Bavarian Premier Edmund Stoiber (L) and Munich's mayor Christian Ude toast with Bavarian steins during the official opening ceremony of the Oktoberfest in Munich September 16, 2006. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital Munich for the world's biggest and most famous beer festival, the Oktoberfest. The 173rd Oktoberfest lasts from September 16 until October 3. Some six million people are expected to visit 14 enormous tents, each capable of holding up to 10,000 people at a time, drinking some 5.5 million litres (1.453 million US gallons) of beer in the process. [Reuters]

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