In the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday, around 11,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes after a 250kg WWII-era bomb was discovered on a building site near the Jüdisches Museum on Lindenstrasse.

 Kreuzberg district, Berlin.
Kreuzberg district, Berlin.

Making the area safe took much longer than anticipated due to the mass evacuation, but residents were able to return to their homes on Sunday evening. Read more: thelocal.de

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