Facts about the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin, October 2024 In a few days, Berlin will be celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The German capital is organising numerous events and activities to mark the occasion. Berlin is expecting several hundred thousand guests from all over the world. We have summarised the most important programme items for the anniversary weekend for you below.

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• 8 and 9 November (set-up on 7 November): four-kilometre-longopen-air presentation with 5,000 historical and newly designed posters on the theme of freedom along the former inner-city route of the Wall (Invalidenstraße and Axel-Springer-Straße) and selective exhibitions
   
• 9 November, 8 - 9 pm: Festival for Freedom to mark 35 years since the fall of the Wall - the musical highlight of the celebrations along the entire event route: Berlin becomes a stage. The Berliners and guests are the band
   
• 10 November: Democracy festival "Revolution! - and then?’ with posters of the presentation and a programme of art, culture, living history and participatory activities (Former Stasi Headquarters - Campus for Democracy)
  
   

• until 14.11.2024:Special programme ‘Remembering the Revolution | Shaping Democracy’ by the Berlin Wall Foundation
   
• until 23 January 2025:C/O Berlin shows the great photo exhibition ‘Dream on - Berlin, the90s’
   
• until 16 February 2025: The Humboldt Forum shows an exhibition on the Palace of the Republic
   
• Largest GDR exhibition in the DDR Museum shows a model of the Palace of the Republic and original parts
   
• Overview of 75 events:visitBerlin.de/en/events-anniversary-fall-berlin-wall 
   
• Guided tours along the Wall, tours and tickets: visitBerlin.de/en/tickets-activities-about-cold-war-berlin-wall 

Here visitBerlin informs Berlin's guests about the anniversary of the fall of the Wall:

visitBerlin.de/en/35-years-fall-berlin-wall 
visitberlin.de/en/blog 
instagram.com/visitberlin/ 
tiktok.com/@visitberlin 
facebook.com/visitberlin/ 
linkedin.com/company/visitberlin

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• 12.11., 16 -18:30: visitBerlin's storytelling salon (free of charge) on the topic of ‘Life behind the Berlin Wall’ with contemporary witnesses at the Berlin Wall Memorial (visitor centre) visitBerlin.de/en/event/storytelling-salon-35th-anniversary-fall-berlin-wall 
   
• ABOUT BERLIN - the official Berlin app for the fall of the Wall with 300 stories, places, tours and multimedia content (free and offline)
   
• Where did the Berlin Wall stand? visitBerlin.de/en/berlin-wall & further information in a blog seriesvisitberlin.de/en/blog 
   
• Podcast ‘Berlin Unboxed’: ‘The night the Wall fell | 35 years of the fall of the Wall’
   
• Fall of the Wall video:youtu.be/nP42P5s2Ar0
   
• Contemporary witness videos: about.visitberlin.de/presse/press-releases/35-jahre-mauerfall-zeitzeugen-erinnern-sich
   
• Images for use: about.visitBerlin.de/en/materialien/toolkit/berlin-wall