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There are a series of tents (often called beer tents) at the Oktoberfest, which are operated by different Wiesn-hosts and in which some come from a long tradition. Some tents belong to the local breweries. The set up work for the tents often begins three months before the start of the festival.

Big marquees

Armbrustschützenzelt

The Armbrustschützenzelt (crossbow firing tent) has been around since 1895. It has 5,830 indoor and 1,620 outdoor seats.Festwirt (tent operator) is Peter Inselkammer, brother of the owner of the Ayinger Brewery. What is poured however, come from the Paulaner Brewery, since only beer from Munich breweries is served at the Oktoberfest. The German Championship for crossbow, 30m national discipline, takes place traditionally every year in the Armbrustschützenzelt.

Augustiner-Bräu

The Augustiner brewery is the only Munich brewery that still delivers the beer in wooden barrels to the Oktoberfest. The tent has 6000 indoor and 2500 outdoor seats. The tent operators are Manfred and Thomas Vollmer, who also operate two large Augustiner restaurants in Munich (Landsberger Straße and Neuhauser Strasse).

Bräurosl / Pschorrbräu-Festhalle

The Bräurosl is the tent of the host family Heide, who also runs the large restaurant Heide-Volm in Planegg near Munich. This tent traditionally holds the "Gay Sunday" every year on the first Sunday of the Oktoberfest, which emerged from a club event of the "MLC ;ünchner Löwen Club".

Landmarks of the Bräurosl tent are two almost 20-meter-high Maibäume (Maypoles) placed at the front of the tent. In 2004 a new tent was opened with 6,000 indoor seats and 2,500 outdoor seats. In 2010, the Bräurosl tent had 6,200 indoor seats and 2,200 outdoor seats.

Hacker-Pschorr beer is served there.

Fischer-Vroni

The Fischer-Vroni - among the 14 large tents at the Oktoberfest is one of the smallest - received a new tent in 2006 with side galleries, which another gallery above the main entrance was added in 2011 and in 2013 expanded to include a wooden barrel stock. It has 3080 indoor and 700 outdoor seats. Like the Augustiner tents, here Augustiner beer is served on tap. Specialties here are the Steckerlfisch, a grilled spit fish. For several years now on second festival Monday it has come to tradition that the gays and lesbians "occupy" the tent. This tradition goes back to the now deceased gay host of the Prosecco bar who simply reserved some tables for his guests, and many other gays and lesbians joined in. Meanwhile, this tradition is so well known, that guests need to come early in order to be able to get a place to join the celebration.

References

1. "So wächst die Wiesn: Bilder vom Aufbau". Oktoberfest-live.de (in German). Retrieved 13 November 2015.
2. "Armbrustschützenzelt" (in German). Armbrustschützenzelt Peter Inselkammer KG. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
3. "Armbrustschätzenzelt" (in German). wiesnkini.de. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
4. "Augustiner Festhalle" (in German). wiesnkini.de. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
5. "Bräurosl" (in German). wiesnkini.de. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
6. "Fischer-Vroni" (in German). wiesnkini.de. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

External links

• Official Oktoberfest homepage

• Oktoberfest
• Beer and breweries in Germany
• Culture of Bavaria
• Buildings and structures in Munich
• Tents