The Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich will remain shut on Wednesday until at least 5 pm (1500 GMT) after police said they discovered explosives in a residential building in the north of the city ...

The opening of Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest has been delayed today following a bomb threat and an explosion at a home in the city.

The Munich festival runs for 16 days, from September 20 to October 5, and typically draws around six million visitors.

When most people think of Oktoberfest, they think of October — understandably. But in reality, October is when Munich’s biggest celebration ends. The history of Oktoberfest, and its tradition of ...