O'zapft is!

From the Diary of a Oktoberfest Waitress

Margarete Prijak is an institution at the Augustiner Festhalle and knows the Oktoberfest like the back of her dirndl pocket: Since 1987, only a broken knee, the birth of her son, and two years of pandemic have kept her from her work as a Oktoberfest waitress. Her experiences on the Theresienwiese are hardly contained in a single evening and just barely fit between two book covers.

"'O'zapft is!' is a narrative panorama of the world's largest folk festival, gathering funny anecdotes, quirky facts, essential insider tips, traditional costume knowledge, Bavarian lessons for newcomers, Oktoberfest hit lists, self-tests, and much more.

There’s the businessman who transfers 2000 euros to Maggy's private account every year before the tapping of the keg, so he doesn’t lose his existence in the intoxication of the senses. There’s the treasure trove that empirically evaluates everything that has been lost and keeps statistics on lost toupees or dentures. There are the personalized wooden beer coasters with iconic inscriptions, the wild boar, and the vomit hill, the Noargerl beer mugs, and there’s the drama of the Oktoberfest attack in 1980, which took the innocence out of the celebration.

Margarete Prijak delivers the very first book by a genuine Oktoberfest waitress and the survival guide for the 5th Munich season!.