Berlin. The new Love Parade is taking place on Straße des 17. Juni. You can find the best pictures and news about “Rave the Planet” here.
For the third edition of the huge techno parade “Rave the Planet“ Around 300,000 people are expected in Berlin today. The party demo will take place in the Tiergarten on Straße des 17. Juni between the Brandenburg Gate and the Grosser Stern, following in the footsteps of Dr. Motte’s Love Parade. According to the organizers, 30 floats and around 300 artists will be there throughout the day. According to the police, 300,000 people have registered. According to the police, the event has been officially registered as a demonstration. This has major advantages for the organizers compared to a pure party parade. According to the information, the police will accompany the event with around 1,000 officers.
You can read the best pictures, current information on how to get there, interesting and curious facts about the big party demo here.
“Rave the Planet” 2024 in Berlin: The best pictures
Young techno fans in a party mood. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Flashy outfits are part of every techno event. © FUNKE Foto Services | Maurizio Gambarini
People dance on and around the techno trucks. © FUNKE Foto Services | Maurizio Gambarini
People dance in front of the Victory Column during the techno parade “Rave The Planet”. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
Loud outfits and costumes at “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Loud outfits and costumes at “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Loud outfits and costumes at “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
As in previous years, many participants wear skimpy outfits at “Rave the Planet.” © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Young techno fans celebrate at “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Exuberant activity on one of the so-called floats at “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
The music trucks shuttle between the Brandenburg Gate and the Grosser Stern in Berlin-Tiergarten. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Participants on one of the music trucks at “Rave the Planet”. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
Good atmosphere at the Grosser Stern at the techno parade “Rave the Planet”. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
While people are celebrating on Straße des 17. Juni, techno fans are relaxing in the Tiergarten. © Funke Foto Service | Marc Hofmann
Dr. Motte, DJ and co-founder of “Rave the Planet” at the start of the techno parade. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
People walk on the Straße des 17. Juni in front of the techno parade “Rave The Planet”. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
Unusual headdress on a participant of “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
Against the heat: fans and bubble cannons
16:42: Black leather outfits, rhinestones on the face, Borat suits or brightly colored shirts: The scenery is as colorful as the mood. Around the trucks omitted danced, but there is still air in between. Fans and soap bubble cannons are part of the standard repertoire in this year’s high summer temperatures.
Party on Straße des 17. Juni, relaxed picnic in the Tiergarten
3.44 p.m.: While the bass rolls on the Straße des 17. Juni, a picnic atmosphere prevails in the ZooPeople sit together, eat, drink, and fan themselves in the sultry temperatures.
Picnic in the Tiergarten. © Funke Foto Service | Marc Hofmann
Dr. Motto at the start of “Rave the Planet”: Love is stronger than hate
15:05: At the start of the techno demo, speakers include Dr. Mottewhose real name is Matthias Roeingh. Love is stronger than hate and violence, he says about this year’s motto “Love is stronger”. Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) sent an audio greeting. “Techno is more than noise” and is an elementary part of the Berlin cultural scene. “Rave knows no origin, no gender and no social status.”
As in previous years, the techno parade also combines political demands, is seen as Demo registered. “Abolition of all dance bans” is written on one of the trucks. “You live techno culture,” shouts a man from one of the other trucks, while signs with peace signs are held up.
A music truck on the Straße des 17. Juni on Saturday afternoon at the techno demo “Rave the Planet”. © AFP | Tobias Schwarz
„Rave the Planet“ im Livestream: Live-Bilder vom Truck
2.20 p.m.: If you can’t be there at the gigantic open-air party: The parade is also in Livestream Live images are available, for example, from the “Elmonauten” truck, one of the 30 floats that shuttle between the Brandenburg Gate and the Grosser Stern. The stream can be seen on the streaming platform Twitch.
“Rave the Planet” starts – First effects on S-Bahn traffic
14:05: The trucks drive: Beats resound over the Street of 17 Junepeople dance exuberantly in skimpy outfits on and next to the floats. Everything from black to loud can be seen. “Rave the Planet” 2024 has started.
The Berliners S-Bahn reports: The stop at Brandenburg Gate station is no longer available. The subways will also no longer stop there. Anyone who wants to join in the “Rave the Planet” celebrations should head for the S-Bahn stations west of Grosser Stern, recommends the traffic information center. The best way to get there is via Zoo station. The Berlin police, however, point out that there will be significant traffic restrictions until 10 p.m. And that there may be “increased noise.”
Relaxed activity on the Straße des 17. Juni immediately before the start of “Rave the Planet”. © dpa | Sebastian Gollnow
This is the route of the “Rave the Planet” parade. © Berliner Morgenpost Infographic | C. Schlippes
Loveparade 2024 in Berlin – Overview of information on “Rave the Planet”
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