In Pictures: Beer flowing as Oktoberfest returns for first time since 2019

Young people reach out for free beer in one of the beer tents on the opening day of the 187th Oktoberfest festival in Munich, Germany (AP)

With a cry of “It’s tapped!” Munich’s Oktoberfest was declared open after a two-year break.

For the first time in two years, revellers have returned to the world-famous beer festival in the Bavarian capital.

Hundreds of people have arrived to sup and feast as the state governor Markus Soeder said: “We have two or three difficult years behind us, no-one knows exactly what this winter will be like, and we need joie de vivre and strength.”

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People run into the festival ground, with many in traditional dress (AP)

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It is the 187th Oktoberfest in Munich (AP)

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An angel figure with bow and arrow points the way to the toilets at the Oktoberfest grounds in Munich (dpa/AP)

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