First rain, then beer in torrent.
Today the Munich Oktoberfest 2017 starts in spite of bad weather relaxed and cheerful. Costume: Forthcoming. Security: No incidents. German election campaign: During the „Wiesn“ officially no topic.
Already five before twelve – when Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter is in the tapping box at the Oktoberfest. The topic of security is held by the responsible parties until the start of the world’s biggest folk festival on Saturday.
With two strokes OB Dieter Reiter tapped the first Wiesn barrel and handed it over to Horst Seehofer.
Minister-President Horst Seehofer, guest of honor at the first tapping, still had a conversation with the security forces.
Reiter, who had been waiting for the Prime Minister, joked: „Seehofer had either simply left more time when he entered the carriage in a wet-cold autumn weather – or he has had the slower horses“.
The first tapping – Seehofer and Reiter.
The beer flows at 12.00 sharp.
At twelve o’clock sharp, while the rain dries outside, the beer is pouring in: with two beatings, Reiter rides the first keg of beer – and strikes with Seehofer on a peaceful meadow. All pictures above are courtesy of TZ-Munich, information from GMX.
