Munich (dpa / lby) - During the Oktoberfest, street cleaning cleared up around 88 tons of garbage on the festival grounds in night shifts. Although around 5.7 million guests came, around 600,000 fewer than at the last Oktoberfest in 2019, they left just as much dirt behind. The city announced on Tuesday that the Oktoberfest once again required extensive work over the 17 days of the festival.
In addition to the extra shifts when the Wiesn landlords moved in for the opening and the traditional costume parade on the first Sunday of the festival, it was very busy every night from around 2 a.m. in the morning. The festival grounds had to be in perfect condition again by 8:00 a.m. Up to 30 employees and a large array of technical equipment were on duty every night. The water consumption for cleaning the traffic areas on the festival site was around 1800 cubic meters.
After the festival site, the street environment was also cleaned daily. About 66 tons of waste accumulated here.
There are no public rubbish bins at the Oktoberfest. Takeaways may set up litter bins as long as they are within sight. The public rubbish bins were abolished after a bomb exploded in a rubbish bin on September 26, 1980, killing twelve Oktoberfest visitors and the right-wing extremist bomber Gundolf Köhler. More than 200 people were injured. It was the worst right-wing extremist attack in the history of the Federal Republic.
