Berlin Wall 20 years

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city is organizing the Festival of Freedom in Berlin on November, 9th 2009.

The Festival of Freedom will begin with an open-air concert at Pariser Platz by the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim. After the concert, the fall of the Berlin Wall will be symbolised by knocking over the designed dominos. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend this extraordinary event.

Already on 7 and 8 November, the Domino Gallery made up of around 1000 over-sized dominos will cover a route of around two kilometres from the Reichstagsufer via the Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz and will create unique images and impressions close to where the Berlin Wall once stood.

Source: www.mauerfall09.de (You can also check this website for more events)


The MTV Europe Awards will take place to celebrate fall of Berlin wall. Legendary Irish band U2 will play a short set in front of the Brandenburg Gate before the awards show is held at the O2 World stadium. Tickets to U2's performance were given away free online and were snapped up within hours.

Source: Associated Press


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