RIP Bärenquell ��

Hopefully some graffitis will stay.

This will be the future:
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The graffiti is great, although some of the finer works are now peeling somewhat, especially in the upper large rooms of the Maschinenhaus leading to the highest tower (which has splendid views). Construction work seems to be inexorably picking up, and the front buildings facing the main road are largely gutted, with boards on the beams replacing the doubtless-rotten floor. Please be careful in these buildings, you can see all the way down to the basement floor and can earn yourself an impromptu close-up without too much difficulty.

In the building directly opposite the fence gap there is evidence of someone living there on the canal-facing side, both through the trainspotting-esque floor mattress setup (complete with vacuum-packed meat on the floor), still-glowing embers where a fish has been cooked on a griddle, and 2 rooms full of more human shit than anyone should have to see on a Monday – certainly enough for me for the rest of the week. Watch your hygiene in this bit, and be sure not to disturb someone who won’t appreciate it.

Does anyone know if there are still any of the old documents or labels anywhere? I picked up an old grubby bottle label and decided to leave a barrel lid with the brewery name stamped on it, but I was hoping there might still be some souvenirs lying around. Is it (long since) too late for that?

Thanks to the peeps who let me tag along with them for my first adventure!

We even managed to get up on one of the biggest towers, as there was a huge pile of construction work trash to climb on, so we could easily enter a window.

Great place with amazing buildings and views. I’d recommend you to try entering on a weekend though, as we saw lots of construction material lying around which probably means there are workers during weekdays on the site.