Lager and lederhosen at Germany's Oktoberfest

Gemma Pitcher
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest

Break out your leather trousers, tone up your drinking arm and start boiling those pork knuckles — Oktoberfest is here! Every European autumn Germany shakes off its staid image around the world with two weeks of beer swilling, accordion playing and flirting.

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