Theresienwiese - Munich, Germany

Theresienwiese is the huge open festival ground in Munich, Germany, and this camera looks across its wide paved space, empty for much of the year but filled with beer tents and fairground rides when Oktoberfest comes around.

Covering about 104 acres (42 ha), it's named after Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, who married Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria in 1810. Their wedding celebrations were held on this meadow, and Oktoberfest grew from them.

Locals call it the Wiesn, "the meadow." Besides Oktoberfest, it hosts the Tollwood festival and a huge flea market each spring, and the giant Bavaria statue stands guard on its western edge.

Did You Know? The 1810 royal wedding celebrations ended with a horse race on the meadow, and the race was held again the next year, the start of Oktoberfest.

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