Overview

• Temperatures reached 31 °C on Saturday, the highest reading for the Wiesn since records began and the first new mark since 1993.
• Nearly one million people visited over the first weekend, according to Wiesn chief Christian Scharpf.
• Overcrowding and heat led some beer tents to close early, with visitors reporting stifling conditions and collapses.
• Police detailed multiple cases, including a 25-year-old Italian charged for a Hitler salute after a €3,000 security deposit and a Maßkrug brawl involving Swiss visitors who posted €18,000.
• Munich Mayor Dieter Reiter opened the festival with a two‑stroke keg tap as political rivals staged their own taps elsewhere on the grounds.