West Berlin – Abandoned Berlin

Underberg

Spudnik — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:14:58 +0000

Security was tight in the Underberg herbal rotgut distillery as they thought only five humans knew the secret recipe. Now the secret’s out.

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Tetra Pak

Spudnik — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:54:41 +0000

Glass milk bottles are rejoicing with schadenfreude after learning of Tetra Pak’s fate. The packaging giant abandoned its factory in Heiligensee in 2013.

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Teufelsberg Tale

Spudnik — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:23:00 +0000

Lew McDaniel of West Virginia worked as a linguist at Teufelsberg, Field Station Berlin, from 1968-71. He tells Abandoned Berlin of life at the spy station.

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Kino Hubertus’ ruined villas in Waidmannslust

Spudnik — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:39:00 +0000

Two houses and a cinema clung to life in Waidmanslust, fighting loneliness with earthly possessions before they too went their inevitable way.

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Tempelhof

Spudnik — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 21:59:00 +0000

West Berlin's lifeline during the Soviet Blockade, Tempelhof Airport has since become the city’s biggest park. Berliners will fight to keep it that way.

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Bierpinsel

Spudnik — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:17:31 +0000

Perhaps the weirdest of Berlin’s buildings, abandoned or not, is the hideously attractive Bierpinsel in Steglitz. It sticks out like a walrus in a tutu.

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Teufelsberg

Spudnik — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:34:00 +0000

The abandoned NSA Field Station from the frontline of the Cold War, used to spy on Soviet-controlled East Germany on the other side of the Berlin Wall.

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Kladow Casino

Spudnik — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:15:52 +0000

The Kladow casino enjoyed its heyday in the 1950s. Now it's just a shell languishing near the shore of the Havel. But some people are gambling on it opening again one day.

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Blub

Spudnik — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 15:42:41 +0000

Blub was a swimming and leisure center with pools, slides and crazy stuff that was very popular before the rats noticed it too. Then it was a blubbering mess.

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Siemensbahn

Spudnik — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:21:00 +0000

No trains have trundled the Siemensbahn railway line since 1980, not since it was abandoned due to a strike, dwindling passengers and an upstart U-Bahn.

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