How Berlin Will Celebrate the 'Fall of the Wall's' 20th Anniversary

April 28, 2009 at 1:01 PM | by amandak | Comments (0)

This November will mark 20 years since the Berlin Wall came tumblin' down, and Berlin has figured out plenty of ways to celebrate, making 2009 the ideal year to visit this buzzing city.

For one, they're scrubbing what's left of the wall clean at the East Side Gallery - the largest remaining portion of the wall - and have invited all the artists who famously painted murals on the section to come back and repaint it. The wall will be cleaned and resurfaced first so that the new paintings should be more resistant to car fumes and vandals. Visitors can watch the artists in action and a grand reopening is planned for November.

When the actual anniversary of the fall of the wall hits in the first week of November, Berlin will really come to life with the Festival of Freedom, running from November 7-9 on both sides of the Brandenburg Gate in the city center.

Included in this festival will be the fall of a thousand eight-foot high dominos (they'd better line them up right) and it's meant to be a real multimedia spectacular kind of deal. Of course, nothing will ever be quite as spectacular as seeing those first East Berliners chipping away at the wall two decades ago, but it's still a great reason to celebrate.

Related Stories:
· Berlin Wall Given A Facelift [Guardian]
· Ritz-Carlton Berlin Makes History Cool 20 Years After Wall Fell [HotelChatter]
· Berlin: Hear History Rebuild the Wall [Jaunted]

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