Walpurgisnacht & Tag der Arbeit

I don't know if any English native country celebrate Walpurgisnacht (valborg in Swedish) and since I can't find a English word for it, so I guess it's a northern European thing.
It celebrated the 30 April every year, and in Sweden we have a large bonfire that is suppose to protect us from evil spirits. One of the few hedonistic holidays that are left in Sweden, the other big being Midsummer.  Basically is just a day when people hang out in parks and get drunk, like most Swedish holidays. It's a very popular thing to celebrate anyhow.


In Berlin Walpurisnacht has with witches to do (read more here), ergo also a hedonistic holiday. Walpurnisnacht is popular in folk metal songs to take up also.
There was a lot of clubs and bars that had events on this day. Tanz in den Mai (dance in May) partys and of course people hanging out in parks.
I didn't really celebrate this day though. I worked late and met up with Jack in Kreuzberg. We hung out by the Spree with one of his friends and before I know it we where at a house party not far from where we where. I didn't know a single soul at this party but I had a lot of fun. Talked to a lot of randomers and laughed a lot. 
Monday nights in Berlin is really the night where the most unexpected things happened to me. I never know what to expected but damn sure something is going to happened that I wasn't counting on.


Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit) I was of and found myself looking out a window in Kreuzberg where the police was everywhere getting ready for the demonstration.
I heard the night before when I asked how Berlin is on Labor Day that it's pretty violent. If you had a car you moved it to a safe place to not get the windows crashed and stores cover theirs with wooden boards. I wasn't really up to violence or demonstrations so I headed home to Tempelhof and dance the whole day to great DJs at the old airport. So many people, so dance-able music.

The weather was perfect sunshine and summer warm when I met up with Mark and danced, danced and danced both half naked (clothes are overrated). This was what Swedish Walpurgisnacht is in student city's like Uppsala and Lund (but of course way bigger in Berlin). It was awesome. 
It was impossible to get hold of anyone that day because everybody was calling somebody, but somehow we manged to meet up with Jake and Asaf as well and danced some more.
This day was one of the best days I had in Berlin so far. I was so happy and the day never seemed to end, in a good way. I just couldn't stop smiling and laughing.
The night ended after some adventures at Jake's looking at photos he's taken and almost falling asleep in his hammock.


It feels greater then ever being in Berlin now that the sun is finally showing it self and days like these are coming my way. Oh sweet summer, I'm ready for you.