was in the Nürnberg and Frankfurt regions. And you clarify that pretty well.
I was wondering about Nürnberg, since while it's in Bavaria, it's part of Franconia rather than Old Bavaria.
Hi Feli - Greeting from Munich 🥨🍻. Love your style. I'm quite sure, going to some Octoberfest in Cincinatty in your Dirndl definately drawing some attention towards you! Still remember visiting myself a "little Octoberfest" in Levenworth, WA in August 1995. It's an Alps themed town with a German community and I loved it. There a professional dance group from Seattle performed the Holzhacker as well as some Schuhplattler dances amongst their own Linedances while wearing Dirndl and Lederhosen. They were performing really good so I congratulated them for their performance. When they noticed that I'm from Munich due to my accent they even invited me to join their after party. That was a hell of a lot of fun.
Leavenworth Oktoberfest is really great. The Schuhplattler they do there is indeed amazing. It's too bad it was canceled this year. Hopefully you can make it to Leavenworth in 2022!
Been There and done that.....
I’m from Montreal and i’ve “celebrated” oktoberfest at home, basically just making oktoberfest/german food and drinking lots of German beer, just as a fun family thing to celebrate fall and give a theme to a big family dinner. None of us are German.
It’s like St-Patrick’s day, we salute it from afar by drinking along with you!
Hey Felicia hope you are enjoying your travels.
I watch all of your videos. They fondly remind me of the 3 years that I was stationed in nearby Augsburg. I went to Oktoberfest in 1978 and 1979. The military unit that I was a part of had a Lowenbrau vending machine in the lounge and we were the biggest consumer of Lowenbrau beer in Augsburg for that distributor. Bigger than any restaurant or pub. That status guaranteed us a reserved table in the Lowenbrau tent every year with a first free beer and a chicken to start us off. It was wonderful being able to walk around the area and have a place to come back to. What I also remember is that the price of beer at Oktoberfest was the the prevailing price of a beer at every other fest that followed until the next year's Oktoberfest.
couple of people brought their own beer kegs and tables to the meadow(theresienwiese) to celebrate a small opening weekend - things are slowly going back to normal here
Thank you for all your videos.I enjoy watching your videos .Hope all is well with you.
Thank you for this video!!!! Love all your videos.
We loved going to the Cannstatter Volksfest (Stuttgart).
Yepp, same here when I studied in Stuttgart. Oooh boy, that were some wild times.
It was often called "Wasn" instead of "Wiesn" to differentiate it from the Oktoberfest Wiesn.
But obviously, all the people who were non-native German speakers had massive problems distinguishing the two different sounds.
So much so, that I had one group of people almost go to Munich instead, when I told them to come to the Wasn. Luckily I had my doubts when they asked me how much time they needed to get there so I could clarify that misunderstanding.
@@RustyDust101 it is not called "Wasn" to differentiate it from "Wiesn". It is called "Wasen" because in the local dialect of Stuttgart a lawn is called "Wasen" and the fairground/lawn it takes place is named "Cannstatter Wasen" (lawn of Cannstatt, Cannstatt is the city quarter) .
Great videos Feli!
One of your best videos. I can see how excited you get about Oktoberfest. That's nice.
I love the content! I was able to travel to Bavaria last month for a tour with vintage BMW's driving through the Alps, in Germany they are called "old timers" - the host town was Oberammergau, such an amazing place! Also spent 1 day in Munich visiting the BMW Classic & BMW museum. I was sad to hear Oktoberfest was cancelled perhaps I will go sometime. I can say the food in bavaria is sooo good! proper wurst salat, kartoffel salat, schnitzel, etc.. and the Heffe/Marzen/local bier is also delicious! Prost!
I have been to Oktoberfest in Munich a few times, nothing around the world compares to it. I was really surprised to see carnival type rides at Wiesn. I cant wait to go back when my son turns 16,.
Both time I went it was during the weekend where the Italians come to Munich for Oktoberfest, dont know if it has a name for it, but they would get on the tables and chug beer while singing in Italian. That was an awesome time.
Both times I went to Oktoberfest, the band in the Löwenbräu and the Paulaner tent played the chicken dance and people got on the tables dancing to it. I went in 2007 and again in 2012. Maybe I just got lucky on those 2 years in 2 different tents.
It was great hearing Country Roads and Sweet Caroline at the festival.
Interesting and informative clarification regarding myths of Oktoberfest. I enjoyed this presentation.
Great Video. Informative.
I think Octoberfest is kind of a County Fair. Beer, music, food, more beer, games, more music and more beer.
Don’t forget the rides
Love this video. I lived in Ansbach and Heidelberg for 11 years. I miss it very much, especially living in Bavaria and Oktoberfest.
I love the flags behind you because I am originally from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, I consider Bavaria home and grew up in Germany 🇩🇪
So I think the flag you're looking at is actually the Ohio state flag which looks A LOT like the Puertorican flag. Just saying...
@@arthurgsoto you might be right. Can’t see inside the blue triangle to tell. In any case I love Germany 🇩🇪 and everything about it.
Ich habe das Meiste selbst nicht gewusst 🙈. Cooles Video 👍🏻
Grüße aus Thüringen
Hi Feli, I love your channel! I would love to visit Germany one day!
Do so John:)))
Chicago has a German American parade which was made famous in Ferris Buehler’s day off.
Von Stuben Parade.
Imagine going into town and seeing that beer makers and half the city are celebrating your wedding anniversary without you
Yayayayayayaya Oktoberfest 2022 is on!!!
Have fun
You're so adorable. Thanks for the entertaining and informative videos.
Great information. Love to drink beer too....Nice sharing...🙂😃❤❤❤👍🌹
Some local beer companies were advertising Oktoberfest events here in Rochester, NY. Sadly, didn't get to check it out. Thanks for the video--as always, fun and informative, nice surprise on Saturday night. Hope you have an awesome weekend! :-)
Also live in the ROC
This was cute. "O-Saft is" means in german orange-juice is.
I´m pretty sure you know how to pronounce it the right way, but believe me, i really enjoyed your introduction. Hilarious, you made my day.
Sehr gut! My annual Oktoberfest here in Birmingham that I host is this weekend and I have pointed the attendees to your video (both of the Oktoberfest ones) for instructional purposes. LOL.
Damn it ! I was really hoping 'sausage dog racing' was a thing there.....lol. Good video :)
I love your squirrel voice
Beautiful Feli! Always bring a smile to my face!
She is adorable
Marzen is my favorite beer style! It has to be Reinheitsgebot though. Great video overall.
Back in the 80's while stationed in the Army in Wertheim,Germany ( A small tourist castle town on the Main river) They had a brewery there that seemed to sponsor the huge beer tent and had small beer tanker trucks ( Not kegs) at the back of the beer tent running lines inside. Also had carnival rides like they do in the USA.On the first day the town has a parade and on the last night fireworks on the hill by the castle. Always was cool to me sitting at tables next to old people having fun. No generation gap like we have in the states.
Was stationed in Wiesbaden across the river from Frankfurt. They had a wine fest in August from all the small wein towns around the Rheingau region!!! About 8 or 10 towns that let you try wine and then buy!!!
Baveria is not germany. The truth is that baveria can go away from germany if they want.
@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Some of the best White whine in the world.....My Great Grandfather Hauck was a winser in Landau im Pfalz!
all my life I thought that the chicken dance was a Polish thing. I grew up with it at weddings, family reunions and festivals. I was in my early 30s & went to an "oktoberfest " for the first time and heard that the chicken dance was associated.
I thought I heard it was a Mexican tradition. Maybe the accordion made me believe that. Swiss apparently, good to know.
Same, Lisa. I’m from a polish family as well and grew up doing it at all family events.
Actually a Swiss invented it, and around 1981 a dutch band made it popular.
Yes, Chicken dance and Apron Dance
@@fasbe9 yes!!! Got sooo much money at our wedding from the dollar dance!
A German person cracking open a can of Nati' Light has to be some kind of mortal sin!
I think so too. I better go out to see if there are flying by
Don't tell Daddy, I'm drinking Nati'.
I know (but I've drank it).
You have to know your enemy...
@Eric Anderson I have heard of that but never saw any one actually !ix it or order it. I like dark beer and any beer that needs orange or lemon in it isn't on my list either.
@@vicktorpatriot1430 nothing like a shot of Jagermeister with a pint of warm Guinness chaser
Thank you, I learned a lot.
Feli took up smoking; you're setting that dirndl on FIRE schatzie! Thanks for the myth-busting and sharing your always positive vibes. Tchuss!
I can't wait to go again. Also, Eisbach 😍
Thank you for clearing that up for me. I thought it may have been a celebration of the fall harvest.
"It's tapped" Man! I would love to go to your home town.
Thanks
Thanks! Lots of myths that I heard are busted, thank you!
In North Dakota we don't really associate the chicken dance with Oktoberfest it's more of a reception wedding dance for the younger children to join the adults in the festivities. Also popular is the Hokey Pokey and the Butterfly and usually when the half shots of red-eye are going around with a beer Chaser the band or DJ is playing the little brown jug. It's a bit of the intermingling of the ethnic groups that settled North Dakota Wyoming Minnesota and South Dakota. Which are French, Scandinavian, German , polish, Ukrainian, the Baltic states where a lot of Germans from Russia emigrated to this area from. Also the Danes, Dutch , belgians , & British Isles. But the first settlers here are the Native Americans!! During World Youth Day in Denver Colorado a lot of Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries were interested in the words and choreography of these three main dances which they had our groups from Minot , Bismarck, and Dickinson perform for them, while they played the music and then they share their ethnic wedding Festival music with us.
Growing up on Munich we went every year, like daily…
Thanks for busting all the myths of Octoberfest.
Thanks!
When I was stationed in Germany in the early 90's my friend and I went one time to check it out. We had a lot of fun, but to be honest, there were just too many people. I understood that there was probably going to be a lot of people because it's a very popular festival, but man, I wasn't expecting that many. We had to squeeze by in between groups just standing around drinking and talking and good luck trying to find a seat in the tents. I loved and miss all the other festivals/beer in Bavaria though. I had some of the best times of my life over there. "Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit "
You remind me so much of my best friend when I was a child and was still living in Munich ☺️
Fili, you are awesome! Your smile and energy is _very_ "infectious" (in a good way 😉).
As for dancing (14:55) there isn't traditional dancing in the main tents, but there is traditional music and dancing at the *Odie Wiesn* within the Oktoberfest grounds. I know you know that - it was supposed to be a "one off" thing in 2010, but has continued - but I just wanted to mention it. Maybe you could do a video sometime on the Odie Wiesn?
The unstoppable Feli!
Bet the kosher booth was really good there!!!!
Chicken dance is a dance for 'Fasching'/Carneval in February :)
Great video thanks for sharing! When I was there in 2017 I believe a few tents had dunkels. Is this common at the 14 larger tents? Vielen Dank!
Thanks for the video! Always good to be more informed about other cultures. I do love me the classic German beers and foods I’ve found here in the United States Oktoberfest themed festivals but hope to go to Munich for the real deal some day!
I hope you can make it and experience it for yourself.
I grew up in Western Oregon, and in a little town called Mount Angel, they have held their own "Mount Angel Oktoberfest" for over 50 years. We lived about 20 miles from it, and there were several kids I knew whose families would go every year. One kid I knew was very excited one year, because his family was planning to travel to Munich to see the real thing. I believe that this was in 1972, right after the Munich Olympics. He had been to the Oktoberfest at Mount Angel many times since he was a little kid. When he came back from Germany, he was disappointed, because it wasn't like the "real Oktoberfest" in Mount Angel. I asked him if he understood that the "real" Oktoberfest was the one he went to in Germany, but he didn't want to talk about it any more.
Hi Felicia. Love your videos. I went to Oktoberfest in 1982 and again in 2016. It was almost like a flashback as pretty much nothing changed between the visits. Both times the „Ententanz“ had a prominent role.So I would contradict your myth on that on. In 2016 there was almost a „Trachtenpflicht“ in comparison to 1982. Die Welt ist übrigens klein. Neulich habe ich eine Freundin von dir aus München kennengelernt.
Chicken dance or "Duck Dance" is a Fasching (German Carnival) tradition. That is where I first experienced it and learned it.
Bedankt
Oans, zwoa, drei, gsuffa! Ich mag dein Video. Vielen Dank aus München 👍
Every time I hear the chicken dance, I tell the German wife "hey, it's the national song of Germany!"...she doesn't think I'm funny...
Plus, she's so northern German she's practically Danish.
But the way you describe Oktoberfest is like the Texas State Fair here. I mean, it's a big thing, especially around Dallas (where the Texas State Fair grounds are...it's an actual name of that part of the city, Fair Park), and when I was in school we had a day off that was called "Fair Day" (I think they still get it off, but it's just considered a regular teacher in-service day). But it's not a religious holiday that we go around wishing each other "Happy Texas State Fair!" Though there is a lot of similar drinking and fried food...
@Jason Chloupek. And how many years of your Chicken Dance joke? 😃
My favorite Oktoberfest treat was always candied apples.
could you do a video explaining the 14 different beer tents.
Take a look at the pictures and videos: www.oktoberfest.de/bierzelte/grosse-zelte
You are so cute and bubbly and smart. I really enjoy your posts you are so precise with your presentation. Thank you for your hard work.
I haven't been to Oktoberfest since long before you were born, but we're thinking about going this year and one of the first things to occur to me was, "Didn't Feli do a couple of videos on that?" Yep. Vielen dank!
More videos with dirndl please
You need to do a movie reaction video for Beerfest.
First heard about that on the Pink Panther movie…Pink Panther strikes again and the song that sounds similar to good night, ladies.
The Futurama episode, "Fun on a Bun" brought me here.;)
I did think Oktoberfest was a harvest festival of some kind. And the different breweries sponsoring the tents I learned from a previous video. Germany and most of Europe have a much better attitude to alcohol than America.
So have you ever done a video about German foods. And if not, That might make an interesting video. I’m suddenly very hungry.
Again a great video. 👍
Some details on some this years Oktoberfest.
The Wiesn is this year sadly again cancelled as you said, but there is some action still going on. Munich breweries presented special Oktoberfest beer editions, harnessed horse pull the brewery waggons (Brauereigespanne) through town and breweries and restaurants have some small events. For sure you cannot compare it to the normal Wiesn, but people make the best out of the current situation and cheer for next week return of the real event. 🙂
Busted! Re traditional clothes! I was there in 1988 and don’t remember much traditional clothing. Maybe it’s changed since then. Great memories! I hope you get to go again. Prost!! 🍻🥨🍻🥨
It definitely changed in the last 10 to 20 years! Now almost everyone is wearing traditonal clothes. Especially younger people.
It has changed, as she said
Drinking a beer at oktoberfest is definitely on my bucket list.
It's just a short flight from the Yukon Territory over the North Pole to Munich.
Do a video on hrampuslauf
I like the dirndl. Looks very nice.
we go every year to the oktoberfest from switzerland. often we have a reservation in the "Weinzelt", you can't order Helles there but they have "Weizenbier". And yes its true, if you want be respected you should were no fake dresses. With this you probably will have problems to come into a tent without reservation, specially at weekends when its full of people. I can recommend the "oide wiesn" which is a small wiesn inside the wiesn in a old traditionall style of the wiesn like 50-100years ago. And visit the "Teufelsrad" its much fun to watch or participate and the speaker is an icon.
I've been to the Hofbrauhaus restaurant in Cleveland where the chicken dance is always a highlight. I guess it's a German-American thing.
The chicken dance is far away from beeing a German thing
@@ShawueFan I meant it's become a thing for Americans with German ancestry. I don't know why.
I mean, there are other German girls in America, but there's only one German Girl in America.
There is a smaller scale Oktoberfest close to where I live (there is a German restaurant in Niceville/Bluewater Bay). It's in late September.
I'm glad I got to experience Oktoberfest in Munich, but I much preferred the local winefests that take place throughout the summer.
Most locals prefer to go to smaller Volksfeste instead of Oktoberfest. My family has never been to Oktoberfest, because it's just so overcrowded and extremely expensive
@@leDespicable I do not like huge crowds either. Bigger does not always mean better.
Yup Wiesbaden had a great one in August with the Rheingau region
Check out the Oktoberfest in Minster. Small town 1:45 north of Cincy. Lots of fun. Oct 1-3 2021
I had never before heard of an association of the Chicken Dance with Oktoberfest. (I grew up in a north-central state.)
Schad dass wieda koa Wiesn is des Joar. Oba hob grad a Weißwurschtfrühstuck hinta mia. Ois guad!
The Chicken Dance always sounded more Italian to my ears.
I wonder whether the Swiss person who wrote it spoke Swiss Italian, Swiss German, Swiss French, or Swiss Romansch ....
Just watch out for Clark Griswold!
It’s basically like the Saint Anthonys festival in New York but three times bigger
I like that grapefruit beer they have at Epcot
Cant wait until next year, to go to my 1st Wiesn!! Prost!! 🍺🍺🍺
We had something similar in a town I used to live in except it was called Polkapalooza. Loads of fun but I can’t imagine it’s anything like Oktoberfest.
Well done! Great information. I've enjoyed the festival in many places but the Munich experience is truly special. And yes, I believe only about 15% of the people were from outside Germany with many of those 15% being Americans. My relatives are from Aachen and Berlin but to be honest I like the Bavarians most. Munich is a great city anytime.
Kings Island has the Eiffel Tower too... Joking. That was always fun though....(through, although, tough....one of your videos)....
I have been to both..I saw the tower BEFORE the cool light and after....
The boot was common when I was there, just not during October fest. I was challenged by Germans at a pub the first nite I got their. Back before cell phones and eruos. I kept the boot and have it to this day.
So about the chicken dance, is it possible times have changed? In 1984 at the age of 18, I was traveling through Europe with my best friend via Eurail. I’m born Swiss but raised in the US. We went to Munich, which is one of my top 5 favorite cities in the world so I always stop by when I’m in Europe. One evening we landed at the Hofbrauhaus. While it wasn’t Oktoberfest, but rather the month of April, we did end up dancing to the polka band playing. In fact I was asked by a rather older lady, definitely someone’s grandmother to dance. And the song that started playing was in fact the chicken dance. So, Munich, famous beer hall, lots of beer, and the chicken dance. Either way it is one of my fondest memories. Getting back to my youth hostel that night, however, is a memory I do not have.
That hilarious about Robbie Williams. I used to listen to The Ego Has Landed on a loop back in like 99. I still randomly sing Jesus in a Camper Van and get the weirdest looks from people. I don't think anyone I know barely has a clue who Robbie Williams is. I'm in Portland, Oregon and I have no clue how I even learned about him? Maybe I heard Let me entertain you on MTV or something?? My step dad was German (my step grandmother escaped from Germany during WWII with a baby strapped to her back and my step dad in her belly). He enjoyed going to Octoberfest in Mt. Angel, Oregon when he was still alive.
Idk. Take That was pretty famous but apparently didn't reach the U.S.
They also have a tent for people to pass out in