No beer enthusiast is complete without visiting Oktoberfest, the largest beer festival in the world. The facts and statistics regarding the event are spectacular. Not only is Oktoberfest the largest beer festival in the world, but it is also the largest public festival - for any kind of category. You won't find more people celebrating a common interest anywhere else in the world.
The festival always begins on the last Saturday of September and keeps on going for 2 weeks afterward. Given that the festival lasts 14 days, that leaves travelers a lot of time to visit Munich (the original place of the festival), as well as other areas of Germany. Given the rise in popularity, many other cities in Germany and Europe have tried hosting beer festivals, but only the one in Munich is the original one.