This is the big one. The world’s largest beer festival. For two weeks nearly seven million Oktoberfest visitors will consume more than six million liters of beer in 14 giant beer tents.

The Oktoberfest 2011 runs from:

Saturday 17th September
… until …
Monday 3rd October inclusive

The Oktoberfest site is located in central Munich, Germany. The site is less than 15 minutes walk from the central railway station (the “Hauptbahnhof” in German). See the location here: Google Maps – Oktoberfest site

Opening times: The beer tents and the associated fun fair rides are open from about 10am until 10pm every day of the festival.

For lots of general information in English, see the following links:

• oktoberfest.de - the official website
• Oktoberfest – Wikipedia