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  • 1. New Year’s Eve

    Best places to enjoy the spectacular fireworks: Bavaria statue, Olympiaberg, high-rises, and the highest banks of the Isar.

  • 2. Epiphany

    During the week before 6 Jan, children dress up as the Three Magi and go door to door, collecting money for charity.

  • 3. Ash Wednesday

    Carnival (Fasching ) is followed by a fasting period and the start of the bock beer season.

  • 4. Easter

    Easter egg hunts in Tierpark Hellabrunn and other locations.

  • 5. Labour Day

    The raising of the Maypole and union marches are on 1 May.

  • 6. Corpus Christi

    One of the most important days in the Bavarian Catholic calendar. Munich has a large procession.

  • 7. Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving and Kirchweih (consecration of churches) fall on the same day. The Auer Herbstdult (see Auer Dulten) often begins on Thanksgiving, as does the Almabtrieb , when the cattle are driven from Alpine summer pastures.

  • 8. All Saints’ Day

    On 1 Nov, graves are decorated and lanterns lit. Halloween is celebrated the night before.

  • 9. St Martin’s Day

    Children carry lanterns in processions led by a rider dressed as St Martin. Roast goose is traditional at dinner.

  • 10. Christmas

    Christkindl markets start on the first day of Advent. Midnight mass is held 24 Dec.

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