subject: Exiting Things To Do On Berlin's Cool Holidays [print this page] Berlin is a city of the gritty and glamorous, of the orthodox and the unorthodox, of the posh and the punk, as well as the gourmet and the guerilla. These disparate elements come together in an explosion of fun, funky and fabulous holidays, festivals and fests that no other city within a thousand mile radius can hope to match. After all, they are not Berliners!
Before becoming a Berliner yourself by being on holiday during one of the festivals of the city, make reservations for a holiday apartment. Online sites make it easy, fast and convenient to book accommodations in the city, which significantly lessens the hassles of travel.
Once in Berlin, visitors will immediately observe that the city appears to be throwing itself into the future with unbridled energy. It seems like every day is a holiday, every street corner is ready to throw a mini-festival and every restaurant is ready to serve a feast. All of these festivities are marked by great tolerance for virtually everybody, yet another hallmark of the city and its people.
Take the Christopher Street Day, for example. Although it started as an annual political demonstration of gay rights, the parade participants are so gaily - some will say wildly - attired that the city streets explode in color.
Where else but in tolerant Berlin will two opposing parades co-exist? The Love Parade was started in 1989 as a demonstration for international understanding through love and music. Its antithesis is the Fuckparade, a political demonstration marked by speeches and music albeit very different from that featured in the Love Parade.
Yet another holiday in Berlin that many people may find odd is the Hanf Parade usually conducted in August. It is the biggest political demonstration in Europe aimed at the legalization of hemp.
Although the Karneval in Berlin cannot rival the mayhem of sights and sounds of the Carnival in Rio, it is still a holiday worth seeing. Visitors and locals alike can participate in the raucous parade, go for drinks after the parade and just party the whole night long.
The usual public holidays like New Year's Day, Epiphany, Christmas Day and All Saints Day are celebrated along with the Day of German Unity and Reformation Day. With so many ethnic immigrants in Berlin, there is always someone celebrating a holiday in accordance with their ethnic traditions although it may only be confined to the home or the small community.
Now, that is what we can truly call as cool - Berlin having a party every day, everywhere. It is a great way to spend a holiday, hands down.
by: Gaizka Pujana
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