I’d written about tension in Berlin previously. I’d also been warned about the May day riots that typically happen all over Germany, although this year it apparently turned out much quieter than in previous years.

This doesn’t really mean that things didn’t really happen. Take this (former) BMW car for instance, that I found in Friedrichshain one weekend. The smell of burnt everything still lingered in the air.

Here’s a different shot from the front.

It’s these little things that remind you of how many issues often get swept under the carpet.