A beer festival with a 250 year old tradition is celebrated every year for 12 days around Pentecost and attracts more than one million visitors.
Under the splendid old, chestnut trees decorated with lanterns, the thirsty festival guests can enjoy cool beer out of steins, typical Franconian beer mugs. Franconian dishes, like fried sausages or the wellknown Breze (pretzel), will be served as well... [read more]
A beer festival with a 250 year old tradition is celebrated every year for 12 days around Pentecost and attracts more than one million visitors.
Under the splendid old, chestnut trees decorated with lanterns, the thirsty festival guests can enjoy cool beer out of steins, typical Franconian beer mugs. Franconian dishes, like fried sausages or the wellknown Breze (pretzel), will be served as well as many international dishes.
Erlangen is the No.1 city of export beer even before Munich and Kulmbach and already 250 years ago the inhabitants knew how to enjoy a cool and fresh beer from the cellars of Erlanger Castle Hill, which were used by the local breweries to store their beer.
The Bergkirchweih is open daily from 10 am to 11 pm. On Sundays and public holidays, the visitors can have the traditional brunch at 9:30 am. And even after 11 pm Erlangen does not rest, then the party will go on in pubs and restaurants in the downtown of Erlangen. In 2010 the festival will take place from 20th to 31st May.
