٠٠:٠٣:١٠Brewers and organisers of Oktoberfest 2024 have unveiled this year's official beer mug to the public at an event in Munich this Thursday amid ongoing preparations for the festival.
During the ceremony, Clemens Baumgartner, Oktoberfest's chief and economics officer, discussed the new measures that would be implemented.
‘We are looking closely at what happened and where the gaps in the security concept were,’ Baumgartner told reporters. According to him, the security level during Oktoberfest is at a much higher level than during the festival in Solingen, when the attack took place.
"We not only have a security concept, but a very sophisticated one and it has also been implemented, from what I have read in the press, there apparently was no such thing in Solingen," the organiser said. "I can say that the Oktoberfest is a safe place compared to other folk festivals in Germany and around the world," added Baumgartner.
In recent years during Oktoberfest, there have been thorough bag checks, video surveillance, and a strict no-knives policy.
This year's edition will begin on September 21 and is set to last until October 6.
Drink up - 2024 official beer mug revealed as Oktoberfest ramps up security following Solingen attack
Brewers and organisers of Oktoberfest 2024 have unveiled this year's official beer mug to the public at an event in Munich this Thursday amid ongoing preparations for the festival.
During the ceremony, Clemens Baumgartner, Oktoberfest's chief and economics officer, discussed the new measures that would be implemented.
‘We are looking closely at what happened and where the gaps in the security concept were,’ Baumgartner told reporters. According to him, the security level during Oktoberfest is at a much higher level than during the festival in Solingen, when the attack took place.
"We not only have a security concept, but a very sophisticated one and it has also been implemented, from what I have read in the press, there apparently was no such thing in Solingen," the organiser said. "I can say that the Oktoberfest is a safe place compared to other folk festivals in Germany and around the world," added Baumgartner.
In recent years during Oktoberfest, there have been thorough bag checks, video surveillance, and a strict no-knives policy.
This year's edition will begin on September 21 and is set to last until October 6.
Brewers and organisers of Oktoberfest 2024 have unveiled this year's official beer mug to the public at an event in Munich this Thursday amid ongoing preparations for the festival.
During the ceremony, Clemens Baumgartner, Oktoberfest's chief and economics officer, discussed the new measures that would be implemented.
‘We are looking closely at what happened and where the gaps in the security concept were,’ Baumgartner told reporters. According to him, the security level during Oktoberfest is at a much higher level than during the festival in Solingen, when the attack took place.
"We not only have a security concept, but a very sophisticated one and it has also been implemented, from what I have read in the press, there apparently was no such thing in Solingen," the organiser said. "I can say that the Oktoberfest is a safe place compared to other folk festivals in Germany and around the world," added Baumgartner.
In recent years during Oktoberfest, there have been thorough bag checks, video surveillance, and a strict no-knives policy.
This year's edition will begin on September 21 and is set to last until October 6.