OKTOBERFEST VISITORS RIDE IN A ROLLER COASTER IN FRONT OF MUNICH'S LANDMARK FRAUENKIRCHE, 2003-09-24 (photo)

Oktoberfest visitors ride in a roller coaster in front of Munich's landmark Frauenkirche September 24, 2003. Thousands of beer drinkers from around the world flock to Munich for the largest and most famous beer festival on earth, the Oktoberfest. The 170th Oktoberfest started at September 20 and ends on October 5, some six million visitors are expected to have passed through 14 enormous tents, each capable of holding up to 10,000 people at a time, and to have drunk over 5.5 million litres (1.453 million U.S. gallons) of beer. REUTERS/Alexandra Winkler AX/JOH