Around 30,000 people gathered in the south-western German city of Freiburg on Saturday to protest against right-wing extremism, according to police reports.
More than 300 organizations, including the city's Bundesliga football club, trade unions and churches had called for the largest event in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The city administration expected major traffic obstructions.
Participants brought banners that read: "Human rights instead of the far right" and "Germany remains colourful." Farmers with tractors also took part in the action. Demonstrations against right-wing extremism are set to continue in many places this weekend.
On Saturday, 100,000 people plan to form a human chain around the Reichstag building in Berlin, which houses the lower house of the German parliament.
For some three weeks now, tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets all over Germany to protest the far right in general and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in particular.
