This time, Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD) needed just two hits to drop the first keg in a traditional ceremony and kick off this year’s famous Oktoberfest festival. Then you with the traditional saying O’zapft is! (It hit!) toast with Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and the fun can begin.
The opening day of Oktoberfest is expected to provide beautiful weather in Munich, according to the newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung (SD) Hundreds of people crowded the entrance to Teresisánská luuka at dawn. The SD reporter reported a relaxed atmosphere, where there were “no hygiene restrictions and no fear of the future”.
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Fun at Oktoberfest
Apart from tasting Bavarian beer, visitors can also enjoy listening to Bavarian music groups. This year, consumers will pay less for a liter of beer, 14.90 euros (about 362 crowns).
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Since state elections will be held in Bavaria on October 8, many politicians arrived at Oktoberfest on the first day. Apart from Prime Minister Söder and Mayor Reiter, Hubert Aiwanger, head of the Free Voters (FW) party, was also seen in one of the tents. Aiwanger has faced controversy in recent weeks after it emerged that he took part in anti-Semitic competitions as a youth.
Oktoberfest was first held in 1810, so it is a festival with one of the longest traditions in Europe. Since then, it has become part of Bavarian folk culture, but is also visited by thousands of visitors from other countries.
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