The 190th Oktoberfest has come to a close, wrapping up the world’s largest folk festival with the traditional Bavarian ...

Bavaria bans cannabis at Oktoberfest in Munich and public spaces despite Germany's partial marijuana legalization. The ban aims to protect children and young people by limiting public consumption, ...

At Bavaria’s annual celebration of autumn and beer, new generations of partyers and new arrivals to Germany are adding their ...

The Prince of Bavaria is bashing Oktoberfest revelers for “wearing costumes to get drunk” at the German beer festival, calling it “cultural appropriation” and blasting those looking to party rather ...

FILE - Women with glasses of beer pose for a photo on day one of the 188th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The southern German state of Bavaria will ban the ...

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Lovers of beer rejoice, one of the most ...

The streets of Sonthofen, Germany’s southernmost town, were eerily quiet. A Christmas tree twinkled softly and restaurants cast warm pools of light, but darkness and silence reigned. Something was ...

The Munich Oktoberfest, the annual showcase of Bavarian culture, got off to a rousing start with almost a million visitors downing 450,000 liters of beer over the opening weekend. But folk societies ...

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