Oktoberfest stats 2010

It is getting to be that time of year again here in Munich, so with many apologies that this post has been so long in coming, let's talk Oktoberfest!

 

In researching the statistics for you from last year's Oktoberfest, there are a few highlights to point out before the Wiki list.  Last year holds the new title for the most litres of beer consumed, at over 7 million liters.  Sheesh. That is a lot of beer.  The previous record of 6.94 million liters was set in 2007.  A Mass holds approximately one liter, just so you know.  This does not include the 310,000 liters of the special Jubilee Beer  that were consumed in the "Antique Wiesen", a beer that represented a never before moment of cooperation between the city's six big breweries -- Hofbräu, Löwenbräu, Augustiner, Hacker Pfschorr, Spaten and Paulaner.

With that, the recorded theft of the glass Masses was down last year comparatively...to 130,000 in 2010, more disturbing is the report of the rise in the weighty Masses being used as weapons last year in fights had seen an increase.

In the past 50 years, the consumption of pork sausage seems to be waning, while the chicken consumption has been on the rise. See below for evidence in sheer numbers!

It was the first "smoke free" fest, with the tents banning smoking inside in accordance with local laws about smoking inside buildings-the tents are really that big that they actually do qualify.

Oktoberfest 2010 informational tidbits:

• Area: 0.42 km² (103.78 acres)
• Seats in the festival halls: approx. 100,000
• Visitors: 6.4 million
• Beer: appr. 7,100,000 litres (151,200 litres non-alcoholic)
• Wine: 89,259 liters
• Sparkling wine: 37,733 litres
• Coffee and tea: 245,335 litres
• Water and lemonade: 1,028,522 ½ litres
• Chicken: 505,901 units 
• Pork sausages: 119,302 pairs
• Fish: 40,850 kg
• Pork knuckles (haxen): 69,293 units
• Oxen: 119 units
• Expenditure of electricity: 2.96 million kWh (as much as 14% of Munich's daily requirements or as much as a four person family will need in 52 years and 4 months)
• Expenditure of gas: about 198,489 m³
• Expenditure of water: about 107,489 m³ (as much as 27% of Munich's daily requirements )
• Waste: 678 t (2004)
• Toilets: about 980 seats, more than 878 meters of urinals and 17 for disabled persons
• Phone booths: 83, also for international credit cards
• Lost property: about 4000 items, among them 200 mobile phones, wedding rings, and even crutches.

 Some of the funnier things collected at last year's lost and found included:

• 1450 articles of clothing
• 90 cameras
• 770 ID cards
• 420 wallets
• 366 keys 
• 330 bags
• 320 pairs of glasses
• 90 pieces of jewelry/watches
• 37 children lost (this figure is up from 18 in 2009)

Most unusual things lost at the 2010 fest have to be:

• Leather whip
• Set of dentures 
• A hearing aid
• A live rabbit
• A tuba

Huh?  After living here and going to the Oktoberfest...the weird ones are not the whip or tuba...