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May Day in Berlin
Street festivals, parties and concerts: May Day in Berlin is an exciting day. The German Labor Day is celebrated all over the city with events for the whole family. more
The festival is intended to counteract the May Day riots by replacing violence with peaceful celebration in the neighborhoods around Kottbusser Tor, Heinrichplatz and Oranienstraße. The increasingly peaceful course of May Day celebrations in Kreuzberg since 2003 is attributed by the police, politicians and residents primarily to the "Myfest".