Online Jigsaw Puzzle of Horses and Wagon at Munich's Oktoberfest

Have fun piecing together a lovely picture of six splendid horses pulling a traditional wooden wagon at the Oktobrfest folk festival.  The wagon belongs to the Paulaner brewery, one of the 6 Munich breweries that partcipate in the Oktoberfest.

The Oktoberfest has been celebrated in Munich since 1810.  Over the years its nature has evolved, keeping a great number of traditions whilst in some aspects morphing into an interesting mixture of old and new.    

To take things back to their roots, on the occasion of the 200th jubilee in 2010 a so-called historical Oktoberfest was organised at the South End of the Theresienwiese in Munich where the festival is traditionally held. It opened one day before beginning of the real Oktoberfest, with a barrel tapping by the chief burgomaster. On the five-hectare area, historical carnival rides, festival tents and other historical attractions were set up.  Harking back to the original Oktoberfests, horse racing was held.  There was also an animal tent containing a petting zoo amongst other things.  

Six Munich breweries made available exclusively here a specially brewed dark beer which was produced according to a historical recipe from the beginning of the 19th century.  Appropriately, the beer mugs in the festival tents sported the label “Munich beer“ rather than the brand logo of a single brewery. In contrast to the rest of the Oktoberfest, the historical meadow closed at 8.00 PM. Instead of the expected 300,000 guests which were expected, far more than half a million visitors came to enjoy this celebration.

During the coming years this traditional Oktoberfest will continue to exist as a permanent festival under the name "Oide Wiesn", although in a more diminished form. For example the horse racecourse will not be present in the future.  The historical festival tent has increased to hold another 2,000 people and the old-style carnival rides have been kept.