January 6 holiday

I will be in Berlin over January 6, which I think is a public holiday. Will there be holiday happenings--and such as? Or will most things simply be shut?

Thanks in advance for any advice

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Jan 6th is only a holiday in catholic regions, eg. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg but not in berlin.

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Hi,

as said before everything will be open. I didn%26#39;t even know that there is a public holiday in some parts of Germany on Jan 6th, ....

:-D

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Solid 8, it%26#39;s Epiphany (Dreikönigstag).

Here in Spain it is a MAJOR celebration as it%26#39;s when most families do their present-giving rather than at Christmas. The Three Kings and their pages parade round town on the evening of 5th Jan then get on with delivering the presents overnight. I hadn%26#39;t realised it was a public holiday in some parts of Germany as well, though.

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Oh, I had no idea it wasn%26#39;t really celebrated there. Will Christmas decor still be up until then? I%26#39;ll be coming from Munich on Silvester, then to Vienna, then Prague, then Berlin. I%26#39;m going to miss the Christmas markets.. but was hoping to catch a bit of German holiday festivity..

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Hi,

christmas will be over then... about 60% of the Berliners are atheistics (incl. me) and just ca. 30% christian (9% catholics). For me christmas is over on Dec. 27th and as said we don%26#39;t celebrate the Dreikönigstag (thanks Lynda! ;-) ). On Jan. 6th I already think of the next christmas....

;-)

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Thanks. :) I am not Christian either, I just like the lights...

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Ohh...you just like the lights. The boulevard %26quot;Unter den Linden%26quot; with all the historic buildings will be illuminated until Jan 7th. At least a little winter/christmas feeling....

;-D

Look here:

berlin-tourist-information.de/bilder/bilders…

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