Munich, the 169th beer festival Octoberfest ended on Sunday evening, October 6. 5.9 million people gathered the Wiesn that is 7% more than last year. 5.7 million liters of beer were sold during the festival. The only incident was a fire, which was extinguished by 80 firemen on Saturday morning. The damages of fire were evaluated at 300 000 euros.

08 October, 2002