3.6m visitors to Oktoberfest

Published on 01/10/2012 00:00

This year’s Oktoberfest has already attracted an estimated 3.6 million visitors, the city of Munich said yesterday.

Organisers are expecting a total of about six million visitors to celebrate the 16-day extravaganza, now half over, but the beer festival’s start indicates the final number might well be higher.

The Oktoberfest is best known for its oompah bands playing in cavernous tents, local men wearing traditional Bavarian lederhosen and women in bright costumes.

This year’s visitors have consumed 3.6 million two-pint mugs of beer so far.