This year on 14th June it will be exactly 25 years since the signing of the Schengen agreement between most of the countries within the EU.

With this occasion in mind, Schengen received a section of the Berlin Wall yesterday straight from Potsdamer Platz in central Berlin.

Transport of the 2,8 tons of wall section, 3m 60 tall was not that easy and the was blocked for several days in the snow as it crossed Germany.

Yesterday it was placed in front on the Centre Européen  where it will remain for the time being, but will eventually move to its final home along the Esplanade just before the festivities that are due to take place on 14th June.

“It is a section of wall that ties in with Schengen, that has a lot to do with borders” stated Roger Weber the Major of Schengen.

The wall, with a woman's face painted on it, can be viewed in Schengen from today onwards.