Overview

• Munich said roughly 6.5 million people attended over 16 days, slightly fewer than 2024, which the city linked to the bomb‑threat closure.
• Entry to the Theresienwiese was halted for about an hour on Oct. 3 at a late‑afternoon peak that organizers estimated at around 300,000 people.
• The festival grounds were also closed for more than seven hours on another day after a bomb threat tied to a separate violent incident in the city.
• Wiesn chief Christian Scharpf acknowledged mistakes in recognizing and communicating overcrowding and proposed real‑time visitor measurement and crowd‑spotting for 2026.
• Aicher Ambulanz reported 6,824 patients with a notable rise in heat and intoxication cases, and police recorded increases in some offenses, including 72 reported sexual crimes.