Revellers flock to Berlin's streets for grand New Year`s celebration under Brandenburg Gate
Tens of thousands of people gathered under the Brandenburg Gate in Germany's capital Berlin early on January 1 to usher in the start of the year 2025. Up to 60,000 people were present on the Street of 17 June, on the western side of the Gate which once separated East and West Berlin until the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, according to countdown organisers. The party took place in a closed off area stretching over 1.9 km (1.1 miles) from Brandenburg Gate to the Victory Column monument. Everton, a reveller from Brazil who provided only his first name, said his wish for the New Year was a global world. "We are very global citizens, we live in Brazil, we live in the United States, we have parents in Europe, in Belgium, and we want to have a global world. We don't want to have individual countries."
