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Added on the 26/09/2018 16:07:31 - Copyright : RT Ruptly EN
The Oktoberfest, Munich's annual beer festival, kicks off with the mayor of the city tapping the first keg at noon. The festival will go on until 3 October 2023. IMAGES
Dubbed the world's largest, rowdiest and most famous beer festival, the annual Munich Oktoberfest opens with visitors arriving from around the globe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Dubbed the world's largest, rowdiest and most famous beer festival, the annual Munich Oktoberfest opens with visitors arriving from around the globe. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Munich (Germany), Sept 26 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Lukas Barth) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier took part on Saturday in a commemoration ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the Oktoberfest bomb attack in Munich. A neo-Nazi blew himself up at Munich's Oktoberfest beer festival in 1980, killing 12 other people. FOOTAGE OF THE CEREMONY, STEINMEIER AND AN EXHIBITION AT THE SITE OF THE ATTACK ON THE ANNIVERSARY.
Countless numbers of beer lovers flooded the brewery tents in Munich as the world renown Oktoberfest festival officially kicked off on Saturday. Over 7 million visitors are expected to attend Oktoberfest this year. Vendors expect the revelers to imbibe over 6.5 million litres of beer during the festival and are expecting to rake in an astounding $1.5 billion in revenue from tourists in 2017.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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