Last year Germany's famous Oktoberfest was cancelled. And this year? We're still not sure if it will happen yet in Munich due to Covid - but it looks like it could be heading to the desert...
Oktoberfest is to take place in Dubai, the largest city in the UAE, according to German media reports on Thursday.
The plan is to move the world’s largest folk festival to an area of around 420,000 square meters near the Dubai Marina, Berlin Christmas market boss Charles Blume, who is one of the organisers, told Spiegel.
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Is Germany's Oktoberfest heading to Dubai this year? - The Local
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9/19/20
Germany: Oktober Festival Cancelled
There will be no Oktoberfest this year because of the coronavirus.
Although Munich residents are understanding, it's a heavy financial and
emotional blow for people whose livelihood depends on the festival, like
show booth operators.
News | DW
News | DW
9/21/19
Germany Oktoberfest :The number of visitors to Oktoberfest will likely be high this year, with around 6 million people expected at the festival
Tens of thousands of people ran through the entrance of the Oktoberfest beer festival grounds on Saturday, racing to get a seat in one of the festival's massive beer tents after organizers opened the gates in the Bavarian city of Munich.
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9/23/14
Germany: Opening Weekend of Oktoberfest 2014 - by Alan Taylor
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The Bavarian beer festival, held on Munich's Theresienwiese, lasts 16 days and will welcome more than six million visitors from around the world.
This year, the average price of a mug of beer at any of the tents this year comes to €10.67 ($13.70 U.S.). Gathered here are some of the scenes from the opening weekend of Oktoberfest 2014.
Read more: Opening Weekend of Oktoberfest 2014 - In Focus - The Atlantic
4/5/14
EU-US Trade Negotiations:Feta,Parmesan,Gouda,Oktoberfest and Bratwurst among key issues in negotiations - by Donovan Slack
Europeans negotiating a free trade deal with the United States have
been angling to reserve names like "feta" and "parmesan" only for cheese
made in Europe. As it turns out, they also want to mandate that beer
names like "Oktoberfest" and meat monikers like, yes, "bratwurst" be
allowed on only European-produced beer and sausages.
With a veritable Holy Trinity at risk — cheese, brats and beer — Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin jumped into action Friday, persuading a bipartisan group of colleagues to sign on to letters to U.S. trade negotiators urging them to warn Europeans that America won't accept such naming restrictions. She signed onto a similar letter last month about cheese names.
If U.S. negotiators agree to European demands, U.S. manufacturers would have to change product names to "bratwurst-style sausages," "Oktoberfest-like ale" or "the lunch meat formerly known as bologna."
"The current trade proposal by the European Union creates an uneven playing field for our Wisconsin business to compete, export and grow," Baldwin said. "I consider this an attack on our proud traditions and I am standing up for Wisconsin cheese, brats and beer."
Wisconsin colleague Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and more than 40 others signed on to her letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Michael Froman, who has been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union.
"We urge you to make clear to your EU counterparts that the United States will reject any proposal in TTIP negotiations that would in any way restrict the ability of U.S. producers to use common meat names, such as bologna or black forest ham," Baldwin wrote.
Read More: Senators: Back off our brats, beer
With a veritable Holy Trinity at risk — cheese, brats and beer — Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin jumped into action Friday, persuading a bipartisan group of colleagues to sign on to letters to U.S. trade negotiators urging them to warn Europeans that America won't accept such naming restrictions. She signed onto a similar letter last month about cheese names.
If U.S. negotiators agree to European demands, U.S. manufacturers would have to change product names to "bratwurst-style sausages," "Oktoberfest-like ale" or "the lunch meat formerly known as bologna."
"The current trade proposal by the European Union creates an uneven playing field for our Wisconsin business to compete, export and grow," Baldwin said. "I consider this an attack on our proud traditions and I am standing up for Wisconsin cheese, brats and beer."
Wisconsin colleague Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and more than 40 others signed on to her letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Trade Representative Michael Froman, who has been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union.
"We urge you to make clear to your EU counterparts that the United States will reject any proposal in TTIP negotiations that would in any way restrict the ability of U.S. producers to use common meat names, such as bologna or black forest ham," Baldwin wrote.
Read More: Senators: Back off our brats, beer
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