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September 20th, 2003, 04:17 PM
By the time the 170th Oktoberfest ends on October 5, some six million visitors are expected to have passed through 14 enormous tents, each capable of holding up to 10,000 people at a time, and to have drunk over 5.5 million liters (1.453 million U.S. gallons) of beer.
The consumption of food is equally impressive. Last year the visitors consumed 219,405 pairs of pork sausage, which lined end to end would stretch for more than 50 km (30 miles).
They ate 87 oxen, 58,746 legs of pork and almost half a million roast chickens, and organizers are expecting a similarly gargantuan total this year.
The consumption of food is equally impressive. Last year the visitors consumed 219,405 pairs of pork sausage, which lined end to end would stretch for more than 50 km (30 miles).
They ate 87 oxen, 58,746 legs of pork and almost half a million roast chickens, and organizers are expecting a similarly gargantuan total this year.