200 years Oktoberfest Munich

In the background: the Bavaria statue

O'zapft is, the Octoberfest in Munich has started today at twelve o'clock in the daytime

Munich Christkindles Market

Marienplatz

Marienplatz

 

Marienplatz

 

Sendlingertor

Oktoberfest

The Oktoberfest in Munich the largest festival in the world started yesterday again. It is an festival with an old tradition and now of course a very big business. About 6 million visitors from all around the world come to see this festival every year. There are about 100,000 seats in the big festival halls (tents). The economic influence is very big too, during the 16 days are spent 450 Mio EURO on the festival grounds for food, drinks and entertainment. The photos are from webcams from today.
Here are some links for this festival:
http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/
http://www.loewenbraeu.de/
http://www.muenchen.de/Tourismus/Oktoberfest/7548/index.html