HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL Biergarten
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HAVE GERMAN WILL TRAVEL Biergarten WO KANN MAN IN M0NCHEN ESSEN UND TRINKEN? beer garden: der Biergarten, die Biergarten VIENNA HAS ITS COFFEE-HOCSES, England its . ,, .~,A I - ~ . ... ~ - pubs, and Southern Germany its beer ~ gardens. In the warmer South, "below" the river Main, Germans like to spend the early But one ca emutlichkeit" canno old-fashion::n~ it in summery /;J~ ~ e trardnslated. evening drinking out of doors. There are wmehouses and trad/. lJJB ;,ns. beer-gardens in the southern part of Hesse, in Baden-Wiirttemberg, and most especially in Bavaria. A beer-garden is a place in which to relax thoughtfully under the shadow of the chestnut trees, to be part of the peaceful scene made famous by painters like Lieber mann and Menzel. There are more than 100 beer-gardens in Munich alone. The biggest, with about 7,000 seats, is the Hirschgarten, near the Nymphen burg Castle. This garden can serve 18,000 litres of the highly-regarded Augustiner beers in a single evening. The same brewery also owns the Atigustinerkeller, which seats 5,000 people. Keller merely signifies that the beer is kept in a cellar, not that the actual drinking is in some sort of basement. Imitation bierke!Iers in other countries are really modelled on a quite different institu tion, the beer-hall. While the beer-garden is notable for its quietude, the beer-hall is notable for its noise. Once again, drinkers can be accommodated by the thousand, but there is also room for brass-bands, singing and swaying. Just as each Munich brewery has its biergarten, so each has its bierhalle. The Augustiner and Pschorr bier hallm are good examples, but the Mathaser Bierstadt is said to be the biggest. This hall, in Bayerscrasse, serves Lowenbriiu beer. durchgehend all day I Just a drink Wherever meals and snacksare served hot and cold drinks (including alcohol) are available. If you don't feel like eating, it's possible in many restaurants to order a drink only. For a place specialising in beer look for Biergarten, an open-air restaurant offering good plain food as well as other drinks, or Bierkeller, a plainly furnished hall geared to serving beer in huge quantities. .