Shortly before the end of his first Oktoberfest as boss, Clemens Baumgärtner takes stock: "It was a very nice Wiesn. Our motto was 'loved and lived', and that's the best way to describe it. Whether it was sunny and warm or rainy and cool, it was a peaceful Wiesn with a relaxed audience that accepted our offers very well.
The Wiesn was rediscovered as a complete work of art. The interplay between Oide Wiesn and Wiesn was excellent". Baumgärtner continues. We have had generations there, from toddlers to grandma and grandpa all were represented. We don't want record meadows.
We don't need visitor records. We want a quality meadow and we had it this year. If we want to take stock: The festival management as well as showmen, innkeepers and market grocers are very satisfied with this Wiesn". Even though the weather this year was more changeable than at the Wiesnthe super figures of the previous year could once again be reached: According to estimates by the festival management, 6.
The Oide Wiesn experienced an increase: the total number of visitors included aroundOide Wiesn visitors, compared with 50, fewer in the previous year. The Oktoberfest once again lived up to its reputation as the largest folk festival in the world: guests from the following countries were in the top 10 visitor countries: USA, Great Britain, France, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Australia, Sweden and Denmark.
Police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins sums it up: "We have seen a decrease in crime, but at the same time an increase in deployments. The decrease in the number of crimes is estimated atwith 6. We have had more controls and a significant decrease in pickpockets.
There was a very slight increase in the number of large-scale pugilism cases, eight more than in the previous year. Unfortunately, we also have a slight increase in sexual offences, from 42 to 45 offences. The fire brigade also reported a positive result for the Oktoberfest.
The fire security guard was alerted 14 times - last year it was 21 times. Most of the missions were technical assistance, but once a T-shirt had to be extinguished which had landed on a spotlight and caught fire. Blandade frågor Oktoberfest visitor who had climbed onto the canopy of a tent also kept the emergency services busy.
The rescue service, which was also coordinated by the Munich control center, responded to a total of medical emergencies - around more than in the previous year. By the way, the Munich fire brigade is not resting at all after the end of the Wiesn, but is already getting involved in the planning for the Oktoberfest