Oktoberfest 16 September - 3 October 2006

The ultimate event for fans of beer and group jollity, the Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese draws visitors from around the globe.

The event - known by the locals as the "Wies'n" after the meadow where it is held - is the biggest public festival in the world. You have to be there to believe it!

Each year, some six million visitors fill the Munich breweries' festival tents, downing roughly six million litres of beer and devouring 300,000 pork sausages, 600,000 roast chickens and 80 oxen.

And don’t forget if you are visiting the Oktoberfest, why not also check out Cologne, the home of the Becks brewing factory, as well as Berlin, now one of the most popular city break destinations in Europe following this year’s football world cup.

Fly to Munich from:

• London Stansted from £25.99

Fly to Berlin from:

• Belfast from £25.99
• Bristol from £30.99
• Glasgow from £35.99
• London Gatwick from £30.99
• London Luton from £20.99
• Liverpool from £30.99
• Newcastle from £25.99

Fly to Cologne-Bonn from:

• Nottingham East Midlands from £17.99
• London Gatwick from £20.99
• Liverpool from £17.99

Fares quoted are subject to availability, are single and include tax.