Berliners rave against motorway extension threatening cultural venues - BBC News

Clubbers hold street party protesting against plan to flatten 20 venues in path of ring road extension

15 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPImage caption, Ravers say no thank you to the new autobahn extensionBy Damien McGuinnessBBC News, BerlinForget gluing yourself to the road in protest. On Saturday Berliners demonstrated for the climate by blocking a main road with a giant rave.

Smoke machines, glitter balls and drinks stands were set up amid the road signs and traffic lights, as thousands of clubbers, climate activists and local residents turned a kilometre stretch of main road in the eastern Berlin district of Friedrichshain into an outdoor dancefloor.

With the permission of Berlin authorities, local night-clubs blocked the busy road throughout Saturday afternoon and evening, pumping out music from impromptu stages.

The ravers want to stop Berlin's main motorway, the A100, being extended along this route and ripping through this central urban neighbourhood.

The six-lane motorway would destroy some of Berlin's edgiest night-clubs including About Blank, Wilde Renate, Else, Oxi, Void and Club Ost.