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Originally posted by EnigmaPopstar
500.000? That's the whole population of my city
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Berlin CITY has 3,5m inhabitants.. it is thereforer large than Paris. The metropolitan region of Berlin has around 5,5m inhabitans (while Paris has at least 12m-14m lol).
So Berlin is a big city, but among those 500k were also people who come from other German cities. Although, it seemed like nobody in Berlin (which is also one of the 16 German states) was working today, as many of the biggest streets in Berlin were blocked for the team-bus and celebration. I swear i even heard some ecstatic fans yelling here in Hamburg today (HH 1,7m inhabitants).
This team which is comprised of players with many different backgrounds (from Poland to Africa) represents the new Germany, a mixed and multi-cultural Germany and everybody loves everybody these days which is so amazing to see.
I'm so proud of my country, not only for surving world wars and total destruction, but for standing together. We never give up, We always believe in ourselves. In many aspects we are back on the global stage, but this time - better than ever.