Here Not There by Andrew Nelson

Author:Andrew Nelson [Nelson, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-15T00:00:00+00:00

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For Oktoberfest

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Instead of Munich, Germany

Twilight falls over Cincinnati’s skyline, the Ohio River, and the Roebling Suspension Bridge.

A patron of Oktoberfest Zinzinnati dons his Alpine hat decorated with souvenir pins.

Beer is the ballast for many a memorable party, and none are sudsier or more fun than German Oktoberfest celebrations. The annual autumn beer bust in Munich draws millions of people during a two-week-long celebration. For an equally joyous kegger, but one that’s maybe a bit more manageable, consider attending an Oktoberfest in a historic Ohio river city. Cincinnati boasts one of the biggest Oktoberfests outside Deutschland—and the largest in the United States. Traditionally held during the last weeks of September, Oktoberfest Zinzinnati usually has more than 500,000 participants, who consume upwards of 80,000 bratwursts and 16,000 pieces of strudel alongside four million fluid ounces (118,290 L) of beer over its four-day run.

There’s plenty of beer to quaff and some uniquely American events including musical acts and silly competitions like the Running of the Wieners, which pits 100 dachshunds wearing hot dog bun costumes in a race. There’s also a German costume show, Frocktoberfest, that features creative interpretations of dirndls and lederhosen and a stein-hoisting competition. For some reason there’s a giant chicken dance. During the festival 100 kinds of beer, including those from a host of local breweries like Rhinegeist, Braxton Brewing Company, and Fifty West, are on offer.

Cincinnati has always been a beer town. That history dates back to the early 19th century when thousands of German immigrants arrived in the Queen City to work in its meatpacking plants and iron foundries. Many of them settled in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. While the 20th century saw the familiar decline of Cincinnati’s inner city, things are different now as knowledge workers (P&G is headquartered here, as are five other Fortune 500 companies) and young college graduates snapped up the historic housing stock. Today the city supports a host of attractions, such as the Cincinnati Museum Center, housed in its enormous Hollywood Bowl of a train station with brilliant murals by German American artist Winold Reiss. Its basement contains a scale model of the city as it was in 1940.

Visitors can grab a view atop the 49-story Carew Tower, Cincinnati’s grandest skyscraper. Close to it is Fountain Square, the city’s town square, which hosts ice skating and bumper cars in the winter and summer pop concerts. Along the Ohio River there’s the opportunity to call on the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, stroll the Riverwalk in Smale Riverfront Park, or walk to Kentucky across the now pedestrian-only Roebling Suspension Bridge. Similar in construction and looks to its more famous Brooklyn cousin, it is 17 years older, having been finished in 1866. The city also has the American Sign Museum, which displays an array of blinking and buzzing vintage advertisements in a rainbow of neon. Cincinnati sports a lot of hills, and an afternoon atop Mount Adams with its pubs and restaurants overlooking the downtown is a treat. Nearby are the botanical gardens and Cincinnati Art Museum.

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