For the opening of the Year of German-American Friendship, Germany-based artist collective Urbanscreen illuminated three iconic buildings in the United States with their light-art, highlighting different aspects of German-American relations.

German broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports about how Berlin and Detroit work together to boost the Motor City’s night time economy – beyond 2am!

Hertha BSC, the city’s premier soccer club, celebrated 30 years of unity after the fall of the Berlin Wall and advocated for a tolerant, open-minded world with the Tear Down Walls Tour through the United States. Before their game at Allianz field in St Paul, Minnesota, the Hertha players and coaches visited Twin Cities Immersion School, the largest school of its kind in the United States, to speak to classes and kick around with students.