2011-10-03

Day of German Unity

On 3 October 1990, Germany was officially reunified. Now a public holiday, on the Day of German Unity Berlin throws one heck of a party. Head to the Brandenburg Gate for live entertainment, food, drink and lots of dancing.

It's not just a celebration for the locals who were separated for more than 40 years by the Berlin Wall. The organisers stress the pan-European dimension of 1989, when the breaching of the Wall showed that the cracks in East European Communism were beginning to split wide open, letting unity between East and West flood through.

The reunification celebrations tend to be structured civic events, in contrast to the November booze-up along the former border strip that commemorates the night the Wall came down.

When: 3 Oct 2011

Where: Berlin, Germany

From: whatsonwhen.com

last modification: 2011-09-20
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