The citizens of Berlin on Sunday released almost 7,000 balloons into the night sky, many carrying messages of hope to mark the 25th anniversary since the fall of the wall that once divided their ...

Lichtgrenze is the city’s largest-ever public art installation. It will last three days–until all the illuminated latex orbs float away. Christopher Bauder and his younger brother, Marc, first visited ...

Twenty-five years ago, Berlin was a city divided. The East was under Soviet control, while the West continued to identify with the Allies. The two would stay separate until Nov. 9, 1989 when the ...

The German capital is getting ready to commemorate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall by dividing the city again – this time with a glowing border made of thousands of illuminated balloons.

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