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The popular Christmas trucks from US beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola as well as the new Christmas train are expected to stop in Berlin this December.
Holidays Are Coming: The Christmas tour with its festively decorated semitrailer trucks last stopped at the Olympic Stadium in 2021 and on Mercedes Platz in Friedrichshain in 2022. It is not yet known whether and where the trucks will be spreading Christmas cheer in 2024.
The Coca-Cola Christmas trucks have been touring Germany at Christmas time since 1997. Each Freightliner truck has 470 horsepower and 13 liters of displacement. The trucks, which are decorated with all kinds of illuminations, are 16.50 meters long, 4 meters high and weigh about 18 tons. It is currently not known how many trucks will find their way to Berlin.
Last year, the Coca-Cola Christmas spirit arrived in Berlin by rail for the first time: Two days before Christmas Eve, the Christmas train stopped at Südkreuz station. Visitors were able to create personalized Coca Cola bottles, take a photo with Santa and open a gift box. The picture frame station also offered the opportunity to create personalised Christmas cards. It is not yet known whether the Christmas train will stop in Berlin agaiin in 2024.
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