Cité Foch’s closing down sale must have been something else. Everything must go! In the end, even the shopping center, cinema and leisure center had to go.
Cité Foch shopping center
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Demoted diner
It was the world’s slowest fast food restaurant. You’d be waiting a whopping great time for your burger at the abandoned Burger King on Prenzlauer Allee.
Ardy’s ready-made meals
The Ardy ready-made meal factory evidently didn’t get the meals ready enough or it wouldn’t have gone bust. But bust it is, desperately in need of a dönor.
Kaiser’s supermarket
Shelves are cleared, tills and aisles empty. Even the shelves, tills and aisles are gone. There literally isn’t a sausage of the abandoned Kaiser’s left.
Tacheles, the eviction
Tacheles died on Sept. 4th, 2012. The famous former squat and cultural space will become fancy apartments, shops and a hotel. It’s a typical Berlin story.
Bärenquell Brauerei
Bärenquell was one of Berlin’s popular beers renowned for taste. So it’s hard to understand why the brewery went bust. Perhaps the bears drank all the beer.
Tacheles
Tacheles had a storied story even before squatters took over and turned into one of Berlin’s most popular attractions. Then money came along and killed it.