MUNICH — Bridie O'Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest.

The festival drew seven million visitors last year who consumed 6.5 million litres of beer. The price of beer, however, has ...

(Ryan Mercado/WHYY) The annual event was hosted by local German beer hall Brauhaus Schmitz ... similar to the festival tents in Bavaria, Germany, where Oktoberfest originated. There were also stalls ...

It runs through Oct. 6 in 18 large tents on the Theresienwiese fairground. About 6 million visitors are expected over the 16 ...

Billed as the world's biggest folk culture festival, the Oktoberfest last year drew more than seven million visitors who ...

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon when he inserted the tap into the first keg.

Oktoberfest has opened in Munich after the ceremonial beer keg-tapping. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th ...

Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest. The celebration began Saturday and runs ...

Thousands of beer lovers celebrated the 189th start of Oktoberfest, the world's largest folk festival, as Munich Mayor Dieter ...

In the Schulenberg Addition to Stillwater, commonly known as “Dutchtown,” there was a man named Gerhard Knips who began a ...