AN AERIAL VIEW SHOWS TECHNO MUSIC FANS CELEBRATE AT BERLIN'S VICTORY COLUMN.
An aerial view shows Berlin's Tiergarten area with the famous landmark Siegessauele (victory column) during the annual "Love parade" techno music fest July 10. Up to a million young partygoers danced through the streets of Berlin on Saturday as the Love Parade, billed as the world's biggest techno rave, got under way for what may be the last time. From the Unter den Linden main boulevard through the Brandenburg Gate to the Tiergarten park, Zoo Station and beyond, the sun-baked German capital was one seething mass of gyrating bodies. Reunited Berlin is rebuilding a reputation as party city to rival its Cabaret era of the 1920s and the hippie counter culture that ruled in its western half in the 70s. It has hosted the Love Parade since before the Wall came down a decade ago.
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