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Oktoberfest 2016 Roundup

20 Oct 2016
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With 5.6 million visitors, Oktoberfest 2016 once again remained the world’s largest beer festival. While numbers were slightly down from last year (when 5.9 million attended) due to cool and often rainy weather, the additional security measures announced this year did not deter...
Oktoberfest Security

New Oktoberfest Security Announced – Backpack Ban and Fence Coming

18 Aug 2016
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New security measures for Oktoberfest in Munich have been announced, with a ban on backpacks and large bags, as well as a fence which will be erected around the festival grounds. The organising committee of the event made the decision yesterday in light of the recent security...
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Oktoberfest 2016 Brings Beer, Cheer, and New Security Measures This Year

27 May 2016
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I mean, really, what goes better with good German beer than a friendly pat down? Oh, you thought I was going to say pretzel, didn’t you? Boy, are you in for a surprise at this year’s Oktoberfest! While I’m not 100% positive on the pat downs, I can tell you that Oktoberfest 2016...
Oktoberfest 2015 Beer Consumption

Oktoberfest Serves Over 7 Million Litres of Beer

11 Oct 2015
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Oktoberfest always promises a beer experience like no other. The 2015 festival once again lived up to its promises, with 7.3 million Litres of beer being guzzled by 5.9 million visitors. This includes every man, woman and child (and yes there are family days and school excursions...
Safe Oktoberfest for Girls and Women

Safe Oktoberfest for Girls and Women

21 Feb 2015
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Oktoberfest is meant to be a time for eating, drinking and merrymaking and most people are good sports and treat others with respect. However, there will always be the minority of opportunistic men who choose to take advantage of women in their vulnerable state through groping or...
Marstall Beer Tent

The Marstall Tent: Newcomer to Oktoberfest

10 Jan 2015
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Back in April 2013, it was announced that the Hippodrome tent would not return to the Wiesn, and since then there’s been talk about who would take its place. Earlier last year it was announced that the Able family tent, The Marstall tent would be the big newcomer at the 2014...
Man hammers 2 Steins

Man Hammers 2 Steins in a Row

02 Dec 2014
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Man hammers 2 Steins in a row. Achieves legendary status. As is common in the beer tents of Oktoberfest, some particularly thirsty visitors will stand on tables when the band stops playing and attempt to drink a 1-Litre beer Stein in one go. Few ever make it and most are booed...
Oktoberfest Beer Consumption 2014

Oktoberfest Beer Consumption 2014

19 Oct 2014
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Visitors to Oktoberfest 2014, which numbered 6.3 million, drank substantially less beer than last year – topping consumption at just 6.4 million litres. While Munich’s 181st Oktoberfest didn’t achieve the all-time record of the previous year, where 6.4 million...
Man loses car at Oktoberfest

Man Loses Car At Oktoberfest

15 Nov 2013
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Man loses car at Oktoberfest. Finds it five weeks later. A man from Italy who visited Oktoberfest has finally been reunited with his car, five weeks after forgetting where he parked it when he left the festival. Andreas O., 40 years old, left his silver VW Golf parked in a...
Oktoberfest 2013 Beer Consumption

Oktoberfest 2013 Beer Consumption

22 Oct 2013
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Oktoberfest Beer Consumption tops 6.7 Million Liters After two weeks of festivities, Oktoberfest ended on Sunday with another set of staggering statistics. Over 6.4 million visitors, 6.7 million liters of beer consumed and 638 “beer corpses” to name a few. While beer consumption...
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