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Video introduction to HouseTrip

Written by Arnaud on the 28. of September 2009  |  No comments

Dear readers,

I haven’t written for a while: the past few days have been rather hectic with the launch!

As an introduction to HouseTrip, we have done a short video explaining how it works for the hosts. You can watch it below. Enjoy!

HouseTrip for the hosts

Hosts’ interview of the week: being a Munich host during the Oktoberfest!

Written by Arnaud on the 02. of July 2009  |  2 comments
okoberfest

The Theresienwiese area during the Oktoberfest

The Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fair with over 6 million attendees every year! It is traditionally (the Wiesn – as it is called locally – dates back to the early 1800’s) held for about 2 weeks from the end of September to early October. It is of course very famous for its beer (about 7 million litres of it are drunk at every Oktoberfest!) and food (about half a million chickens will be eaten during the fair :-) ) but also for its popular attractions such as roller coasters. There are a lot of funny traditions around Oktoberfest: one that caught our attention is that every year a special beer mug is edited – a lot of people collect them like you can see on this website which displays Oktoberfest’s mugs from 1978 until now.

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