Oktoberfest ends Sunday with the traditional Bavarian salute

Bavarian riflemen and women in traditional costumes fire their muzzle loaders on the last day of the 190th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bavarian riflemen and women in traditional costumes fire their muzzle loaders on the last day of the 190th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Waitresses celebrate in a beer tent after the re-opening of the Oktoberfest watched by police officers that was closed since the morning after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Waitresses celebrate in a beer tent after the re-opening of the Oktoberfest watched by police officers that was closed since the morning after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bavarian riflemen in traditional costumes wait with their muzzle loaders for a shooting on the last day of the 190th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Bavarian riflemen in traditional costumes wait with their muzzle loaders for a shooting on the last day of the 190th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son, Christopher Schwarzenegger, stand on stage during the 190th Oktoberfest on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Munich, Germany. (Felix Hörhager/dpa via AP)
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his son, Christopher Schwarzenegger, stand on stage during the 190th Oktoberfest on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Munich, Germany. (Felix Hörhager/dpa via AP)
Visitors walk to the re-opening of the Oktoberfest watched by police officers that was closed since the morning after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Visitors walk to the re-opening of the Oktoberfest watched by police officers that was closed since the morning after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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MUNICH (AP) — The 190th Oktoberfest came to a close Sunday, wrapping up the world’s largest folk festival with the traditional Bavarian marksmen’s gun salute in Munich.

Roughly 6.5 million visitors attended between Sept. 20 and Sunday, German news agency dpa reported, including Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Austrian-born former governor of California spontaneously conducted a live music band and the singing crowd in a beer tent on Sept. 26.

Schwarzenegger, dressed in a traditional Bavarian-style leather jacket, a buttoned-down shirt and jeans, was accompanied by his partner, Heather Milligan, and his son, Christopher.

The fairgrounds were closed for hours Wednesday as police searched the area due to a bomb threat linked to an explosion across town.

During the initial investigation, a letter written by the suspect and found near the crime scene contained a “non-specific” threat of explosives related to Oktoberfest, Bavaria police previously said.

Wednesday's images showed police in fluorescent vests patrolling nearly barren pavements near roller coasters and other rides and attractions. Revelers returned to the fairgrounds Wednesday evening after it was deemed safe.

Decades ago, Oktoberfest was the target of a deadly neo-Nazi attack. A bombing on Sept. 26, 1980, claimed 12 lives, including three children, plus the attacker, student Gundolf Koehler, a supporter of a banned far-right group. More than 200 people were wounded.

 

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