The Story New Year in Germany is normally an unhinged affair. Even in small towns, Silvester is celebrated with alcohol-fuelled, do-it-yourself firework events in which adults and children alike merrily blast rounds of rockets into the sky. The level of anarchy - and the fact that authorities let it happen - leaves foreigners rubbing their eyes in disbelief.
What explains Berlin's New Year riots?
The Story New Year in Germany is normally an unhinged affair. Even in small towns, Silvester is celebrated with alcohol-fuelled, do-it-yourself firework events in which adults and children alike merrily blast rounds of rockets into the sky. The level of anarchy - and the fact that authorities let it happen - leaves foreigners rubbing their eyes in disbelief.