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Street protests have prevented a 22m-portion of the EastSide Gallery to be taken down (Photo: Valentina Pop)

Berliners protest against wall removal

Thousands took to the streets Sunday (3 March) to protest against a luxury real estate project that would take down a part of the longest stretch of what remains of the Berlin wall.

The 1.3km long "EastSide Gallery" is a popular tourist destination displaying graffiti and wall paintings made by artists from all around the world in 1990, when most of the former east German border wall was torn down.

A luxury real estate project, bringing in revenue to the cash-strapped city, would ...

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Street protests have prevented a 22m-portion of the EastSide Gallery to be taken down (Photo: Valentina Pop)

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