Or so the saying goes. Saturday was the return of the famous Love Parade festival to the streets of Berlin, something that I was fortunate to be able to attend this weekend. Berlin’s famous Siegessade is a perfect location for the centre of it too. Streets radiating out of this giant pinnacle all packed with people following the floats pumping out dance music. The hundreds of thousands of people celebrated the return of this festival, evident by the huge number of people dancing and chilling to the music and atmosphere that this free festival had on offer.

Many people came out dressed to impressed, while others neglected to bring (or at least put on) some of their clothing. It’s a great parade and you can indulge yourself as little or as much as you want. The streets did get a little crazy, particularly as the parade ended, but relief was not too far away for the crowds with all the parkland of the Tiergarten in all directions.

The parade of floats, numbering easily into the thirties, all brought with them their own unique styles to the festival. Some people chose to follow a particular float as it circled up and down each of the radiated streets, and others stood their ground, instead showered by all the music on offer. Sometimes even lucky festival-goers got invited to join one of the floats, allowing them with an unchallenged view of everything.

I think it’s a great thing that the parade is free, and even better to find out how friendly all the people are. For those with limitless energy or those that started late in the day, many clubs hold after parties (all unfortunately not as free). I’m glad that I was able to see the return of this festival, and look forward to next year’s. For more photos, I suggest you look at Flickr.

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