In Pictures: Beer flowing as Oktoberfest returns for first time since 2019

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In Pictures: Beer Flowing As Oktoberfest Returns For First Time Since 2019
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By AP Reporters

With a cry of “It’s tapped!” Munich’s Oktoberfest was declared open after a two-year break.

For the first time in two years, revellers have returned to the world-famous beer festival in the Bavarian capital.

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Hundreds of people have arrived to sup and feast as the state governor Markus Soeder said: “We have two or three difficult years behind us, no-one knows exactly what this winter will be like, and we need joie de vivre and strength.”


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People run into the festival ground, with many in traditional dress (AP)


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It is the 187th Oktoberfest in Munich (AP)


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An angel figure with bow and arrow points the way to the toilets at the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich (dpa/AP)


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