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The Berlin television tower at night during the Festival of Lights, its sphere lit in bands of colour above the dark city.

Festival of Lights

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About this event

For ten evenings in October, buildings across Berlin are lit with projections after dark — the television tower, the cathedral, the Brandenburg Gate and a long list of smaller façades. It is free to walk between them, and most people do. The illuminated sites and their hours are published by the organiser.

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Photograph: Smirnowsv, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 — creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

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