Oktoberfest ends with a bang as clear-up begins
Authorities say some 6.3 million visitors came to this year’s event which ended Sunday, and 6.5 million two-pint mugs of beer were drunk.
Police recorded a drop in crime this year to 1,290 offences, down from 1,525 in 2013.
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Hide AdThe incidents included at least one attempted heist of a trolley full of beer mugs and the destruction of a “monster” in a fairground ghost train by a visitor who had taken offence at being spooked.
The lost property office declared it had received, among other items, 230 pairs of spectacles, two wedding rings, a set of dentures, a French horn, and a ball and chain.