Munich Oktoberfest Ride Gives Women Free Shorts Amid Thousands of Upskirting Videos
Elisabeth Polaczy says she has given out more than 100 pairs this year as police warn against upskirting at the festival.
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The Teufelsrad is one of Oktoberfest's oldest attractions. On a large, rotating platform, participants try to maintain their balance as the wheel gradually increases in speed. As a result, many people fall, and the movement and centrifugal force cause the skirts of the women to rise up as they fall. According to the "Süddeutsche Zeitung," there may be at least 32,000 videos online of women using the Teufelsrad. Some of the footage was also digit…
Munich Oktoberfest ride gives women free shorts amid thousands of upskirting videos
At least 32,000 videos featuring women on the Teufelsrad have been circulated, according to Munich daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. Some have apparently been watched millions of times. The videos often show women wearing traditional dirndl dresses with their underwear visible. Some images have also been digitally manipulated to make the women appear naked, according to BR.
Peace: The organizers of the Octoberfest beer festival in Munich are introducing new measures to protect visitors from apskarting – secret filming under skirts and traditional dirndl dresses.
One of the oldest and most popular attractions at Munich's Oktoberfest has found itself at the center of a scandal. After thousands of videos of women being filmed in intimate situations while spinning, the operator of the famous "Devil's Wheel" (Teufelsrad) has started giving away free bicycle wedges to visitors in dresses. Some of the videos on social media have been viewed millions of times, and according to German media, one of them brought …
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