Oktoberfest 2008

Waitresses pose with their beer mugs while riding a decorated coach to the opening of the famous Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. Some six million visitors from around the globe are expected to come to the Bavarian capital for the world famous beer festival which runs until Oct. 5.

Visitors enjoy a night ride on a carousel in front of the Peter and Paul church, on the third day of the Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.

Visitors ride a carousel at the third day of the Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.

Visitors sit in a festival tent on the third day of the Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.

A Ferris wheel rotates on the third day of the Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.

A woman in traditional Bavarian clothes waves to spectators as she rides on a horse during the Oktoberfest folklore parade in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.

A girl in traditional Bavarian clothes touches her hat during the Oktoberfest folklore parade in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.

The Theatiner church is reflected in the instrument of a musician during the Oktoberfest folklore parade in Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.

Participants in the Oktoberfest folklore parade march in the city of Munich, southern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.

Visitors jam the lanes between the beer tents at the Oktoberfest beer and amusement festival at dusk in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. The festival opened Sept. 20 and will go on until Oct. 5, 2008.

An Oktoberfest waiter carries beer steins in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. The Oktoberfest is the world's biggest beer festival.

Franz Maget, a leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the Bavarian Parliament and top candidate in state elections, drinks a beer during the opening of the beer festival Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.

Former German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin, left, and the Green faction leader in the German Bundestag (parliament) Renate Kuenast, right, toast during the opening of Oktoberfest in Munich, southern Germany, on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.

A Bavarian farmer chases his piglets during an animal show at Germany's biggest agricultural fair in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.

A Border collie herds a flock of geese during an animal show at Germany's biggest agricultural fair in Munich, southern Germany, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.

Susanne Schneider, an employee in Munich's tourism office, presents the official beer mugs for the annual Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The Oktoberfest, the world's biggest beer festival, takes place from Sept. 20 to Oct. 5, 2008.

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