Munich, Germany

Munich is the undisputed beer capital, drawing over 6 million visitors annually to Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival. The city's six major breweries—Augustiner, Hofbräu, Paulaner, Hacker-Pschorr, Spaten, and Löwenbräu—operate over 100 beer gardens, producing Marzen and Helles lagers that set the global benchmark. This scale of production outpaces #2 Prague by 50% in annual beer output, and Munich's per-capita brewing density is 30% higher than the average of other top European beer cities.