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The Guardian - UK
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Deborah Cole

Munich, home of the Oktoberfest, to open alcohol-free beer garden

A marquee shortly after the opening of the 188th Oktoberfest
A marquee shortly after the opening of the 188th Oktoberfest last September. Many business owners in Munich have been complaining about excessive public drinking. Photograph: Matthias Schräder/AP

Munich, home of Germany’s world-renowned Oktoberfest beer festival, will on Thursday open its first alcohol-free Biergarten (beer garden) in a nod to changing consumption habits among the party set and growing frustration with public binge drinking.

Die Null (The Zero) near the Bavarian capital’s main railway station will serve its patrons exclusively soft drinks, mocktails, juices, water and non-alcoholic beers in an attempt to strip the area of its boozy, seedy image.

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