Oktoberfest opens in Munich
Visitors wearing traditional Bavarian ride a fairground ride at the Oktoberfest beer festival at the Theresienwiese in Munich, southern Germany, on September 22, 2012. The world’s biggest beer festival Oktoberfest will run until October 7, 2012.
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