The German capital is getting ready to commemorate 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall by dividing the city again – this time with a glowing border made of thousands of illuminated balloons.

The German capital will re-create part of the notorious Berlin Wall with a lichtgrenze, or light frontier, made of 8,000 illuminated balloons to mark 25 years of freedom since the wall came down Nov.

Twenty-five years ago, Berlin was a city divided. The East was under Soviet control, while the West continued to identify with the Allies. The two would stay separate until Nov. 9, 1989 when the ...

From 1961 to 1989, the city of Berlin was divided by the most visible sign of the Cold War: a wall more than 140km (87 miles) long. In its final form, the Berlin Wall consisted of inner and outer ...

Glowing balloons have been released into the air along a strip where the Berlin Wall once stood. (AAP) Thousands of illuminated white balloons have floated up into the night sky in the German capital ...

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