Berlin celebrates the domino effect

THE dominoes fell, one by one, all 1,000 of them, covering 1.5km along the path of the 43km fence that kept Berliners imprisoned for 28 years.

Unlike the bright crisp day when East Berliners flooded through to the forbidden West, rain fell on Berlin last night.

But the area around the city’s most iconic monument, the Brandenburg Gate, was filled with the school children and others who helped paint the 2.5m high foam dominoes.