No other brewery is as conspicuous on the Oktoberfest fairgrounds as Spaten. Fresh, sparkling Spaten Oktoberfest beer flows on tap in three large beer tents and one smaller one - a taste sensation, accompanied by jaunty music and culinary treats.

Schottenhamel
Ochsenbraterei
Hippodrome
Glöckle Wirt

To help you find your way around the Oktoberfest and guide you directly to the Spaten tents, we have compiled an overall map of the fairground which you can print out and take with you when you visit the fair.

Schottenhamel Beer Tent

The Schottenhamel beer tent is the 'in' tent par excellence - always full, always lively. Reservations are advisable. This is where the Lord Mayor of Munich taps the first keg of Oktoberfest beer - Spaten, of course. After that, there's no end to the fun.

Cuisine: barbecue specialities.

Festival innkeepers: Peter and Christian Schottenhamel

Reservations:
Phone: + 49 (0) 89 - 5446 9310
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 - 5446 9319

Total seating capacity: 10,000 (tent and garden)
Music: Otto Schwarzfischer

Ochsenbraterei

Here entire steers are turned on a spit. About 100 are devoured each year, to the accompaniment of brass bands, plenty of good cheer - and, of course, Spaten, one litre tankard after another. This beer tent has been in existence since 1867. It is heaven on earth for a true Municher and a byword in Oktoberfest cheer for visitors from all over the world.

Special feature: many seats in the beer garden for sunny afternoons, and entertainment from morning until deep in the night.

Cuisine: barbecued beef, of course, along with beef rolls and that Oktoberfest stalwart, broiled chicken.

Total seating capacity: approx. 7,500 (tent and garden).
Music: Bruno Gress, marimba band, senior citizens' band from Chinese Tower, the Rossbachtaler.

Hippodrome

The smallest beer tent, but uncommonly popular. Innkeeper Sepp Krätz offers a skilful and stylish mixture of hearty Bavarian tradition and international flair. Here you will meet a high-class clientele with the occasional celebrity from the worlds of film, radio and business.

Special feature: a cosy bar in the mezzanine and special offers for supper.

Cuisine: hearty Bavarian food and gourmet snacks.

Festival innkeepers: Sepp and Gabi Krätz

Reservations:
Phone: + 49 (0) 89 - 2916 4646
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 - 2954 42
e-mail: hippodrom@t-online.de

Total seating capacity: 4,000 (3,000 in tent, 1,000 in garden)
Music: Münchner Zwietracht, Bayerische 7, Jamei.

Glöckle Wirt

An insider's tip. The Glöckle Wirt is the smallest of all the tents at the Oktoberfest. Here the fun never stops! Horst Hermann, a Bavarian comedian and one-man band familiar from TV and radio, keeps spirits soaring with non-stop music and jokes. Anyone with time for an in-between snack will forget his or her favourite five-star restaurant - but will certainly remember to order a Spaten.

Special feature: count on seeing high-spirited celebrities at the neighbouring table.

Cuisine: outstanding Bavarian specialities, exquisitely prepared.

Festival innkeeper: Hanns-Werner Glöckle

Reservations:
Phone: + 49 (0) 89 - 641 8280
Fax: + 49 (0) 89 - 641 3968

Music: Horst Hermann