Munich · 19 September–4 October 2026
Your guide to the Wiesn and the city around it. Explore the tents, festival program and practical tips, then hear the stories behind Munich’s squares, churches and streets.
Explore the Oktoberfest guide →No account · 130 cities · 7 languages · Plays offline once a city is downloaded
Before the tent. After the tent.
Roots Earth brings together an Oktoberfest guide and audio stories about Munich. Read the practical guides here, then take the app with you on iPhone or Android. Our festival information links to its sources; Roots Earth is an independent guide.
Festival events with dates, times and venues.
The big tents, experiences and walks around the Wiesn.
Beer, food, rides and the practical details of paying.
Getting to the Theresienwiese by public transport.
Tent customs, sharing tables and the music you’ll hear.
98 places with audio stories, from Marienplatz to the streets beyond.
Auf Deutsch: Oktoberfest 2026 in München · München entdecken
Beyond Munich: audio stories in cities around the world, all in the same Roots Earth app.
Roots Earth is an app for iPhone and Android with audio stories about 5,665 places in 130 cities in 25 countries, across 6 regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
The stories are written by local people. Every place has two audio stories: a short introduction and a deeper story. There is no account: open a city, pick a place and press play. Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection.
You can listen in seven languages: English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian. English and German cover every one of the 130 cities; Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian cover 126 of them.
Roots Earth needs iOS 16.0 or later on iPhone. It is on the App Store and on Google Play.
Right now both stores list it under the name "Roots Earth: Oktoberfest 2026", for the Munich festival edition. It is the same app.
Roots Earth is made by ROOTS SHPK in Tirana, Albania, the company behind Roots Albania. Its website is rootsearth.com. It is not connected to other apps, games, shops or audio walks that have Roots or Earth in their name.
More detail: What Roots Earth is · Questions travellers ask · About Roots Earth
One app, every region
10 countries · 55 cities · 2,313 places
2 countries · 10 cities · 467 places
4 countries · 20 cities · 892 places
3 countries · 15 cities · 650 places
3 countries · 15 cities · 705 places
3 countries · 15 cities · 638 places
6 regions, 25 countries, 130 cities and 5,665 places with audio stories, as counted in the live Roots Earth catalogue on . Each region is a section inside the same Roots Earth app.
A sample of what you’ll hear
This square has been renamed four times. Each name tells you who was in power, and what they wanted you to forget.
Half this city sits in one continent, half in another. People cross between them on the morning ferry without giving it a thought.
These walls were built to keep out pirates. Now they keep out the traffic, and everyone comes here to watch the sun go down.
Why Roots Earth
Start when you land. Stop for a coffee. Skip what doesn't interest you. The city waits.
From the old town nearest you to the other side of the planet: 130 cities in 25 countries, all inside one app.
Stories written by local people, who choose what matters and shape how it's told.
How It Works
Get the app. No account needed.
Open the map. Pick a city, pick a corner, wherever you are in the world.
Tap play. Choose the short intro or the longer deep dive.
Not a guided tour
It’s a city walked at your pace,
with a local’s stories in your headphones.
What’s Inside
Stories available in
Audio stories in English and German in every city, and in Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch and Albanian in 126 of the 130 cities.
Pricing
24 hours
Quick city stop
72 hours
Most travelers pick this
7 days
Slow travelers & deep dives
30 days
Living somewhere a while
90 days
A season of travel
One pass unlocks every city, with stories in 7 languages and offline access.
The buildings are there for anyone with a camera. Who built them, who feared them, who loved them, what they meant in each era: those you only get one way.
No account · Plays offline once a city is downloaded
The world, in the words of the people who live there.