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The Oktoberfest fairground (Theresienwiese) in Munich, aerial view. The Oktoberfest is known as the largest Volksfest (folk festival) in the world. [50] In 1999, there were six and a half million visitors [51] to the 42-hectare Theresienwiese; 72% of visitors are from Bavaria.
The Oktoberfest is a two-week festival held each year in Munich, Germany during late September and early October.It is attended by six million people each year and has inspired numerous similar events using the name Oktoberfest in Germany and around the world, many of which were founded by German immigrants or their descendants.
You don't have to go to Germany to celebrate Oktoberfest. Here are 20 of the best places in the world to celebrate.
The Oktoberfest is the world's biggest Volksfest and occurs yearly in Munich, Bavaria. [1] [2] Admission. Admission to a Volksfest and the beer tents is free. However ...
Oktoberfest is back. The world’s largest folk festival — famous for its beer — is in full swing in Munich, Germany, and around the globe, according to the festival’s official website. ...
MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is open. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in the Munich fairground as the first to clink their mugs during the world’s largest folk festival.
Germany's beer-centric festival is at Theresienwiese every September and October. I went for the third time and snapped photos from the ground.
Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest is an festival in the twin cities of Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as Canada's Greatest Bavarian Festival, and is the second-largest Oktoberfest in the world.