It's not just partying on the tables that is part of the Oktoberfest tradition in Munich, but also the duck dance. It was even invented at the Oktoberfest. Credit: Murat Taner/Getty Images ...

Oktoberfest attracts legions of visitors to ... later King Ludwig I, organized a horse race on the meadow as part of his wedding to Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen.

So, the first Oktoberfest was as much a celebration of national pride as it was a wedding. The original celebration was a ...