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Görlitzer Park will remain open at night on May 1
Around Labor Day, thousands of people flock to Kreuzberg and the area around Görlitzer Park. As a special exception, the gates will remain open for the duration. more
The section near the Gendarmenmarkt that has been closed since the end of January in favour of a pedestrian zone will be reopened to motorised traffic on 1 July, as the traffic administration announced on Tuesday. The background to the decision was objections by residents against the 500-metre pedestrian zone between Leipziger Strasse and Französischer Strasse, some of which were connected with summary proceedings in court. A moratorium was to be offered to the complainants. A broad participation process for an overall urban development and traffic concept for the historic centre would then begin in autumn.