Berlin Wall
Barrier that once enclosed West Berlin
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| February 28 2025 |
Ghost station
Hume station opened as a fully-operational station on the Circle Line in Singapore
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| February 14 2025 |
"Heroes"
David Byrne, St. Vincent, and Arcade Fire performed 'Heroes' as a medley with Arcade Fire's 'Wake Up' during the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary concert at Radio City Music Hall.
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| 2024 |
Ghost station
Fushouling station in Beijing Subway's Line 1 is expected to be renovated and opened to the public.
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| 2024 |
Ghost station
A new U2 station is planned to be in use, though not yet opened at the time of writing.
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| August 15 2024 |
Ghost station
Teck Lee station on the Punggol LRT opened, concluding the line's full service deployment nearly two decades after initial operations
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| January 2024 |
"Heroes"
Clare Shenstone appears on BBC Radio 4's 'Bowie in Berlin' documentary, revealing details about the day spent with Bowie that inspired the song's lyrics.
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| 2023 |
Ghost station
Construction resumes for the Kwu Tung ghost station on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of the East Rail line.
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| 2021 |
Berlin Wall segments
Norlinda and José Lima donated their Berlin Wall segment to the municipality of São João da Madeira, to be displayed in the Oliva Creative Factory sculpture park.
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| 2021 |
Berlin Wall segments
A Berlin Wall segment in Leopold Park, Brussels was moved to be next to the segment outside the European Parliament.
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| August 2021 |
Ghost station
Liaoning Road station in Changchun was demolished after its permanent closure.
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| 2020 |
Ghost station
Station anticipated to potentially be completed after this year, though actual completion remains unconfirmed.
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| 2020 |
"Heroes"
The Guardian's Alexis Petridis ranked 'Heroes' at number five in a list of Bowie's 50 greatest songs.
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| 2020 | Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez released 'The American Sector', a documentary tracking down Berlin Wall segments located in the United States. |
| December 2020 |
Ghost station
Französische Straße (Berlin U-Bahn) station shut down permanently when the new interchange station with the extended U5 opened, becoming the only Berlin U-Bahn station to be a ghost station twice for different reasons.
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| December 2020 |
Ghost station
One U6 station was closed again after previous reopening.
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| October 5 2020 |
Berlin Wall segments
The Berlin Wall segment was transferred and displayed at the Kartilya ng Katipunan Monument in the Philippines.
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| 2019 |
Berlin Wall segments
The Berlin Wall segment was put on display in front of a local library in Tampere, accompanied by a photograph exhibition for two weeks.
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| 2019 |
Berlin Wall segments
A section of the Berlin Wall was placed on display outside the Goethe Institute in Woollahra, Sydney, after being imported to Australia in the early 1990s.
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| 2019 |
"Heroes"
Gabriel's version of "Heroes" was used in another episode of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
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| 2019 | A Forsa poll found that 35% of Berliners thought the wall's construction was 'not so wrong', with 74% support among Left Party supporters. |
| 2019 | On the 30th anniversary of the wall's fall, a Berliner Zeitung poll found that 8% of Berliners supported the wall remaining, with 87% supporting its fall. The poll also indicated varying support among political parties: 28% of Alternative for Germany (AfD) and 16% of Free Democratic Party (FDP) supporters wanted the wall reinstated. |
| 2019 | A Yougov poll showed 13% of Germans wanted the wall back, with similar support levels in West (14%) and East (13%) Germany. |
| December 19 2019 |
Berlin Wall segments
A segment of the Berlin Wall painted by French artist Thierry Noir was unveiled in front of Exhibition Hall 2019 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, creating a memorial to the historic wall.
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| January 13 2019 |
Ghost station
Ten Mile Junction station on the Bukit Panjang LRT was permanently closed to facilitate line upgrading works
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| 2018 |
Berlin Wall segments
Collectors Norlinda and José Lima acquired a Berlin Wall segment from Potsdamer Platz.
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| 2018 |
Berlin Wall segments
A section of the Berlin Wall was unveiled outside the newly opened A&O Hostel in the Strašnice district of Prague, Czech Republic.
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| 2018 |
"Heroes"
NME readers voted 'Heroes' as Bowie's fourth best track.
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| 2018 | Kremlingames released 'Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall', a video game that allows players to simulate leading the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1989 to 1991, with the option to decide the fate of the Berlin Wall. |
| 2017 |
Ghost station
Liaoning Road station on Line 3 of the Changchun Rail Transit was permanently closed, becoming the first light rail station to be permanently closed in China.
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| 2017 |
"Heroes"
Motörhead released a cover of 'Heroes' on their album Under Cöver, recorded in 2015 during the Bad Magic sessions, and one of the last songs recorded before Lemmy's death.
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| 2017 |
Berlin Wall segments
A Berlin Wall segment was inaugurated outside the new NATO Headquarters building in Brussels.
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| 2017 |
Berlin Wall segments
Two sections of the Berlin Wall were imported to Christchurch, New Zealand, and later placed in Rauora Park, decorated with street art by Kophie Su'a-Hulsbosch (Meep) and Jessie Rawcliffe.
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| 2017 |
"Heroes"
"Heroes" appeared in the television show Regular Show.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
Prince regularly performed 'Heroes' shortly before his death.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
In 2016, 'Heroes' also charted in Portugal, reaching position 32 on the AFP chart.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
The song 'Heroes' re-entered international charts, peaking at position 18 on the Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard) chart.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
Gabriel's version of "Heroes" was used in an episode of the Netflix series Stranger Things.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
King Crimson recorded a version of 'Heroes' for their EP Heroes: Live in Europe 2016. Motörhead also released a version on their album Under Cöver, which was one of the last songs recorded before Lemmy's death.
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| 2016 |
"Heroes"
Following David Bowie's death, the song 'Heroes' reached a new peak of number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
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| 2016 | Upon David Bowie's death, the German Foreign Office commemorated his role in the Berlin Wall's symbolic fall, tweeting a tribute acknowledging his contribution to bringing down the Wall. |
| January 2016 |
"Heroes"
Following Bowie's death, Rolling Stone named 'Heroes' one of the 30 most essential songs in his catalogue.
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| 2015 |
"Heroes"
Motörhead recorded their version of 'Heroes' during the recording sessions for their album Bad Magic, one of the last songs recorded before Lemmy's death.
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| 2015 |
Berlin Wall segments
A Berlin Wall segment was installed outside the Ampere nightclub in Antwerp, Belgium.
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| October 8 2015 |
Berlin Wall segments
A Berlin Wall segment was installed at the National Museum of the Philippines, gifted by the City of Berlin. The installation marked the 25th anniversary of German reunification and celebrated the influence of the 1986 Filipino People Power Revolution on the German unification movement.
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| 2014 |
"Heroes"
"Heroes" appeared in the US version of The Tomorrow People television show.
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| 2014 |
"Heroes"
The song was used in the premiere trailer for the Brazilian film Praia do Futuro.
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| 2014 | An exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's destruction was located at Potsdamer Platz Arkaden. |
| 2013 | Liza Fox released a music video for her song 'Free' which includes video clips of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| 2012 |
Ghost station
Train station serving Berlin Brandenburg Airport was ready for use but only served by empty trains to prevent mold due to airport opening delays.
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