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Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October.
1810 - Wiesnwirt (Oktoberfest) begins. [10] 1818 National Theatre built. Lese-Konditorei (reading cafe) in business. [10] 1825 - Accession of Ludwig I of Bavaria leads to "handsome streets and buildings". [2] Oktoberfest in 1823. 1826 Ludwig Maximilian University relocates to Munich. [3] Türkenkaserne built. 1830 Munich in 1829
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.
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Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter tapped the first barrel of Oktoberfest beer in the Schottenhamel Festhalle. The long-standing tradition, dating back to 1950, involves the mayor of Munich attempting to ...
Watch as Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival, opens for the 188th time in Munich, Germany, on Saturday (16 October).. The festivities, which go on for two weeks until 3 October, kicked ...
Dieter Reiter opening the barrel in 2017 Dieter Reiter exclaiming "O'zapft is!" The Schottenhamel tent. The exclamation "O'zapft is!" (Bavarian for "It is tapped", standard German: "Es ist angezapft") is a tradition during the tapping of the first beer barrel by the mayor of Munich in the Schottenhamel tent at the opening of the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany since 1950.
The Oktoberfest has typically drawn about 6 million visitors every year. The event was skipped in 2020 and 2021 as authorities grappled with COVID-19, but returned in 2022.