The traditionally particularly busy "Italian weekend" is just around the corner and on 26 and 27 September will mark the halfway point of this year's Oktoberfest. After the extreme overcrowding last year, organisers are looking with particular attention at visitor flows in 2026.
On the middle Wiesn Saturday in 2025, the festival grounds reached their capacity limits, so that access to the Theresienwiese had to be temporarily closed due to overcrowding.
