Oktoberfest criteria are designated Oktoberfest Beer. The breweries that can produce Oktoberfest beer under the aforementioned criteria are: Oktoberfest Beer is a registered trademark by the Club of Munich Brewers, which consists of the above six breweries. The Oktoberfest is known as the largest "Volksfest" (folk festival) in the World. In 1999 there were six and a half million visitors to the 42 hectare Theresienwiese. – 72% of the people are from Bavaria. – 15% of visitors come from foreign countries like the surrounding EU countries and other non-European countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and East Asia.
Munich S-Bahn was most influenced by a decision made in Rome on 26 April 1966: the International Olympic Committee chose Munich over Detroit, Madrid and Montreal as the location for the 1972 Summer Olympics, resulting in a tight schedule of only six years to complete the Munich S-Bahn network. Not only did the tunnel through the city centre have to be built, the full railway infrastructure had to be expanded. The network of suburban lines had to be changed over and modernized. A large number of stations had to be upgraded; platforms were extended to a length of to allow for three-unit