More young people are steering clear of alcohol. The deepening cultural shift has spawned an epidemic of brewery closures.

BERLIN-Organizers of the world's biggest beer festival, Munich's Oktoberfest, have raised security after Islamist attacks in Germany last month, including banning rucksacks, introducing security ...

MUNICH (WKRC/APTN/CBS Newspath) - Thousands of beer lovers descended on the German city of Munich on Saturday for the opening of their Oktoberfest. Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jim Koch considers Munich a beer-lover's paradise. The founder and chairman of Boston Beer Co, which brews Samuel Adams beer, heads to the region north of the city every year to ...

Oktoberfest begins with the mayor of Munich, Germany, tapping the ceremonial first barrel of golden fest beer. The world's most famous fall beer bash starts Sept. 21 and ends Oct. 6. Yet the best ...

MUNICH (AP) — The beer is flowing and millions of people descending on the Bavarian capital to celebrate the official opening of Oktoberfest. With the traditional cry of “O’zapft is” — “It’s tapped” — ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Nearly every step you take in Munich, there’s a sign, an enticing smell and perhaps a gently stumbling visitor, something to remind you ...

I suggest tourists learn local cultural norms before they visit Munich and avoid common mistakes as they explore the city.seng chye teo/Getty Images I moved from the US to Munich as a kid and enjoyed ...

MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest has opened in Munich after the ceremonial beer keg-tapping. Mayor Dieter Reiter officially started the 189th Oktoberfest at noon when he inserted the tap into the first keg.

Amid the revelry of OktoberFest NYC in Central Park, a quieter but no less intense spectacle unfolds: the national finals of ...

This year, I traveled to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, for the third time. The annual two-week festival dates back to a royal wedding in 1810 and celebrates Bavarian culture. I drank delicious beer, ...