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Beer halls (or 'beerhalls') are essentially over-sized pubs that specialize in beer. Munich is undoubtedly the beerhall capital of the world; almost every brewery in Munich (and there are quite a few) operates a beerhall. The largest beer hall was the 5,000-seat Mathaser near the Munich train station; unfortunately, it was torn down/coverted into a movie theater in the last few years. The best known is probably the , also in Munich. The best, from a quality and cultural point of view, is probably the .
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