![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/04\/20150412_184004.jpg\")
<\/a>There are many Augustiner beer gardens around Munich! This one I went to today. Own photo.<\/p><\/div>\n
One of the great things in der Biergarten<\/strong> (the beer garden) is that it is erlaubt<\/strong> (allowed) to bring your own food, so you could bring an entire picnic with you and no one would mind! However you do have to buy die Getr\u00e4nke<\/strong> (the drinks) at the beer garden, which is fair enough anyway seeing as it is a beer garden after all.<\/p>\n Cutlery traditionally served in “ein Krug” (jug\/mug). Own photo.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n It is very traditional to see Kastanienb\u00e4ume <\/strong>(chestnut trees) in a beer garden, I\u2019m not entirely sure what the reason is to this but it makes sense as they are very big and therefore give plenty of shade on a hot summers day.<\/p>\n The biggest beer garden in Munich is by Hirschgarten <\/strong>(\u201cDeer garden\u201d) with around 8000 seats! I was there last year to watch the Fussballweltmeisterschaft<\/strong> (football world cup) which was a great experience. Germany started public viewings in beer gardens of the world cup in 2006 and since then they show not only the world cup, but also other big football matches around the year.<\/p>\n On Feiertagen<\/strong> (bank\/public holidays) you can often find live bands playing in beer gardens as well, which makes the whole stimmung<\/strong> (atmosphere\/mood) even better as usual.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s some helpful vocabulary and sentences of what you might see in a typical Bavarian menu:<\/p>\n Brotzeit<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Literal translation \u201cbread time\u201d:\u00a0 This is exactly what it says – lots of bread or sandwiches with various cheeses and meat.<\/p>\n Obazda\/Obatzter\/Obatzda<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is a Bavarian speciality which is like a cheese spread, often eaten with Brezn<\/strong>. It contains camembert, butter, ground red pepper, cumin and onion.<\/p>\n Brezn<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Another Bavarian word, in hochdeutsch<\/strong> (\u201chigh german\u201d\/normal german) it\u2019s called Laugengeb\u00e4ck<\/strong> which in English means pretzel!<\/p>\n Kn\u00f6del<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dumplings. They can be made out of potato (Kartoffelkn\u00f6del)\u00a0<\/strong>or bread (Semmelkn\u00f6del)<\/strong><\/p>\n Ein Helles <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A lager<\/p>\n Das Spezi<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A drink mixture of coca cola and Orangenlimonade<\/strong> (orange lemonade)<\/p>\n Die Eis<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ice cream! Perfect for a hot day and also for Kinder<\/strong> (children)<\/p>\n<\/a>