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Berlin Christopher Street Parade (Gay Pride Parade)

As the “fan mile” on the occasion of the European Soccer Championship took place around the Brandenburg Gate in 2008, they grabbed the opportunity to plan a new route leading through the eastern part of the city. In the future both routes shall be taken alternately.

Starting Point 2008/2010/2012 etc.
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße between Schlossbrücke and Spandauer Straße Demo lineup starts at 10:00am. Demo starts at 12:30pm.
Route: Unter den Linden, Glinkastr., Behrenstr., Ebertstr., Potsdamer Platz, Pots-damer Str., Bülowstr., Kleiststr., An der Urania, Schillstr., Hofjägerallee up until Siegessäule.
Distance: 6.5 km.
Starting point 2009/2011/2013 etc. Old route.

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Berlin Love Parade

The Love Parade is a popular festival and parade that originated in 1989 in Berlin, Germany, and has now spread throughout the world. Past Love Parades have occurred in Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Acapulco, Vienna, Cape Town, San Francisco, Leeds, Sydney, Santiago and Caracas.

This event inspired the 1998 Dance classic "Meet Her At The Love Parade" by Da Hool and is the subject of the Madonna song "Dear Jessie".

The parade is held at Straße des 17. Juni, which is near the Tiergarten Park in the center of Berlin by the Brandenburg Gate.

Brandenburg Gate

The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is a former city gate and one of the main symbols of Berlin. It is located between the Pariser Platz and the Platz des 18. März and is the only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin. One block to its north lies the Reichstag. The Gate constitutes the monumental termination of Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which led directly to the royal residence. It was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791.

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a concrete barrier built by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) that completely enclosed the city of West Berlin, separating it from East Germany, including East Berlin. The Wall included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses.

In a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin on June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, then the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to tear down the wall as a symbol of increasing freedom in the Eastern Bloc.

Ishtar Gate

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city.

A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way was built at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin out of material excavated by Robert Koldewey and finished in the 1930s. It includes the inscription plaque. It stands 47 feet high and 100 feet wide (14 meters by 30 meters). The excavation ran from 1902-1914 and during that time 45 feet of the foundation of the gate was uncovered.

Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum Berlin (Jüdisches Museum Berlin) is a museum in Berlin covering two millennia of German Jewish history. The Jewish Museum in Berlin was founded on Oranienburger Straße in 1933. It was closed in 1938 by the Nazi regime. The idea to revive the museum was first voiced in 1971, and an "Association for a Jewish Museum" was founded in 1975. A Jewish department of the Berlin Museum was opened after the Berlin Museum first displayed an exhibition on Jewish history in Berlin in 1978. In 1999 the Jewish Museum Berlin was granted status as an independent institution. A building by Daniel Libeskind was finished in 1999 and officially opened in 2001.

Berliner Philharmonie

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall located in the Tiergarten district. The building is located on Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße, named for the Philharmonic's longest-serving principal conductor, in the Kulturforum area of Berlin not far from Potsdamer Platz. The hall is the primary concert venue of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. There is a sister music venue, the Kammermusiksaal, next to the Philharmonie proper. The Philharmonie has 2,440 seats, whilst the Kammermusiksaal has 1,180.
On 20 May 2008, a fire broke out at the hall. One-quarter of the roof underwent considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior did sustain water damage as well, but was otherwise "generally unharmed." The firefighters limited damage by the use of foam. The cause of the fire has been attributed to welding work, and no serious damage was caused either to the structure or interior of the building. It re-opened on 2 June 2008.

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