Oktoberfest in Athens
The global Glastonbury of the amber liquid, Oktoberfest, returns to Athens this week for four days of beer swilling, sausage chomping and foot stomping fun.
The association is well timed as Greece’s beer scene is buzzing at the moment with breweries and taprooms making and serving delicious beers from across the taste spectrum. The stats around the Munich original beggar belief with around 6 million people attending each year and between them putting away nearly 2 million gallons of beer. The feats of strength from the drindl-girdled servers is the real draw though with a video currently circulating of a waitress carrying 13 steins and a smile out to the waiting drinkers. Given the long association between the Greeks and the Bavarians, this year’s event in Athens should prove to be a wonderful meeting of minds and steins with the Hellenic love to celebration adding to the occasion. Oktoberfest Athens is “powered by” the excellent Athens Street Food Festival which is a further reason to be excited. There will be food, comedy, music and more at the four day event.
