I have been fascinated by the Stadtbad Prenzlauer Berg (or Stadtbad Oderberger) on Oderberger Strasse since my first trip to Berlin in 2009 when I tried to wander into the building whilst it was being set up for a Swap Market event sponsored by Skyy Vodka. At that time I didn’t realise that the building […]
Teufelsberg (The Devil’s Mountain)
The first time I heard about the Cold War listening post on Teufelsberg (German for Devil’s Mountain) was watching the BBC ‘Berlin’ documentary by Matt Frei. Standing in the tower below one of the listening domes, with the canvas sheeting flapping about him in the wind, Frei explained the history of the listening post and the […]
Spreepark Plänterwald – Berlin’s Abandoned Theme Park
I first read about this abandoned Theme Park in Berlin on Berlin Unlike when I was checking out places to see before my visit to the city at the end of July 2011. I went to the Spreepark Plänterwald during that trip but there were lots of people there setting up for the Set Us On Fire festival […]