Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Love Parade
Centre
Christopher Street Day Parade
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The Berlin Marathon
Festivals & Fairs
Berliner Filmfestspiele
The Berlinale is the only
top German film festival, and is
attended by Hollywood stars and
German starlets alike. Until 1999,
the film festival took place all
around the Zoo-Palast cinema;
today the traditional festival
draws thousands of cinema fans
to the area around Potsdamer
Platz.
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Filmhaus Potsdamer Platz
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Map L2
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(030) 25 92 00
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2nd and 3rd
week in February
Christopher-Street-Parade
This gay parade openly and
brashly celebrates alternative
lifestyles. At the end of June, up
to 500,000 gays and lesbians
from around the world boister-
ously dance, drink and celebrate
in the streets of Central Berlin
(see also p58)
.
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Kurfürstendamm
and Straße des 17. Juni
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Map P3/4
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(030) 23 62 86 32
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4th weekend in June
Berliner Festwochen
Classical concerts, exhibi-
tions and events organized
around a particular theme form
the cultural highpoint of the year.
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Various venues
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September
Lange Nacht der Museen
For one night, entrance to
many of Berlin's museums is
free. Many institutions also put
on special events for that week-
end, and the street artists and
Zoo-Palast cinema during the Berlinale
Internationale
Funkausstellung (IFA)
The latest in entertainment tech-
nology from around the world
and high-tech toys for young and
old are on show at the IFA (Inter-
national Broadcasting Exhibition)
in the ICC.
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Messe Berlin, ICC
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Map
A5
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(030) 303 80
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every 2 years in Aug
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Admission charge
Love Parade
Although it has lost some of
its original fun, the largest techno-
party in the world still attracts a
crowd of nearly one million visi-
tors every year to ear-shattering
beats in Tiergarten.
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Großer Tier-
garten
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Map M5/6
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(030) 28 46 20
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2nd or 3rd weekend in July
IFA, ITB and Grüne Woche at the Messe
Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin:
www.berlinale.de
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