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German Village Oktoberfest
- 📅 Dates
- Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026
- 📍 Location
- 89-7 Dogil-ro, Namhae-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do
- 🎫 Admission
- Free
- 🕘 Hours
- 10:00-21:30
- 🎪 Venue
- Area of German Village
- 🏛️ Organizer
- Namhae-gun · Namhae-gun, German Village Oktoberfest Organization Committee
- ☎️ Contact
- +82-55-860-8603
⚠️ This festival's listed dates have passed
The dates above are from the most recent official schedule. Many Korean festivals are annual events held around the same time each year, but the next date has not been officially confirmed yet — please check the official website or a Google search below before planning a trip.
Overview
The German Village Oktoberfest is Namhae's representative cultural tourism festival, held based on the exotic scenery of the German Village and the historical significance of the Korean expatriate movement to Germany. The German Village is a community where overseas Koreans settled after returning from Germany, where they worked as miners and nurses during the 1960s and 1970s; it preserves the history of the lives of these workers and the exchange between Korea and Germany. Inspired by Oktoberfest, Germany's iconic beer festival, the festival features a variety of German-style food, beer, musi
Source: Korea Tourism Organization (official English translation, TourAPI).
🅿️ Nearby attractions — with actual parking capacity
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🏮 Traditional market days during the festival
Korean country markets open only on days ending in fixed digits — every 5 days. These are the actual dates they open while the festival runs, so you can add one to the same trip.
Names and addresses here stay in Korean on purpose. Google Maps cannot give directions inside South Korea, and NAVER Map / KakaoMap find these places only under their Korean names — copy an address above and paste it straight in.
🎪 Other festivals nearby at the same time
Overlapping dates, within 60 km.
Nearby Attractions
Places near the festival venue, described in English by the Korea Tourism Organization. Distances and times are road-based driving estimates from NAVER route search — useful for taxi trips — and can change with traffic. Places under 1 km in a straight line are marked “walkable”. Anything more than 15 km away by road is left out.
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