Building the boat
1 July 2001

The boat was built right in the heart of Bonn - at the Munster Platz.

Thousands of planks were individually painted with messages written in a wide variety of world languages.

Image of child walking through a display of finished planks

Many thousands of others contributed photographs, drawings and letters.

Image of couple looking at photographs on banner

The boat was then built in a number of sections which were later joined.

Image of pushing a boat section into position

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Image of carnival atmosphere within the Munsterplatz

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