BERLIN

The move to Berlin
In Berlin, where time runs rapidly, has been born in recent years a great art scene that has spread throughout Germany. Thus Berlin has become the capital of contemporary art. The remodeling of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Hamburger Bahnhof, a large industrial building converted into a temple of contemporary art.
Alongside Berlin neighborhoods of Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg have proliferated galleries internationally recognized. Between the Spree and Kupfergraben RIIO is the Museum Island complex which houses interesting archeological remains (Pergamon Museum, and Bode Museum) and Art S. XIX (Old National Gallery). The many museums of Berlin house within its walls history, art, and conocimieto and forming a unique landscape on museums.
The numbers make it clear: Berlin's three opera houses, over 150 theaters and stages, more than 175 museums and collections, around 300 galleries, over 250 public libraries, 130 cinemas and many other cultural institutions.
So it is not surprising that the city offers about 1,500 daily events. The budget of 500 million euros for the arts bring Berlin to head the international cultural movement.
Since the '20s, Berlin was proclaimed in various publications and posters as "The city of music and theater." In its role as capital of the theater and the orchestras of Germany, Berlin offers daily culture lovers a wide range: from comedy to classical opera. The music and the music hall as the hall "Wintergarten" and invite many cabaret entertainment in all its forms.
Culture Carnivals and Parades
Unlike Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mainz, Berlin does not follow the tradition of carnival, at least in the strict sense of the word. However, for Pentecost important event occurs in Berlin: The "Carnival


Cultures ".

The project of "Carnival of Cultures" arose from the growing internationalism of Berlin. As the German city with the largest number of foreigners (about 440,000) Berlin plays the role of a "Workshop on Integration". For the "Workshop of Cultures" (organizers of the "Carnival of Cultures" was founded in 1993 in the Neukölln district of Berlin) was important to create a space that would offer dialogue and meetings between people of different nationalities, cultures and religions. Thus was born the idea of ​​creating a carnival of cultures.
The Carnival of Cultures is part of a new European carnival tradition - something like the Notting Hill Carnival in London or Rotterdam Zomercarnaval - but the large number of participating countries and the vast cultural spectrum of actors make it a unique event internationally. And how can we forget the million and a half visitors from around the world to come to Berlin to live this wonderful experience.
Parade techno music "Love Parade" had a similar number of visitors. This parade, founded by DJ Dr. Motte in 1989, attracted every year more and more techno lovers to Berlin. In 2003, Parade Zurich took the lead. In 2004 and 2005 the "Love Parade" was not carried out because of funding problems. Now the organizers of "Loveparade LLCs" decide where and when will the event. The dark side of this great event were the mountains of trash left by visitors and ecological havoc caused in the Tiergarten park.
These parades belongs also the annual Christopher Street Day parade, created in 1979 and takes place in late June provided. With 1.2 million visitors Cologne narrowly beat us. But this can not take away the fame of Berlin to be the capital of gays and lesbians.
Even celebrities such as, Mr. Thierse, who in 2000 was president of the parliament, and the mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, who before his inauguration he publicly declared his homosexuality, participate in the carnival. What was originally a political rally of hundreds of daring became the Parade "Gay Pride" (gay pride) in a trade show that attracts millions of visitors. For many visitors, the champagne is a must!
Berlin for sports fans
In Berlin there are a number of gyms and sport clubs that are practiced in almost all forms. Some clubs focus even professional: football teams Hertha BSC and 1. FC Union Berlin ice hockey team Eisbären, Alba basketball team and football team Berlin Thunder to name a few. In the national volleyball league, Berlin is represented with three teams.
Each year there is the world famous Berlin "Berlin Marathon" involving approximately 40,000 runners and the championship final of the League Cup and the ISTAF (light athletics championship). For the application to the Summer Olympics of 2000, which eventually took place in Sydney, were built and renovated many sports facilities, for example the Colosseum Max-Schmeling-Halle, the SSE Sports Complex Sportpark Europe with two indoor pools. In July 2006 there was the World Cup final in Berlin. This Olympic Stadium was renovated completely. In 2009 there will be the World Athletics light.