Germany

In pictures: Oktoberfest returns following 2 year hiatus

Germany's legendary beer festival is back for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.

17 September 2022

Destinations

Oktoberfest is back: Here’s what’s changed for 2023

After a forced two-year hiatus, Oktoberfest is returning to Munich this weekend with a new tent and extended opening hours.

12 September 2022

Travel News

Oktoberfest cancelled again: A look back at the 2019 beer festival

For the second year in a row, the world’s largest folk festival has been cancelled due to health concerns.

29 September 2021

Germany

Germany's Oktoberfest cancelled for the second successive year

The health situation remains too "uncertain" for the "most comprehensive gathering of all" to be held in the autumn, Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder said at a press conference.

3 May 2021

Germany

Germany marks 40 years since neo-Nazi attack on Oktoberfest

The bombing on the evening of Sept. 26, 1980, claimed 13 lives and injured more than 200 people.

26 September 2020

Germany

Nein bitter: Oktoberfest beer extravaganza scrapped amid coronavirus

This year’s Oktoberfest has been cancelled. The risk was “simply too great” in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, according to Bavaria’s top politician.

21 April 2020

Germany

Hundreds caught riding electric scooters drunk during Oktoberfest

Police in Germany cracked down on drunk electric scooter drivers at this year’s Oktoberfest, seizing 254 driving licences.

9 October 2019

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Bayern Munich players go full Bavaria at Oktoberfest

Wearing traditional leather trousers and buttoned blazers, the football stars posed for photographs with their families.

7 October 2019