The Bavarian name for the historical Oktoberfest area introduced for the 200th anniversary in 2010 is Oide Wiesn.
“Oide Wiesn” means “old fairground” in Bavarian. It was created at the southern end of the Theresienwiese as part of Oktoberfest’s 200th-anniversary celebrations, offering a deliberately traditional alternative to the modern festival’s giant rides, amplified music and commercial scale.
The area featured historic attractions, a museum tent, traditional food and beer tents, and a horse race recalling Oktoberfest’s origins. The six Munich breweries also presented a dark special beer based on an early nineteenth-century recipe. Unlike the main festival, the historical area charged admission and generally closed earlier.
The name is easy to confuse with Theresienwiese, the entire Munich site where Oktoberfest is held, or Rosa Wiesn, the name associated with LGBT celebrations at the festival. Oide Wiesn became a recurring feature after 2010, although it cannot be staged in every year when the agricultural fair occupies the same ground.