MUNICH (AP) — Bridie O'Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest. The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it “the best I've had” after finishing roughly a quarter of her liter ...

Wearing a pink dirndl dress she’d bought just a few hours earlier, O'Halloran was surrounded by tens of thousands of other — likely more experienced — beer-drinkers for the first of 16 days ...

PHOTOS: Beer and merriment flow at the 189th Oktoberfest in Munich Early Saturday, revelers sprinted through the fairgrounds at 9 a.m. as soon as the entrances opened, despite security officers ...

Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest MUNICH -- Bridie O'Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest. The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it ...

Festival enjoy the first glasses of beer on day one of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) Festival enjoy the first ...