Tens of thousands of people celebrate 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate – with thoughtful words from Merkel and a spectacular art piece called Vision in Motion
The celebration of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate was “completely peaceful” on Saturday, according to the police. “Due to overcrowding, we had to temporarily block some entrances for security reasons,” said a spokesman on Sunday. According to the organizers, more than 100,000 visitors had gathered on the festival site, which stretched across the Straße des 17. Juni to the Großer Stern in the Tiergarten. The police did not give an exact number on Sunday morning – the officers did not have their own count.