Techno party featuring Love Parade founder hits Berlin’s streets

Police estimated 20,000 people turned out for the parade in cool, rainy weather, the German news agency dpa reported

People take part in the Rave the Planet parade in Berlin (AP)

A techno parade whose initiators include the founder of the Love Parade have taken to the streets of the German capital with calls for the city’s electronic music culture to be added to a World Heritage list.

The “Rave the Planet” parade set out from Berlin’s Kurfuerstendamm shopping boulevard to the Victory Column in the middle of Tiergarten park.