Comments on: Olympic village

By: Seagal

Seagal — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:55:11 +0000

In reply to Seagal. And an update to myself: just checked the DKB Stiftung page where they advertise the guided tours and it looks like this place is no longer a museum or offers any tours since 2019. Maybe that explains the lack of guards..

By: Seagal

Seagal — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:29:06 +0000

We were there last weekend and luckily no guards to chase us. There is still more than one spot to cross the fence and get in.
The pool is intact, there is a way in, which I won’t describe here, let it be a fun game for anyone who wants to attempt it.
The gymnastics hall is closed and used as a storage, I wouldn’t attempt to break in there, there might be security alarms around it.
One of the barracks is easily accessible through a low broken window, the rest were locked.
The Hindenburghaus is completely closed off, even that lose window mentioned in 2019 is properly nailed closed.
Another building is accessible, but nothing special to see there except for demolished small apartment/hotel room blocks.
Most of the semi circular buildings are either converted into apartment blocks or are in the process of that.
Still, I would say the pool hall was a very cool thing to see and worth the trip there.
I was under the impression that there are some kind of tours going on, that haven’t been held for a while now. Maybe if such tour takes place, one could get into the gymnastics hall or the Hindenburghaus.

By: svart

svart — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:52:28 +0000

hallo guys! is still possible to visit? im coming in a few days end july 2023. Can you hel pme to know if is possible?

By: Veg venables

Veg venables — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:43:42 +0000

Its amazing. I was part of the british forces that worked there after1992 removing anything that could be sold at auction. I remember finding a car left in the garages in the photo above. The place was stunning then wow look at it now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:07:57 +0000

We went yesterday and had a great time. Its true the swimmingpool is gone and they are working in the middle at the Haus der Nationen, but all the other buildings and the gym is still there.
Afterwards we went for a short trip to the old soviet military camp (Löwen-Adler-Kaserne) on the other side of the highway (easy to get in)
T.

By: vasaris

vasaris — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 10:12:52 +0000

In reply to vasaris. That Southern side seems to be the old military camp Döberitz though. But still very interesting. Olympic village itself: Not much to do or see there at the moment, unless you join a tour I guess.

By: vasaris

vasaris — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:26:06 +0000

Just went in. Northern side (close to the train station) many places to enter. Easiest from the motorway probably. One area is under construction. Eventually some car came, guy came out, chased us, we ran off and got away. Decided to cross the motorway via the bridge. The Olympic area there was much calmer. Almost all houses accessible. Even can get to the roof of one of the towers. Workers are there somewhere in the distance. We saw some dude walking by from the building. So just stay away from the roads and you should be fine here.

By: Spudnik

Spudnik — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 22:08:14 +0000

In reply to Sarah. Thanks Sarah! I was chased by a security there on Christmas Day, so I think you just need to be careful whenever you go!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:25:17 +0000

Went there today. Loads of families walking around the outskirts, attempted to go inside a building and was stopped by a land surveyor working on a Sunday 😑 got some cool shots of the outside but most of it is fenced off. Maybe another day would be better without any workers there.

By: Lili

Lili — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 22:07:39 +0000

I went there today (26. August 2019) with a friend . We found a way to get on top of the fence, if you continue the cycling path on the left of the main gate, there is somewhere where the fence is bent and the barbel wire is gone, so jumping over is easy .however, there were a lot of construction work going on : everywhere, cars , tractors, machines… Because we went on a Sunday , no one was at work but we saw a few builders staying on site (they have their temporary houses there) . We don’t know if they saw us but if they did, then they didn’t mind because no one came to talk to us .We found one building that has the amphitheatre with the Lenin picture that was interesting .all doors and windows of that building are sealed but we found one window where you can remove the panel quite easily. It is located on the right behind the big brick fire escape. Besides that building, the rest was just abandonned residential buildings with very few interest and the main site of the village is already destroyed and being worked on. The swimming pool is gone .We were quite disappointed and would say it was not worth the train ride from Berlin .going there a few years earlier would have been awesome.