A group from Trachtengau Muenchen dances under a harvest crown at the "Oide Wiesn" during the 189th Oktoberfest in Munich. Stefan Puchner/dpa Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter opened Germany's feted ...

Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started Oktoberfest at noon Saturday when he inserted the tap into the first beer keg, signaling the 189th start of the festival. Thousands of beer lovers celebrated in ...

MUNICH – Bridie O'Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest. The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it “the best I've had” after finishing roughly a quarter of her liter (33 fluid ounce) ...

MUNICH -- Munich's famous Oktoberfest event briefly closed on Wednesday following a bomb threat linked to a fire at a residence in the north of the city, police said. A 57-year-old German man who ...

Munich's famous Oktoberfest event briefly closed on Wednesday following a bomb threat linked to a fire at a residence in the north of the city, police said. A 57-year-old German man who police said ...

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter opened Germany's feted Oktoberfest by tapping the first barrel of beer at noon on Saturday, officially kicking off the world's largest folk festival. Reiter, a Social ...