S23E15 - The Story On How a Royal Wedding Became Oktoberfest | History For Sleep

Oktoberfest began with something surprisingly simple: a royal wedding and an invitation to celebrate. No centuries-old beer festival tradition, no enormous festival tents. Just a marriage in Bavaria that went over well enough for people to decide they should probably do something like it again.

Tonight, we’re heading to Munich in 1810 to discover how the wedding celebrations of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese became the beginning of one of the world’s most recognizable festivals.

We’ll wander through the original festivities, explore the famous horse race held outside Munich’s city gat...