Wiesn Wiki

The Wiesnwache is in charge of the festival grounds and is staffed around the clock.

The general guard operation is guaranteed from 09:00 am to 01:30 am. In addition, the police station 14 - Westend at Beethovenstraße 5 is responsible for the surrounding area. The best and quickest way to reach us is via the police emergency number 110.

During the Oktoberfest, around 600 colleagues are on duty on the festival grounds and the surrounding area. 

Not only Munich colleagues are on duty. We also work closely with police officers from other federal states, as well as from neighbouring countries such as Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Hungary and the Czech Republic.

Please report people who are in an obviously helpless condition to the emergency services on site immediately.

In case of an emergency, call 110 immediately. Otherwise, please go immediately to the Wiesnwache (police station 17 - on the festival ground in the ‘Service Centre’).

Contact the security staff in your neighbourhood and, if necessary, the police immediately.

Hint: Agree a meeting point with your children just in case. Highly visible or larger objects on the festival site are suitable for this. 

If necessary, give your children their parents' telephone number. A small card is usually sufficient.

Or you can ask the security staff at the entrances - they have so-called ‘children's inventor wristbands’ and will hand these out if required.

The so-called Wiesn (Oktoberfest) Lost and Found Office is located on the premises of the service center, which also includes the police, fire brigade and rescue service: Oktoberfest lost and found office

No, this is prohibited during Oktoberfest and constitutes a criminal offense. In addition, the German Air Traffic Control (DFS) issued an additional notice for this from Saturday, September 21st, 2024 to Sunday, October 6th, 2024, daily from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m.: 30 a.m. the following day, a flight restriction was set up with a radius of approximately 5.5 km and a height of 10 km. This applies to aircraft, but also to drones.

The current flight restrictions can always be found on the interactive DFS page: https://maptool-dipul.dfs.de/?language=en

Further information about drone flights and a corresponding DFS app can be found here: https://www.dfs.de/homepage/de/drohnenflug/

No, this is not permitted. The mugs are the property of the festival hosts. Taking them away is a criminal offence and will generally be reported to the police.

Mugs can be purchased legally. Please inform yourself on: https://www.oktoberfest.de/

No, there is a ban on glass bottles on the festival grounds.

Buggies and prams are allowed on the festival site as long as it is not too crowded. With the exception of Saturdays and the public holiday on 3 October, when buggies and prams are generally prohibited, they may be taken along until 6 pm.

More infromation: https://www.oktoberfest.de/informationen/kinder-und-familie/infos-fuer-den-wiesnbesuch-mit-kindern

We recommend travelling by public transport.

The festival site can be reached directly by underground lines U 4 and U 5 via the Theresienwiese stop. Just a few minutes' walk away are the Goetheplatz and Poccistraße stops on lines U 3 and U 6. A signposted footpath leads visitors from the main railway station to the festival grounds. The festival site is also easily accessible from the Hackerbrücke S-Bahn station. The walk takes about ten minutes on both routes.

You can find more information here: Journey to the Oktoberfest

It is forbidden to spend the night in a motorhome on the roadside anywhere in the city.

For guests travelling to Munich by motorhome, the following parking facilities for motorhomes are available:

• Riem, special open-air exhibition centre, approx. 1500 parking spaces (800 with electricity)
• Thalkirchen, campsite, 250 parking spaces
• Obermenzing, campsite, 150 parking spaces
• Ludwigsfeld, North-West campsite, 85 parking spaces
• Moosach, Am Neubruch, 55 parking spaces

Further important information on this topic can be found here.

Visitor buses can be parked here:

• Fröttmaning, bus terminal, 25 parking spaces
• Fröttmaning, Allianz Arena at the north bus car parking, 50 parking spaces
• not for FC Bayern Munich home matches
• Riem, exhibition centre (De-Gasperi-Bogen), approx. 200 parking spaces
• Sendling, Tübinger Straße on both sides, 30 parking spaces
• Ludwigsvorstadt - Isarvorstadt, Viehhof, Zenettistraße 21, approx. 80 parking spaces

Buses may only stop to allow passengers to board or alight in the respective car parks or at the designated bus stops, not in the road area (‘Sperrring/Barrier ring’) around the Oktoberfest grounds. Unlawful stopping of buses, especially in Schwanthaler Straße, Paul-Heyse-Straße, Herzog-Heinrich-Straße, Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz, Lindwurmstraße, Poccistraße and Hans-Fischer-Straße will be consistently penalised by the police.

More information on this topic can be found here

There are approx. 65 parking spaces available on the southern part of the Theresienwiese for people with disabilities.

Access to the disabled car parks is via Poccistraße and Hans-Fischer-Straße. A valid disabled parking permit is required.

You can find more information here.

As in previous years, there are no parking facilities at the Oktoberfest or in the surrounding area.

We therefore urge all visitors: ‘Come to the Oktoberfest by public transport!’ There are more than 40 P+R car parks in and around Munich. From there you can reach the city centre quickly and easily.

You can find more information here.

The city of Munich has created a comprehensive information page. There is also a smartphone app for the Oktoberfest. This can be found in the respective app stores.

http://www.oktoberfest.de

Oktoberfest-FAQ of the city can be found here.

You can find the MVG app (public transport app) for the Oktoberfest here.