Overview
- The festival opened with a traditional keg tapping by Wasen mayor Thomas Fuhrmann in the tent Beim Benz, marking the ceremonial start for this year’s run.
- The event spans 23 days with more than 200 showmen, restaurateurs, and traders, and organizers project around 1.5 million attendees after last year’s 2.2 million record counted by entrance cameras.
- Security and care services are expanded as police and the German Red Cross staff the grounds, the Wasenboje help point for women adds roaming teams, and all tents use the SafeNow app for rapid alerts.
- Rides range from big draw thrill machines to classics, with the Happy Traveller making its Wasen premiere as a late replacement for the missing Transformer.
- Visitors face a break on costs as beer prices in the tents hold at last year’s level.