Opening Day of Oktoberfest: Pictures

Visitors hold up one-liter glasses of beer to kick off the 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival in the Hofbraeu tent at Theresienwiese in Munich. Johannes Simon/Getty Images

A young woman smiles while holding a beer during the opening of the 183rd Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Inside the Hacker-Pschorr tent during the 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival at Theresienwiese. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Visitors reach for one-litre glasses of free beer to kick off the 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival. Joerg Koch/Getty Images

Inside the Hofbraeu tent at Theresienwiese in Munich. Joerg Koch/Getty Images

The 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival at Theresienwiese in Munich. Joerg Koch/Getty Images

People wait in front of a tent for the opening of Oktoberfest in Munich. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter pounds a tap into the first Oktoberfest beer barrel on opening day. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Visitors reach for the one of the first mugs of beer during opening day. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

A visitor drinks beer during opening day of Oktoberfest. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Visitors reach for the one of the first mugs of beer. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

People wait during heavy rain for the opening of Oktoberfest. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Visitors attend the 2016 Oktoberfest beer festival at Theresienwiese. Joerg Koch/Getty Images

Revelers long for the first tapped beer mug on opening day of Oktoberfest in the Hofbraeu beer tent. Johannes Simon/Getty Images

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