Some locals have given the Wiesn a wide berth for years: too crowded, too loud, too commercial. But since 2010, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Oktoberfest, when the Oide Wiesn was set up for the first time, there is an alternative: here, on the separate site (note: four euros admission, up to 14 years only two euros), it’s easy celebrate more leisurely. Some people have rediscovered their love for Oktoberfest this way.
The Tradition marquee, the largest beer tent at the Oidn Wiesn, advertises with the slogan “Back to coziness”. And rightly so: there is traditional brass band music, beer from steins and real Goasslschnoizer. (For all non-Bavarians: These are lads in traditional costumes who crack their whips to the beat.) Many visitors come in real traditional costumes – not in cheap dirndls.
Menu in the Tradition marquee
Everything is culinary – as the name suggests – very traditional: snack and sausage dishes, fish on a stick, chicken, knuckle of pork and all the Bavarian classics you can expect. There are a few dishes for vegetarians and vegans.
Opening hours and tent information
The beer from the Augustiner brewery does not come from a steel tank, but is tapped from wooden barrels. There is room for 5,000 people in the Tradition marquee and another 3,050 in the beer garden. It opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 10:30 p.m.
Like every marquee at the Wiesn, the Tradition marquee also has its very own tapping ritual.
More information is available at http://www.oktoberfestzelt-tradition.de/.
A portrait of the Oktoberfest tents
Crossbowmen’s Festival Hall
Augustinian Festival Hall
Bräurosl
Fischer Vroni
Hacker Marquee
Hofbräu marquee
Käfer’s Oktoberfest tavern
Löwenbräu festival hall
Marstall tent
ox roastery
Festhalle Schottenhamel
Schützen marquee
Paulaner marquee
Kuffler’s wine tent
old Octoberfest
Marquee tradition
Heart Punch Tent
museum tent