Oktoberfest comes to a close

Empty beer mugs stood at a table at the Theresienwiese tent in Munich, during the last evening of Oktoberfest. The world’s largest beer fest draws millions of visitors each year.

Thiago Alcantara of Bayern Muenchen and his girlfriend Julia Vigas attended the Oktoberfest 2013 beer festival at Kaefers Wiesenschaenke.

Daniel van Buyten of Bayern Muenchen attended the Oktoberfest 2013 beer festival at Kaefers Wiesenschaenke.

Women cleaned the tables in an empty beer tent.

A woman enjoyed the first beer at the opening day of Oktoberfest at the Hofbraeu tent.

Young women enjoyed a fairground ride.

The fairground ride “Toboggan.”

An employee of the ‘Augustiner’ beer tent filled beer mugs.

People drank beer in the Hofbraeu Festival Tent.

People celebrated in the Hofbraeu Festival Tent.

Waitress Corinna Spitzer served a dish of vegan chicken fricassee and a half of chicken at the Ammer beer tent.

Visitors celebrated at Oktoberfest.

Two performers in traditional costume stood in front of the big wheel.

Men in traditional Bavarian clothes played instruments.

A zoomed picture shows a brass band in traditional Bavarian clothes.

A woman took a photo with a tablet device.

A Ferris wheel is refelcted in a puddle.

A girl smiled on a swing.

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View of the memorial column at the commemoration site to remember the victims of the 1980 bomb attack at the Oktoberfest. Twelve people were killed in the attack.

Father Paul Schaeferskuepper baptized six-month-old Elly Kaiser during the traditional Oktoberfest mass in the Hippodrom festival tent.

Munich’s Lord Mayor Christian Ude tapped the first barrel of beer with the traditional “O’zapft is!” (“It’s tapped!”).

A woman tried to catch one of the first beers served.

The world’s largest beer fest and draws millions of visitors.

Fun rides on the Theresienwiese fair grounds.

Visitors sat in an amusement ride.

A woman dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing `Dirndl.`

A woman looked inside a festival tent as she and other visitors lined up for the opening of the traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest.

Revelers celebrated the opening ceremony.

A waitress carried mugs of beer in the Schottenhamel tent.

Wilfried and Wilfried, two men from Darmstadt, western Germany, wore a giant Lederhose (leather trousers).

A young woman enjoyed her first beer.

A brass band performed.

A woman wearing a traditional Bavarian costume looked for gingerbread hearts at the historical area.

A visitor wearing a mock Bavarian outfit leaned against a wall.

A man took pictures of a woman wearing traditional Bavarian attire.

Clara posed in traditional Bavarian attire.

Women celebrated the opening ceremony in the “Hofbraeuzelt’ beer tent.

Visitors crowded the Hacker-Pschorr tent.

A waitress carried mugs of beers past security.

A young girl sat in a trolley as she took part in the traditional costume parade.

Spectators wearing stood on a balcony as they watched the traditional costume parade.

Visitors wearing traditional Bavarian clothes drank beer in the Hacker-Pschorr tent.

An acrobat leapt as he takes part in the traditional costume parade.

Men sat in a beer tent.

Revellers reached for the first beer mug at Hofbraeuhaus beer tent.

Girls celebrated during the opening of the Oktoberfest beer festival.

Riflemen, dressed in their traditional uniform, clinked their beer glasses.

A bartender carried 16 mugs of beer.

Young people celebrated the opening ceremony in the “Hofbraeuzelt’ beer tent.

A participant in the traditional costume parade arrived with his two dachshund dogs.

Revellers reached for the first beer mug at Hofbraeuhaus beer tent.

A couple next to an election campaign poster of the German Pirate Party that reads “Social is what procures dignity.”

A view of a chairoplane and the Ferris wheel.

A pig-designed balloon was fixed on an emergency ambulance.

A man and a woman with a horse-designed balloon sat on a bench.

A man and a girl enjoyed a ride on the chairoplane.

People enjoyed riding on a carousel.

A broken beer mug on Day 1.

Revellers dressed in traditional Bavarian clothing `Dirndl` walked over the Theresienwiese.

Visitors wearing traditional attire attended the opening day of the 180th Oktoberfest.

A visitor sat in front of a tent.

Two saleswomen talked outside a beer tent.

Rescuers transported an injured person on the opening day.

A man was arrested by two policemen.

Visitors took a rest behind a beer tent.

Three young men scuffled.

Young women enjopyed a ride.

A woman drank beer outside a beer tent.

People enjoyed a flying chairs ride.

Visitors rested on a meadow.

More resting.

Even more resting.

The top of the Loewenbraeu beer tent

A giant beer mug against the sky.

Visitors stood in a festival tent.

A waitress carried beer mugs during the opening ceremony in the “Hofbraeuzelt’ beer tent.

Visitors in Bavarian raised their glasses after getting their first Oktoberfest beer in the Schottenhamel-tent.

A waitress carried Bavarian food.

Waitress Beli carried the first beer jugs during the opening of the 180th Oktoberfest.

Two women posed during opening day.

A waitress carried chicken during the opening ceremony in the “Hofbraeuzelt’ beer tent.

A sales maid sold candy hearts at Hofbraeuhaus beer tent.

Balloons with the Oktoberfest emblem are seen during the 180th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich September 29, 2013. Millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital for the 180th Oktoberfest, which runs until October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY – Tags: SOCIETY)

People ride the ferris wheel in front of a giant beer mug, the logo of Munich’s ‘Paulaner brewery’ in an amusement park at the 180th Bavarian “Oktoberfest” beer festival in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. The world’s largest beer festival, to be held from Sept. 21 to Oct. 6, 2013 will attract more than six million guests from around the world. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Oktoberfest waitresses toast while they celebrate the end of the world’s biggest beer festival, the 180th Oktoberfest, in Munich October 6, 2013. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY – Tags: SOCIETY)

Young women wearing traditional Bavarian dirndls arrive at a beer tent during Munich’s 180th Oktoberfest October 3, 2013. A decade ago, waitresses at Oktoberfest were the only ones in dirndls, the Bavarian peasant-inspired, corseted dresses featuring white blouses and coloured aprons, and trendy Berliners wouldn’t dream of dancing to oompah music in public. Now, Munich’s annual beer festival is a sea of traditionally-clad tourists, with revellers from as far away as Canada, Mexico and Iran donning dirndls or the equivalent outfits for men – lederhosen and checked shirts. Picture taken October 3, 2013. To match GERMANY/OKTOBERFEST-DIRNDLS REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY – Tags: SOCIETY FASHION TRAVEL)