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Oktoberfest: 200 years of downing beer
It's the annual festival of beer known the world over,
and this year, Germany's Oktoberfest turns 200.
People are filling the beer tents and filling their
beer mugs on Munich's Theresienwiese, where
the festival began two centuries ago as a
celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince
Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen,
for whom the street is now named.
Today, Oktoberfest is the largest festival in
the world, with six million visitors, according
to Susanne Muhlbauer, press officer for
Munich Tourist Office.
It's not just a Bavarian celebration; people
come from all over the Alpine region, including
guests from Italy, Austria, Poland and Switzerland.
Susanne Muhlbauer told CNN: "What is special
about Oktoberfest is that you have to drink beer
from a one liter stein. It's a lot of beer and you
have to drink it fairly quickly otherwise it goes stale!"
This year's Oktoberfest runs from September 18 to
October 4. Beer is sold in the tents from 10 a.m. to
10:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekends.
It's the annual festival of beer known the world over,
and this year, Germany's Oktoberfest turns 200.
People are filling the beer tents and filling their
beer mugs on Munich's Theresienwiese, where
the festival began two centuries ago as a
celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince
Ludwig to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen,
for whom the street is now named.
Today, Oktoberfest is the largest festival in
the world, with six million visitors, according
to Susanne Muhlbauer, press officer for
Munich Tourist Office.
It's not just a Bavarian celebration; people
come from all over the Alpine region, including
guests from Italy, Austria, Poland and Switzerland.
Susanne Muhlbauer told CNN: "What is special
about Oktoberfest is that you have to drink beer
from a one liter stein. It's a lot of beer and you
have to drink it fairly quickly otherwise it goes stale!"
This year's Oktoberfest runs from September 18 to
October 4. Beer is sold in the tents from 10 a.m. to
10:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekends.