Overview

• The June 8 parade was shifted from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain’s Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee due to a major construction site.
• Organisers reported around 750,000 attendees, about 100,000 more than last year’s turnout.
• Sixty-eight groups with roughly 4,000 performers showcased global music, dance and costumes along the new route.
• Police Berlin deployed approximately 1,500 officers and made about 30 temporary arrests for offences including assault and insults.
• Berlin Senate funding of €1.4 million underpinned the event, which featured protected green corridors and a planned Monday clean-up in Kreuzberg.