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• Hey everyone, isnt the Oktoberfest more like end of September and just a couple of days of October? This year it starts on the 18th of September and finishes at the 3rd of October. So......anyone wants to get there in October?????

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[edit] Global

• 3rd October 2005: annular (full) solar eclipse in southern Europe (Spain and northern Portugal), North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan) and East Africa (Kenya) [1], map [2]

[edit] Austria

• 8th October 2005: Night of Museums all across Austria - admission to almost all of the country's museums with a single cheap ticket from 6 pm to 1 am, with free shuttle buses and lots of special events.

[edit] Wales

• 30th September to 22nd October 2005: Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts [3] in Swansea, UK