Image: TOBIAS SCHWARZ (AFP)
He handed the first pint of beer to Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) to toast a peaceful Oktoberfest with him. Firecracker shots announced the start of the folk festival – and the beer serving.
In bright sunshine, the Oktoberfest hosts had marched to the festival grounds in carriages. After a rainy Oktoberfest in 2022 with temperatures as low as ten degrees in some cases, they are hoping for sunny autumn weather for the coming holidays. The forecasts from the German Weather Service are not that bad, at least on Sunday it will remain warm and sunny.
Early in the morning, the first Oktoberfest fans – mostly in dirndls and lederhosen – were waiting for the festival grounds to open. When the gates opened around 9 a.m., hundreds rushed toward the marquees to get a good spot.
Andreas Gabalier among the guests
The great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Franz Duke of Bavaria, came to the council box in the Schottenhamel tent for the tapping. The Austrian singer Andreas Gabalier as well as the folk music duo Marianne and Michael Hartl and the actresses Michaela May and Jutta Speidel were also in the tent. The TV presenters Florian Silbereisen and Carolin Reiber were also there.
Around six million visitors are expected until October 3rd – at least. Last year only around 5.7 million visitors came. There are no longer any special Corona worries. The festival lasts 18 days – two days longer than usual. It has been extended beyond the first weekend in October until October 3rd – a Tuesday.
A quart of beer costs between 12.60 euros and 14.90 euros, an average of around 6.1 percent more than last year. For the first time, there will be four water dispensers with free drinking water at the festival. The average price for a liter of table water in the beer tents is 10.04 euros. The state elections in Bavaria on October 8th will not play a role. The operating rules prohibit political events, including election campaigns.
The police have around 600 officers on duty. There are 450 paramedics and 55 doctors at the Oktoberfest medical station. There are also significantly more than 2,000 stewards at the entrances and in the tents.
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