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Oktoberfest Fights Upskirting: Free Shorts Offered to Women on Teufelsrad Ride
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Firstpost•03-10-2026, 18:40
Oktoberfest Fights Upskirting: Free Shorts Offered to Women on Teufelsrad Ride
- •Women on the Teufelsrad ride at Munich Oktoberfest are receiving free cycling shorts to combat upskirting, a practice where videos are filmed under skirts.
- •The Teufelsrad, an old attraction, spins riders fast, often causing skirts to fly up, leading to thousands of voyeuristic videos circulating online.
- •Teufelsrad operator Elisabeth Polaczy has provided over 100 pairs of shorts this Oktoberfest to ensure women's security, despite the cost.
- •Filming under skirts is illegal in Germany, carrying a two-year jail sentence, but critics argue the law has limitations in covering all situations.
- •Over 32,000 videos featuring women on the Teufelsrad have circulated online, with some watched millions of times, prompting anti-upskirting campaigns.
Key Questions Answered
Women and girls wearing dresses are given free cycling shorts at the Teufelsrad attraction to safeguard them from voyeurs recording upskirting videos from the crowd as the circular ride spins them off.
Filming under someone's skirt is illegal in Germany and carries a maximum sentence of two years in jail.
Police arrested a 45-year-old Swiss man for upskirting in 2026, following ten arrests in 2025 and seven arrests in 2024.
