Dutch Oktoberfest parties grow popular, but differ culturally from Germany

Dutch Oktoberfest parties grow popular, but differ culturally from Germany

Celebrating Oktoberfest is becoming increasingly popular in the Netherlands. In Sittard, for example, roughly 200,000 visitors come over the six-day period from October 16 to October 21. The celebration itself, however, is quite different from the way it is done in Germany, Hart van Nederland reports.“In Germany, it is a genuine tradition for people to sit together at tables dressed in traditional costumes," John Zut, organizer of trips to Munic…