โGรถrli is our gardenโ: Berliners fight to stop mayor locking their park at night
Kreuzberg campaigners win court ruling against โฌ2m fence aimed at shutting out drug dealers The โhollowโ in Gรถrlitzer Park was heaving with revellers who had gathered in reaction to a court ruling against Berlinโs mayor who wanted to lock it up at night. โGรถrli is our garden,โ said Monika, a retired psychiatric nurse who lives nearby and had joined the crowds on Monday night for a beer and a bop on the popular deep bowl-shaped meadow in the Kreuzberg district. โGรถrli is where we socialise and where my daughter grew up,โ she said, using the affectionate nickname for the centrally located green space covering 14 hectares (35 acres). Continue reading...