The Oktoberfest is a really popular festival, which isn’t only celebrated in Germany, it´s celebrated all over the world. But the Oktoberfest comes from Germany.
It started first in Bavaria, a province of Germany, because Ludwig of Bavaria and princess Therese from Sachsen-Hildburghausen married. That was on the 17. October 1810. All the pople, who celebrated it on that day decided to celebrate it every year, so it became a national festival. The Guardian of the Oktoberfest is Bavaria.
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Honestly, right now in the 21 century much people use the Oktoberfest only for drinking beer, but we have still a few traditions:
- You eat hendl (chicken)
- weißwürstchen (white sausages) with
- Bretzel (pretzel)
- and süßer Senf (a sweet mustard)
- and the adults are drinking lots of beer
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Also, in the places where the Oktoberfest is celebrated, it almost looks like a fair: 
(http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/munich-oktoberfest-2014-photos-worlds-biggest-beer-festival-1466656)
So if you don’t only want to drink beer and eat all the delicious things you can absolutely do something else too, for example take a ride on a rollercoaster or enjoy the view on a ferris wheel.
If you are tired of celebrating the Oktoberfest there is lots to do, if you are in the city where the Oktoberfest was founded (Munich/ München) :
- You can go to the Bayrisches nationalmuseum (there you can learn about the culture and also art of Germany) http://www.bayerisches-nationalmuseum.de/
- after visiting the museum you could enjoy your dinner at Horst Esskultur Bar (its a typical German Restaurant) https://www.facebook.com/horst.esskultur
- If you like cars, then you should go to the BMW museum, there are lots of cars also a Rolls Royce and a racing car http://www.bmw-welt.com/en/
- Also you should visit Zoologische Staatsammlung München (they are doing events and talk about their researches about different species of animals) http://www.zsm.mwn.de/
Hotels to stay in (München/Munich)
- Hotel München Palace http://hotel-muenchen-palace.de/de/ (more expensive)
- Bold Hotels http://bold-hotels.com/hotel-muenchen.html (more cheap)
- Platz Hotel http://www.platzl.de/ (more expensive)
- Mc Dreams http://www.mcdreamshotels.de/ (more cheap)
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But if you are not located in Munich, if you are staying in Düsseldorf, which is my city where I live, you should do the following things:
- Visit the Schokoladenmuseum in Köln (Cologne) it’s not far away from Düsseldorf, both cities are directly next to each other; The museum is about Chocolate you can learn about Chocolate and of course try it too ! There are cooking courses too. http://www.schokoladenmuseum.de/
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- In Düsseldorf there is the famous Rheinturm, with a really good restaurant at the top, you can eat and enjoy the view at the same time ! Also, the restaurant turns/spins, so you have all the time a different view on the river called Rhein and the city Düsseldorf. http://www.guennewig.de/rheinturm-duesseldorf
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Hotels to stay in (Düsseldorf)
- Pigage (has the best food in Düsseldorf and is also a hotel) http://pigage.de/ (more expensive)
- Hotel an der Oper https://www.novum-hotels.de/hotel-oper-duesseldorf (is central + cheap)
- Breidenbacher Hof http://www.capellahotels.com/dusseldorf/ (really expensive)
- Hotel Buisness Wieland http://www.hotel-wieland.de/ (more cheap)
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I really hope that you will be able to celebrate the oktoberfest too one day, because it’s really fun!
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