Imagine this: You step off your plane at Munich Airport, and instead of the usual hustle, you're greeted by the melodies of traditional Bavarian music, the sight of staff clad in dirndls and ...

The South Shore is a long way from Munich, but despite the 3,800 miles, locals will gather to celebrate Oktoberfest again this year. Oktoberfest traditionally takes place in late September since the ...

MUNICH – Bridie O'Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest. The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it “the best I've had” after finishing roughly a quarter of her liter (33 fluid ounce) ...

In Germany, the world’s largest Oktoberfest celebration will pack Munich’s beer halls from Sept. 20 through Oct. 5. But in the Bay Area, the celebrations go on for weeks, running right up to Halloween ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Few cultural experiences compare to your first Oktoberfest. Dating back to 1810 and now the world's largest folk festival, it ...

The Paulaner Brewery tent alone holds thousands of Oktoberfest revelers. At first, the sight of a 6-foot-6 German man approaching him put my husband a bit on guard. The man began speaking in German, ...

If there’s one festival people associate with Germany, it’s Munich’s Oktoberfest, an annual event of beer, bratwurst, and Schlager music that overtakes the city every September. The tradition will ...

Every September, Munich hosts the planet’s biggest kegger — Oktoberfest. This world-famous party is a sloppy soup of locals and tourists swaying their beer steins and toasting to the scene’s ...

Father Chris Uhl, left, the pastor of St. Mary's Church, and fellow clergy members welcome those getting a glass of beer from the official first keg at the St. Mary's Oktoberfest in downtown Alton, ...