Oktoberfest ends with a bang as clear-up begins

SIXTEEN days of beer-soaked revelry have come to a close with the traditional gun salute that heralds the end of Munich’s annual Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest ends with the traditional gun salute. Picture: Getty

Authorities say some 6.3 million visitors came to this year’s event which ended Sunday, and 6.5 million two-pint mugs of beer were drunk.

Police recorded a drop in crime this year to 1,290 offences, down from 1,525 in 2013.

The incidents included at least one attempted heist of a trolley full of beer mugs and the destruction of a “monster” in a fairground ghost train by a visitor who had taken offence at being spooked.

The lost property office declared it had received, among other items, 230 pairs of spectacles, two wedding rings, a set of dentures, a French horn, and a ball and chain.