Perfect start to Oktoberfest as Munich's Green mayor taps keg twice

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2026-09-19

Munich (dpa) - The 191st Oktoberfest has opened in the southern German city of Munich, with more than 6 million visitors from around the world expected at the famous beer festival. New Munich Mayor Dominik Krause of the Greens tapped the first beer keg with just two hammer blows at his first Oktoberfest opening on Saturday, before declaring "O'zapft is," a Bavarian phrase meaning "It is tapped." Krause, 36, had previously said that "two to three"......

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