Gottschalk with his Karina and an ex-Formula 1 driver: the first Oktoberfest celebrity photos in 2022
Created: 09/18/2022, 06:17
By: Marius Epp
On October 17 at 12 noon, Mayor Dieter Reiter tapped the first barrel and declared the Oktoberfest open.
The first celebrities were spotted immediately.
1 / 12A photo that will go around the world: Shortly after the tapping, Munich's Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (r.) and Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder happily toast each other.
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2 / 12Boulevard journalist Patricia Riekel (left) already has a cold drink in her hand when the Wiesn landlords move in.
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3 / 12Thomas Gottschalk and his girlfriend Karina Mroß are anything but camera-shy in the Schottenhamel marquee.
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4 / 12This is what love looks like: Thomas Gottschalk and his girlfriend Karina Mroß give each other a big kiss.
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5 / 12Kai Pflaume (l.) cuts a fine figure in lederhosen as always.
When the landlords move in, he is in the front line.
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6 / 12Of course, Munich pop star Patrick Lindner cannot be left out of the festive opening of the Wiesn.
He usually makes hearts beat faster on stage - now he distributes them on the festival grounds.
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7 / 12Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher knows how to deal with horsepower - he poses with two horses at the Wiesn tapping.
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8 / 12Cabaret artist Monika Gruber swings the wooden hammer: O'zapft is!
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9 / 12Michael Käfer and Clarissa Ehrenhuber when the landlords move in.
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10 / 12The Bavarian Minister of State Florian Herrmann taps the keg in the Hofbräu tent.
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11 / 12The Austrian ex-Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also doesn't want to miss the Wiesn spectacle in the Schottenhamel tent.
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12 / 12Marianne and Michael Hartl.
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