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On Saturday, the 178th Oktoberfest opened in Munich, Germany, with the traditional tapping of the first keg of beer by Munich's mayor, Christian Ude, shouting "O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!"). The Bavarian festival takes place over 17 days, and some 6 million people are expected to attend. Last year, visitors drank more than 7 million one-liter mugs of beer. Attendance is free, but the beer will cost you: The price of a mug at any of the 14 tents this year comes to €9.20 ($12.60 U.S.).
A waitress carries beer mugs in the Hofbräuhaus-tent after the opening of the famous Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. The world's largest beer festival will see millions of visitors between now and October 3, when it closes.
A spectator in traditional Bavarian clothing waves during the 178th Oktoberfest.
A man works on a lion sculpture, the logo of the Bavarian Löwenbräu brewery, as preparations are under way for the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, on September 14, 2011. This year's edition of the world's biggest beer festival Oktoberfest will open on September 17 and run until October 3, 2011.
A customer is fitted with a traditional Bavarian Dirndl dress at a shop selling Dirndls and lederhosen, on September 8, 2011 in Munich, Germany. Dirndls are famously worn by participants and attendees of Oktoberfest.
On September 8, 2011, a man stands near the largest pitcher of beer in the world, according to its designers. The seven-meter-tall pitcher, awaiting transport to Oktoberfest in Munich, is illuminated from within and will rotate atop a tower in front of one of the 14 beer tents at the festival.
An employee paints decorations on gingerbread hearts to be sold at the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich.
"Münchener Kindl" Maria Newrzella toasts with a beer mug while taking part in the Parade of the Landlords and Breweries during the opening of the 178th Oktoberfest in Munich.
Two visitors wearing hats covered with hops smile during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.
A man waits in a U-Bahn station in Munich waiting to go to the Oktoberfest festival on Saturday morning, September 17, 2011.
The giant Ferris wheel is silhouetted against the Alps during the opening day of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.
Waitresses wave and hold aloft beer mugs during the opening of the Oktoberfest 2011 beer festival at Theresienwiese on September 17, 2011 in Munich, Germany.
Young visitors rest during the opening ceremony of Oktoberfest 2011 in Munich, Germany, on September 17.
Christian Ude, Mayor of the City of Munich, taps the first beer barrel with the traditional cry of "O'zapft is!" on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
An enthusiastic Oktoberfest visitor leaps in the air when entering the Schottenhamel beer tent on Saturday, September 17, 2011 in Munich.
Revelers scuffle for the first free beer in the traditional 1-liter beer mug at the opening of the World's biggest beer fest, Oktoberfest, at the Theresienwiese in Munich, on September 17, 2011.
A reveler in traditional Bavarian dress, beer in hand, on Saturday September 17, 2011 in Munich, after the opening of the Oktoberfest.
People stretch out to reach a beer mug in the Hofbräuhaus-tent after the opening of Oktoberfest, in a beer tent in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011.
People reach out for a beer mug in the Hofbräuhaus-tent in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011. Only a small amount of the beer appears to have spilled.
Visitors to the Oktoberfest beer festival celebrate in a beer tent on the Theresienwiese fairgrounds in Munich, Germany, on September 18, 2011.
A waitress carries beer mugs in the Hofbräuhaus-tent after the opening of the famous Bavarian Oktoberfest beer festival in a beer tent in Munich, Germany, on September 17, 2011.