Beer in Bavaria is always a good idea, whether enjoyed in October or not. There is just something special about experiencing the history of this popular beverage in one of its most famous places of ...

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) ...

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MUNICH (AP) — The Oktoberfest fairgrounds closed for several hours Wednesday as police conducted a security sweep of the famed beer festival due to a bomb threat by a suspect linked to an explosion ...

Sunday marks the closing of Oktoberfest, the annual celebration that runs for 16 days from mid-September to the first weekend in October in Munich, Germany. This year marked the 181st anniversary of ...

MUNICH -- Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter opened the city's annual Oktoberfest with the traditional call of "Ozapft is" to the delight of thousands who had managed to get a place in the main beer tent ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Imagine it’s a cool crisp day in an Alpine village with plenty of German beer, schnitzel on the table, and the sound of folk music playing in the background. Except you don’t ...