Germany Holds First Oktoberfest Since the Covid Pandemic
Musicians perform on a bandstand inside a beer tent at the Oktoberfest in 2019.
Photographer: Michaela Handrek-Rehle/Bloomberg
Hi, it's Tim in Munich, where tomorrow we're kicking off the first Oktoberfest since 2019 — and bracing for a potentially brutal Covid hangover. But first...
Here in Munich, it's finally happening. On Saturday, the city's mayor will bang a tap into a keg of beer, kicking off the world's biggest folk festival. Over the next 2.5 weeks, more than 6 million people from around Europe and beyond will descend on Munich's festival grounds, consuming some 8 million liters of brew and devouring half a million roasted chickens.