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Germany's famous celebration of autumn and beer, Oktoberfest, wrapped up this weekend withthis year saw record attendence with 7.4 million visitors descending on the festival. The majority of attendees came from within Germany, with Americans, Italians and Austrians topping the numbers for foreign visitors
The step at the Munich festival comes after thousands of voyeuristic videos emerged on social media.
Oktoberfest is famous the world over for beer, brass band music and Bavarian traditions. But staff are also reporting incidents of racism and sexism, and are taking a stand against discrimination.
Oktoberfest 2026 is underway but it's not just beer on offer in Munich this year; revelers can also get themselves a flu jab before heading to the tents. DW has more.
The mayor of Munich opened at noon on Saturday, September 19, the first barrel of beer of the 191st Oktoberfest festival, in which six million attendees are expected to participate. It will be more than two weeks of celebration, in which pretzels, pork roasts and sausages will fill the tables of the colossal Theresienwiese fairground.
He was born to create a German identity decades before Germany existed, endured two wars, reinvented and multiplied.
Thousands of visitors streamed onto Munich's Oktoberfest grounds as the world-famous beer festival got underway. Some spent the night outside the gates to secure coveted places in the festival tents.
Thousands of visitors streamed onto Munich's Oktoberfest grounds as the world-famous beer festival got underway. Some spent the night outside the gates to secure coveted places in the festival tents.
This year, AI will be used to manage overcrowded situations. Find all the numbers surrounding the fest — including the price of water!
This year, AI will be used to manage overcrowded situations. Find all the numbers surrounding the fest — including the price of water!
