MUNICH — The Oktoberfest fairgrounds closed for several hours Wednesday as police conducted a security sweep of the famed beer festival due to a bomb threat by a suspect linked to an explosion across ...

The first keg was tapped, and the beer started flowing as the 186th Oktoberfest got underway Saturday in the southern German city of Munich. Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap in the first keg with ...

As Oktoberfest 2025 celebrations wind down, now is the time for travelers who want to raise a stein in Germany during Oktoberfest 2026 to start planning their trips. The world’s largest beer and folk ...

MUNICH (Reuters) -The Oktoberfest will reopen on Wednesday evening after police found nothing suspicious in a major operation prompted by a bomb threat and the discovery of explosives in a Munich ...

Autumn’s big hitter is of course Oktoberfest in Munich, which despite the name opens on September 19 and runs for 16 days. The largest folk festival in the world started out as a celebration of a ...

As Drake’s latest tour draws to a close, with Iceman somewhere off in the distance, the OVO Sound co-founder is enjoying the spoils in Germany. Over the weekend, fans were treated to a carousel of ...

Germany's Oktoberfest has been temporarily closed by a bomb threat, as police investigate a house in Munich that had been rigged with explosives then set alight, leaving one man dead. Police deployed ...

Germany's Oktoberfest was temporarily closed by a bomb threat Wednesday, organisers said, as police investigated a house in Munich that had been rigged with explosives then set alight, leaving one man ...