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To celebrate NYE Berlin is throwing
what the locals like to call the world’s
largest New Year's Eve open air
party. Live bands, DJs, the famous
countdown to midnight and the huge
fireworks display will once again
attract hundreds of thousands of
guests from all over the world to
the Brandenburg Gate. The party mile
runs from the Brandenburg Gate along Strasse des 17. Juni up to the
Victory Column (Siegessäule). A two-kilometre-long
party with show stages,
international stars and stage acts,
special highlights, laser and light
shows. Last year around one million
people joined in the party and more
are expected this year. The big club
party this year is Odyssee , a
New Year's Eve electronic music and
arts festival held at The old Kindl
brewery Neukölln.
Berlin New Year's Eve fireworks,
events and parties.
A
laser show and fireworks will be
fired to add to the celebrations
taking place as the ball drops
confirming midnight and the start to
a New Year which promises to be
eventful.
Germans call New Year's Eve Silvester
because 31 December is the feast day
of St. Sylvester. Since 1972, each
New Year's Eve, several German
television stations broadcast a
short comedy play in English
(recorded by West German television
in 1963) entitled Dinner for One. A
line from the comedy sketch, "the
same procedure as every year", has
become a catch phrase in Germany.
Every year Berlin hosts one of the
largest New Year's Eve celebrations
in all of Europe which is attended
by over a million people. The focal
point is the Brandenburg Gate and
the fireworks at midnight are
centered on that location. Germans
have a reputation for spending large
amounts of money on firecrackers and
fireworks, and so fireworks are to
be seen all over the country on this
night. When the clock strikes
midnight on Silvester, Germans toast
the New Year with a glass of Sekt
(German sparkling wine) or
champagne. 'Bleigießen' is another
German New Year's Eve custom, which
involves telling fortunes by the
shapes made by molten lead dropped
into cold water.
Top
hotels to consider staying in Berlin
for New Year include the
Michelberger Hotel, Akzent Hotel Am
Forum Steglitz, Hotel Panorama Am
Adenauerplatz and the Hotel
Prinzregent. All are located
centrally with good access to the
best party areas.
For
those of an artistic bent, Berlin is
noted for its numerous cultural
institutions, many of which enjoy
international reputation. The
diversity and vivacity of the
Zeitgeist Metropolis led to a
trendsetting image among major
cities. The city has a very diverse
art scene and is home to around 420
art galleries. Mitte and surrounding
boroughs are also home to many
nightclubs, including techno clubs
Tresor, WMF, Ufo, E-Werk, KitKatClub
and Berghain. The techno-music club,
Linientreu, near the Kaiser Wilhelm
Memorial Church, has been in
business since the late 1980s.
Berlin
has three major opera houses: the
Deutsche Oper, the Berlin State
Opera, and the Komische Oper. The
Berlin State Opera on Unter den
Linden opened in 1742 and is the
oldest of the three. Its current
musical director is Daniel
Barenboim. The Komische Oper has
traditionally specialized in
operettas and is located at Unter
den Linden as well. The Deutsche
Oper opened in 1912 in
Charlottenburg.
Berlin
is home to a diverse gastronomy
scene reflecting the immigrant
history of the city. Twelve
restaurants in Berlin have been
included into the Michelin guide,
which ranks the city at the top for
the number of its restaurants having
this distinction in Germany. Apart
from that, Berlin is well known for
its vast offering of vegetarian,
vegan and otherwise
sustainability-oriented food, such
as fair trade goods or organic food.
Berlin is one of the cities with the
most vegetarian and vegan
restaurants in the world.
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