Staying outside of Munich during Okoberfest

About a month ago someone posted some good cities to stay in outside of Munich that were on rail lines. I%26#39;ve been searching but can%26#39;t find that post. Does anyone remember any of the cities? Thank you so much.

Heidel

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Any city outside of Munich close to it is on a rail line.

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MVV (Munich region local public transport network) schematic rail map

mvv-muenchen.de/web4archiv/objects/download/…

same as topographic map

mvv-muenchen.de/web4archiv/…vlp07land.pdf

railroad map Bavaria

bayerntakt.de/media/…Gesamtnetz07.pdf

red/orange = at least hourly service

Esp. interesting (from their size, distance to Munich, but also quite attractive) are Augsburg, Landshut and Rosenheim.

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I liked Freising which has both train and s-bahn connections to Munich. There is also a dedicated bus line (635) between the Munich airport and the Freising train station.

http://www.freising.de/

Regards, Gary

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Augsburg would be my first choice. Excellent rail service into Munich with an average time of about 30 minutes. I used to just show up and book a room through the tourist office. However, the last time I stayed in Augsburg during Oktoberfest (2 years ago), the tourist office had a bit of trouble finding a room. It seems that people have caught on to Augsburg%26#39;s utility. Augsburg is still a good choice, but I would book ahead, nowadays.

If you have a rail pass, even Nuremberg is an option. It is about a two hour journey by fast train. My trip last year, I stayed in Nuremberg since I was to travel on to Berlin and wanted to cut some time off that journey. Nuremberg was celebrating the Altstadt festival, which is a mini-Oktoberfest with no carnival rides but plenty of excellent food and local beer. Room prices at the Ibis near the rail station were about 55 Euros (no breakfast). I took the precaution of buying seat reservations, since I didn%26#39;t want the possibility of having to stand for two hours. But on a weekday, they proved to be unnecessary.

I%26#39;ve never overnighted in Ingolstadt, but it looks like it would have good rail service into Munich. I%26#39;d look into it if I couldn%26#39;t find a suitable hotel in Augsburg.

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