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Berlin Wall: 25 years on

5 November 2014

  • US actor and singer David Hasselhoff returns to the scene of his infamous Berlin wall performance in March 2013.

    From Reagan to Hasselhoff: 5 people who didn’t bring down the Berlin Wall

    From Ronald Reagan’s ‘tear down this wall’ speech to David Hasselhoff’s bizarre ‘looking for freedom’ serenade, countless urban myths have sprung up about who was really responsible for the fall of the wall. Do any have any merit?

3 November 2014

  • From 7 to 9 November, a light installation of 8,000 white helium balloons will be set up to trace the course of the Berlin Wall, to mark the 25th anniversary of its fall.

    Berlin city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels

    It’s 25 years since the fall of the Wall and Berlin is celebrating with a vast light installation of white balloons, but there are dozens of other reasons to visit this autumn

29 October 2014

  • Checkpoint Charlie

    Berlin Wall in Google Street View

    Berlin’s modern face – glass skyscrapers, busy roads, overgrown lots – shows little trace of its old scar. Our Street View expert takes us back to Checkpoint Charlie, the death strip ... and the wall’s glorious fall 25 years ago next month

28 October 2014

  • An original, 10-panel section of the Berlin Wall in Los Angeles

    Where on earth is the Berlin wall?

    Twenty five years after its fall, more pieces of the Berlin wall are scattered across the globe – from Seattle to South Korea, Cape Town to Canberra – than remain in the city itself
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