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A Beer Festival is an organised event during which a variety of beers are available for tasting and purchase. HPCC-06 will take place immediately before Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival. 22nd September to 9th October 2007. For 16 days around 7 million visitors come to Munich and consume approximately 6 million liters of beer in 14 giant beer tents. The opening ceremony will take place on Saturday September 16th, 2007. The parade is traditionally part of the two-week festival gathering visitors from all over the world. Organizers of the world’s largest folk festival expect up to six million visitors to enjoy Bavarian beer in huge tents and exciting roller coasters on the fairgrounds. All activities take place in vast marquees hosted by the various Munich breweries and seating several thousand revellers apiece. The beer, the food and the music all combine to create an atmosphere which is unequalled.

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The Allianz Arena, opened in 2005 and home to both Munich clubs – Bayern and TSV 1860, was designed purely as football stadium. It took less than three years to build this architecturally unique arena. Here you find out all you need to know about Europes state of the art stadium.
Capacity

* Total: 69,901 capacity undercover (including.Executive boxes and business seats)
* Total of 66,000 seats
* Lower Tier: 20,000 seats (with standing : 69,901)
* Middle Tier: 24,000 seats
* Upper Tier: 22,000 seats
* in the North and South Stands: 10,400 standing: a relationship of 1-1.3 Vario-Seats
* 2,200 business seats and about 400 seats for the press
* 106 VIP boxes of various sizes accommodating 1,374 guests
* 165 special seats for the disabled at main entrance/exterior ground level (no change of level)

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The park, which covers the size of 25 soccer fields, is divided into seven subject areas. Every subject area was constructed with the thought that all of our heros, unconditioned by their age and in equal measure, have something to discover at the centers of experiment, rollercoasters, water attractions and shows. This is how the familiy altogether can spend the day exploring the park and experience something new. The core of the park is the so-called “MINILAND”. This is where famous buildings and landscapes in Europe were rebuilt with more than 25 billion LEGO® bricks and a lot of love for the details. In order to make MINILAND to look as realistic as possible, people, animals, cars, ships, trains and airplanes are moving when pushing a button, surrounded by the suitable background noises.

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Which of the Greek islands athenians want to keep only for themselves, to chill without to be pushed be thousands of tourists. Where do the swedish people go? Which is german answer of Martas Vineyard – On which island are chilling stars, famous people and presidents. The answer is hidden in some of the Secret Islands of Europe.

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Hram-pametnik Aleksander Nevski (St Alexander Nevski Memorial Church)
Said to be Sofia’s most photographed monument, Alexander Nevski is a magnificent neo-Byzantine cathedral-sized church, topped by copper and golden domes. Considered the heart of the city, it was built between 1882 and 1912, in honor of the Russian soldiers, who fell when the Russian army helped liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule in 1878. The church takes its name from Alexander Nevski, credited with saving Russia from Swedish troops in 1240 and the patron saint of the family of the tsar at that time, Alexander II – also known as Tsar Osvoboditel, the ‘Tsar Liberator’ – who led the army that drove out the Turks.

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Matička Praha – ‘little mother Prague’ – was largely undamaged by WWII, and the cityscape is stunning. Its compact medieval centre remains an evocative maze of cobbled lanes, ancient courtyards, dark passages and churches beyond number, all watched over by an 1100-year-old castle. Kidnapped by communism for 40 years, Prague has become one of Europe’s most popular tourist destinations. Its traditional pubs and eateries have been augmented by a wave of gourmet restaurants, cocktail bars and trendy cafes – though you can still feast on pork and dumplings washed down with a beer.

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