Last but not least: In Düsseldorf, "Day of the Schools" is also "Day of the Gays"
As the host of the Eurovision Song Contest ESC, the city of Düsseldorf has made a mistake. In an ESC city guide, the city invited people to an "action day for gays" instead of an "action day for schools". But the mistake did not stop there...
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for Düsseldorfer Marketing & Tourismus GmbH confirmed a corresponding report in the Bild newspaper. In the translation in the English-language version, the printing error in the German edition of the brochure led to a "Gay's Day of Action" being advertised. The tourist office subsequently corrected the error in all 65,000 German and 35,000 English-language copies of the brochure. Without the correction, the event would certainly have enjoyed great popularity, as the ESC has long enjoyed cult status in the gay scene, SDA speculated in a report on Wednesday.
But that's not all. The makers of the English version had to correct a second embarrassing mistake. Instead of "Welcome to Düsseldorf", the page cover incorrectly read "Wielcome to Düsseldorf". Unfortunately, there was not enough time for a reprint, so the wrong "i" was simply painted over. The revised brochure is now being distributed again.
