Here are some Oktoberfest stats from Wikipedia...thought you all might find these interesting...I know that I did... (that is A LOT of beer consumed!!!)
Area: 103.79 acres (0.42 km²)
Seats in the festival halls: ca. 100,000
Visitors: 6.2 million
Beer: appr. 6,940,600 litres (126,900 litres non-alcoholic)
Wine: 79,624 litres
Sparkling wine: 32,047 litres
Coffee, tea: 222,725 litres
Water, lemonade: 909,765 ½ litres
Chicken: 521,872 units
Pork sausages: 142,253 pairs
Fish: 38,650 kg
Pork knuckles: 58,446 units
Oxen: 104 units
Expenditure of electricity: 2.8 million kWh (as much as 14% of Munich's daily need or as much as a four person family will need in 52 years and 4 months)
Expenditure of gas: about 205,000 m³
Expenditure of water: about 90,000 m³ (as much as 27% of Munich's daily need )
Waste: 678 t (2004)
Toilets: about 980 seated, more than 878 metres of urinals and 17 for disabled persons.
Telephones: 83, also for international credit cards.
Lost property: about 4000 items, among them 260 pairs of glasses, 200 mobile phones, wedding rings, and even crutches.
The lost property part just cracks me up! I wonder why those wedding rings weren't on fingers, hmmmm?
Hey there,
ReplyDeleteGreat posts from Oktoberfest. Looks like you are enjoying your time in Munich. All the best.
Troy
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