Munich ’ s Oktoberfest is the world ’ s biggest beer festival , with an estimated 6 million people descending on the city every year . Somewhat counterintuitively , though , Oktoberfest is staged in early September . During the record-breaking 2013 festival , attendees guzzled 7.7 million litres of beer . Each beer served must contain nothing but water , barley , hops , yeast , wheat and malt , and be brewed within the city limits of Munich . The event is a huge logistical challenge on another front , too . Each year , attendees eat an estimated 500,000 chickens , 115,000 pork sausages , and generate 1,000 tons of garbage .

10 September 2022