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Festival of Lights 2010 – A Fairytale of Light and Colour

by Carsten on October 28, 2010 in be Berlin,Citylife,Events,FullView,Landmarks

The Festival of Lights has finally ended and during the last two weeks, I took a couple of pictures from Berlin’s most known Landmarks. Sadly, due to restoration works, the Victory Column wasn’t illuminated this year, but I got some nice shots from the Berliner Dom, Schloss Charlottenburg and the Brandenburger Tor.

And If you missed this years event, the date for the 7th Festival of Lights is already set: from 19th to 30th October 2011 Berlin will again turn into a fairytale of light and colour.

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Festival of Lights 2009, Berlin in a different Light

by Carsten on October 27, 2009 in Art,Events,Festivals

The fifth Festival of Lights has ended, during the last two weeks, you were able to see Berlin in a different light.

Since 2005, every year in October, Berlin turns into a sparkling metropolis,

about 5000 LED-lamps, 750 LED-spotlights and 900 Fluorescent lamps, were used this time to illuminate 59 world-famous historical landmarks and spots in Berlin,

for the biggest festival in the history of the Festival of Lights.

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