Celebrations
The Day of German Unity is celebrated each year with a ceremonial act and a citizens' festival (Bürgerfest).
The celebrations are hosted habitually in the state capital of the German state presiding over the Bundesrat in the respective year:
- 1990 in Berlin, capital of Germany, reunited into a single city that year
- 1991 in Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
- 1992 in Schwerin, state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- 1993 in Saarbrücken, state capital of Saarland
- 1994 in Bremen, state capital of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
- 1995 in Düsseldorf, state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1996 in Munich, state capital of Bavaria
- 1997 in Stuttgart, state capital of Baden-Württemberg
- 1998 in Hannover, state capital of Lower Saxony
- 1999 in Wiesbaden, state capital of Hesse
- 2000 in Dresden, state capital of Saxony
- 2001 in Mainz, state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate
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- 2002 in Berlin
- 2003 in Magdeburg, state capital of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2004 in Erfurt, state capital of Thuringia
- 2005 in Potsdam, state capital of Brandenburg
- 2006 in Kiel, state capital of Schleswig-Holstein
- 2007 in Schwerin
- 2008 in Hamburg
- 2009 in Saarbrücken
- 2010 in Bremen
- 2011 in Bonn, former capital of West Germany, instead of the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, as an exception to the habitual practice.
- 2012 in Munich, state capital of Bavaria
- 2013 planned in Stuttgart, state capital of Baden-Württemberg
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In addition, various celebrations are held in the federal capital Berlin, mainly based on the Straße des 17. Juni and around the Brandenburg Gate. Furthermore, the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, which traditionally runs until the first Sunday in October, now runs until 3 October if the Sunday in question falls on the first or second day of October.
Unlike most other countries, flags on private houses, military parades and fireworks are not common on this day in Germany.