Seasonal Guides

Seasonal Events & Guides in Munich

The best Munich venues for New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Ramadan Iftar, and seasonal events. Curated guides for every special occasion.

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Mid-Sept – first Sun of Oct

Oktoberfest in Munich

The world's largest folk festival fills the Theresienwiese for sixteen days — but the better Wiesn is read from the city around it: the Augustiner-Bräustuben courtyard, the Westend backstreets, the after-tent dinner that no tourist finds

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Late Nov – 24 Dec

Christkindlmarkt and Christmas in Munich

Marienplatz, the Residenz courtyard, the Viktualienmarkt and the Schwabing Weihnachtsmarkt anchor four weeks of mulled-wine, Bratwurst and lebkuchen — and the formal dining rooms keep the Christmas-week reservations the locals know to book in October

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Two weeks during Lent

Starkbierfest in Munich

The Lent strong-beer season — when the monks' double-bock fasting tradition turns into Munich's quieter, more local festival. Paulaner am Nockherberg keeps the canonical room; the Wirtshäuser of Au-Giesing carry the rest

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Late Apr – early May, late Jul – early Aug, mid-Oct – late Oct

Auer Dult Markets at Mariahilfplatz

Munich's three-times-a-year fair around the brick neogothic Mariahilfkirche — flea-market porcelain, hand-turned wood, the Auer Mühlbach behind it and a long lunch at Ayinger in der Au or Wirtshaus in der Au

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