Christopher Street Day

25 July 2020

On Christopher Street Day, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrate for the rights of LGBT people with a great parade, colourful floats, and music.

The first Christopher Street Day (CSD) in Berlin was celebrated on the 30th of June 1979. Since then the gay community has extended its political agenda, broadened the definition of diversity and pushed the fight for equality.

Up to 500,000 people celebrate the CSD in Berlin, which is also known as the biggest gay-lesbian "holiday". To get in tune for the Christopher Street Day, the community starts celebrating the weekend before at the Lesbian and Gay City Festival at Nollendorfplatz.

History of the Christopher Street Day

The Christopher Street Day is held in memory of the first big uprising of homosexuals against police assaults in Greenwich Village (New York, USA) on June 27, 1969. The so-called Stonewall Riots took place in a bar called Stonewall Inn on Christopher Street. In Germany, Christopher Street Day was celebrated in 1979 in Bremen and Berlin for the first time.

Starting point: Kurfürstendamm / Joachimsthaler Straße

zum Stadtplan

Opening Hours: 25 July 2020
Useful hints: The parade starts at 12 noon at Kurfürstendamm/Joachimsthaler Straße, passes Wittenbergplatz, Nollendorfplatz, Lützowplatz, Siegessäule, and ends at Brandenburg Gate where a final rally takes place at 5 p.m..
Admission Fee: Free admission
Internet: Official Christopher Street Day Website

Public transportation

Train (S-Bahn)

0.4km S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S9

Underground

0.1km U Kurfürstendamm
- U1
- U9
0.3km U Uhlandstr.
- U1
0.4km S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf
- U2
- U9

Bus

0.1km U Kurfürstendamm
- 204
- 249
- M19
- M29
- M46
- N26
- 109
- N10
- X10
- 110
0.2km Berlin, Joachimsthaler Str./Kantstr.
- M49
- X34
0.3km U Uhlandstr.
- 109
- 110
- M19
- M29
- N10
- X10
0.4km S+U Zoologischer Garten/Jebensstr.
- 100
- 245
- M45
0.4km S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf
- 109
- 110
- 204
- 245
- 249
- M45
- M46
- M49
- N10
- N26
- X10
- X34
- X9
- 100
- 200
- A05
0.4km Berlin, Uhlandstr./Kantstr.
- M49
0.4km Berlin, Friedrich-Hollaender-Platz
- 204
- 249
0.4km Jebensstr.
- 245
- M45
0.5km Berlin, Europa-Center
- M19
- M29
- M46
- N26
0.5km Berlin, Breitscheidplatz
- 100
- 200

Train

0.4km S+U Zoologischer Garten Bhf
- RE1
- RE2

Photo Galleries (in German):

Christopher Street Day 2018

Christopher Street Day 2017

Christopher Street Day 2016

Lesbian and Gay City Festival

18 and 19 July 2020

The Lesbian and Gay City Festival in Berlin is Europe's largest street party of its kind. It is held annually around Nollendorfplatz, the traditional gay stomping ground in Berlin-Schöneberg. more

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| Last edited: 7. October 2019

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