--- title: "How Europe kicked off #ClimateStrike" date: 2019-09-20T20:27:27Z modified: 2019-09-23T11:29:57Z permalink: "https://350.org/strikes-kick-off-europe/" type: post status: publish excerpt: The Global Climate Strikes kicked off in Europe on the 20 September. See the highlights and feel the power! wpid: 106498 categories: - Europe - Featured crosspost-location: - Global Climate Strike featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2019/09/berlin-youth.jpg featured_image_alt: "Young people at the Climate Strike in Berlin in September 2019 hold up a banner: \"Please listen to us. Our lives > your profit." author: Julia Krzyszkowska --- Across the continent throughout the day we witnessed the largest ever climate mobilisation unfold. The attendance numbers are still being tallied – but we’re well into **millions** by now. It’s incredible. School kids led the way – and adults showed up to help. But **the beauty of today goes far beyond the number of people** who took to the streets. It’s about the feeling of power, of solidarity, of togetherness. It’s about our ability to stand together as people, across divides and borders. It’s about making a choice and about choosing what is right. It’s about being brave, and bold, and about not being afraid to stand up for each other and challenge the status quo. **And it’s only just beginning.** > This. Is. It. > > And it’s just the beginning.[\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/EiqjljRD3v](https://t.co/EiqjljRD3v) > > — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350Europe/status/1175063937462788096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The strikes will continue throughout the week to culminate next Friday, on the 27 September. **There’s much more to come. But today was special**: it showed all of us that we can be brave. We can be hopeful. We can claim the power to shift the world. See how it happened, in highlights, and [keep following the global live coverage](https://globalclimatestrike.net/) throughout the week. > [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) THREAD: What can we say? It’s been a spectacular day of strikes in Europe & across the world. More than three million people – yep, you read that right: 3,000,000 people – have already taken to the streets to demand [\#climatejustice](https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatejustice?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). > > Photo: Shadia Fayne Wood [pic.twitter.com/r7Wfvg7XGj](https://t.co/r7Wfvg7XGj) > > — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350Europe/status/1175122294559182852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Austria: > So much joy [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Woerdern, Austria 🇦🇹 [pic.twitter.com/BtusGuQaTn](https://t.co/BtusGuQaTn) > > — 350 dot org (@350) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350/status/1174996629981728768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Belgium: > This non-stop for over an hour. Brussels marches. [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AUP7ntRwQb](https://t.co/AUP7ntRwQb) > > — Niel Staes (@NielStaes) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/NielStaes/status/1175028647121555458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Czechia: > Prague, Czechia.[\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/yEG7Y9Wkmb](https://t.co/yEG7Y9Wkmb) > > — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350Europe/status/1175027063641858049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Cyprus: > HappeningNow [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) η ώρα είναι τώρα! Climate Strike in Nicosia Climate Protest People’s Climate March (Cyprus Event) Παγκόσμια δράση για το κλίμα [@fyeg](https://twitter.com/FYEG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@europeangreens](https://twitter.com/europeangreens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/fCQsaOq9u3](https://t.co/fCQsaOq9u3) > > — Efi Xanthou (@efixanthou) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/efixanthou/status/1174960234583879684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### France: > The Paris strikes are fierce & powerful ✊✊✊ [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5OWnbCd6ZX](https://t.co/5OWnbCd6ZX) > > — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350Europe/status/1175021993206386689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Germany: > [\#FridaysForFuture](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#klimastreik](https://twitter.com/hashtag/klimastreik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/rTDjglFoMV](https://t.co/rTDjglFoMV) > > — David Croyé (@DavidCroye) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/DavidCroye/status/1175016424458375170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Ireland: > A view through the crowds… [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) protestors gathered at Merrion Square, Dublin [\#FridaysForFuture](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vKIfJGra4B](https://t.co/vKIfJGra4B) > > — Philip Bromwell (@philipbromwell) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/philipbromwell/status/1175038422056148993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Latvia: > Šodien arī Rīgā klimata aktīvisti pulcējas akcijā «Gājiens nākotnei» [https://t.co/xfFEMJL4pp](https://t.co/xfFEMJL4pp) [pic.twitter.com/uKPZyDKuR6](https://t.co/uKPZyDKuR6) > > — LSM ziņu portāls (@lsmlv) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/lsmlv/status/1175040775333265408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Luxembourg: > [\#Luxembourg](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luxembourg?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) students are mobilised today for [\#Strike4Climate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Strike4Climate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 👏🇱🇺 > Live on our website [@Wort\_FR](https://twitter.com/Wort_FR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ➡ [https://t.co/2eK3ivzsN5](https://t.co/2eK3ivzsN5) [@CityLuxembourg](https://twitter.com/CityLuxembourg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ClimateChange](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateChange?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Dko2Ug0hQ6](https://t.co/Dko2Ug0hQ6) > > — Sophie Wiessler (@SophieWiessler) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/SophieWiessler/status/1174981452124938244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Poland: > [\#GlobalClimateStrikes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalClimateStrikes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) from my classroom window in Warsaw. 🇵🇱 🌍 [pic.twitter.com/VRUurSC308](https://t.co/VRUurSC308) > > — Mr Raitt (@Mr\_Raitt) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/Mr_Raitt/status/1174978114939547650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Romania: > [\#GlobalClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GlobalClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Bucharest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bucharest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in front of the Romanian Ministry of Environment.[\#FridaysForFuture](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Klimastreik](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Klimastreik?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[\#AlleFuersKlima](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlleFuersKlima?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/os1rvzsWqc](https://t.co/os1rvzsWqc) > > — Henrik Fisser (@fisserhenrik) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/fisserhenrik/status/1175062958382231553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### Slovakia: > Students,school children,teachers and scientists from the Comenius University and the Technical University in Bratislava as well [\#Slovak](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Slovak?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Academy of Sciences are expressing their support for the Global [\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in the Freedom Square in [\#Bratislava](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bratislava?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SmAQtN2JSG](https://t.co/SmAQtN2JSG) > > — Radio Slovakia Int. (@RSI\_English) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/RSI_English/status/1174984932449497093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### United Kingdom: > London[\#ClimateStrike](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrike?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/bwaFdSxcdi](https://t.co/bwaFdSxcdi) > > — 350.org Europe (@350Europe) [September 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/350Europe/status/1174997886117076992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)