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1. Episode #289 of 'dreibettzimmer,' titled 'Mit Zunge,' covers a ten-day stretch that included the Berlin Marathon weekend and the Munich Oktoberfest.
2. The three regular hosts — Paul, Steini, and Inga — are the full cast; Steini led both the Berlin and Munich adventures while Paul joined him in Munich.
3. The episode's central thread is Steini's experience of two major German social events in rapid succession, filtered through his network of running-club friends and Munich acquaintances.
4. Steini attended the New Balance Shake Out Run in Berlin the day before the marathon, a 3-5km warm-up run for 200 invited participants including running influencers, brand partners, and club representatives from across Germany.
5. Running influencer Kim Gottwald, who recently won an ultramarathon in Texas by running 360 kilometers consecutively, attended the Shake Out Run; rapper Bronson, who had a New Balance 'baklava shoe' collaboration, was also present.
6. New Balance, On Running, and other brands had built major brand activations around the Berlin Marathon weekend — free coffee kiosks, pop-up stores, raves in large halls — reflecting how marathon events have become marketing opportunities for sportswear labels.
7. Harry Styles ran the 2024 Berlin Marathon in 2 hours and 59 minutes — sub-3 — in 26°C heat; three people near Steini's cheering zone at kilometer 37 were reportedly reanimated mid-race due to the conditions.
8. A friend from the group also ran sub-3, meaning Styles and the friend passed Steini's cheering zone around the same time; Steini admits he would not have recognized Styles mid-run and would have cheered for him accidentally in German.
9. Steini describes his Cozy Club friends from Hamburg being in Berlin for the weekend because one of their friends was running the marathon and they were invited to New Balance events, illustrating how running communities now travel together for major races.
10. Star photographer Paul Ripke was at the cheering zone, identifiable by his trademark wild hair and Birkenstocks, which he wears to every event regardless of occasion.
11. After the marathon, a large group from Berlin and Hamburg gathered for a spontaneous reunion, which Steini describes as 'a complete class meeting' that had appeared by chance.
12. Steini's Oktoberfest night started at the Glöcklwirt — the smallest tent on the Munich fairgrounds — which felt like a VIP hut because of its intimacy and the fact that the band came down from the stage to perform among the audience.
13. Waiters from all the other large tents on the Wiesn spent their breaks drinking at the Glöcklwirt, making it the unofficial after-hours bar for Oktoberfest staff — Steini and Paul were, in effect, in the staff rest area.
14. The evening peaked so suddenly that it appeared to last only ten minutes; Steini grabbed his wig, told Paul to meet him at the Weinzelt wine cellar, and they ran through the fairgrounds to get there.
15. At the Weinzelt's outdoor wine garden, Josh and Mattis from the group reunited and kissed each other on the mouth with tongue; everyone nearby instinctively turned away to give them privacy.
16. The cheapest wine bottle at the Weinzelt cost 49.50 euros for a standard 0.7-litre bottle — Steini had ordered one and Paul had ordered another, spending roughly the price of three large steins each.
17. A stranger named Caro — real name unknown, nicknamed Erika and Caro in the episode — joined their table after attempting to relay a message to the people behind them, noticed the energy, and stayed for the rest of the evening's two hours.
18. Steini's future social ambitions include being invited to Coachella by Justin Bieber (who is performing there next year) and returning to Oktoberfest with a reserved table, potentially at the Käfer tent.
19. The episode tone is high-energy and anecdotal, with Steini as the primary narrator of both weekends and Paul and Inga reacting with disbelief and envy.
20. German-speaking listeners who enjoy festival culture, running events, Oktoberfest stories, and the texture of young urban friendship networks will get the most out of this episode.
