Smokers to enjoy final Oktoberfest before ban
There are few places left in Europe where you can still enjoy a cigarette and a tipple, but the huge beer tents of the 175th annual Oktoberfest starting in Munich this Saturday are one of them.
Oktoberfest organizers fear deep freeze
With Germany currently shivering amid unseasonably chilly temperatures, organizers of Munich’s Oktoberfest fear the city’s famous beer festival starting this weekend could give new meaning to drinking a cold one.
Beckstein hammered for drink driving comments
Bavaria's state premier GĂĽnther Beckstein on Tuesday came under fire for saying that driving after drinking two litres of beer at the upcoming Oktoberfest is perfectly acceptable.
Munich bans hoodlums from Oktoberfest
This year's Oktoberfest will be a bit safer after 23 known hooligans and five chronic pickpockets have been banned from the Bavarian beer festival, Munich daily <i>tz</i> reported on Friday.
Why beer and tight leather trousers don't mix
<b>Roger Boyes</b>, the Berlin correspondent for British daily The Times, has decided to lace up his <i>Lederhosen</i> this year and find out the true meaning of Munich’s Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest tent spots already booked up
Nine weeks before Munich's famed Oktoberfest is to begin, German media is reporting that the famous beer tents are already booked solid.
Munich begins Oktoberfest set up
Preparations for Germany’s most famous Oktoberfest began in Munich on Wednesday.