The Rheinmetall weapons factory beside Humboldthain in Wedding is due to start producing lethal weapons that will be used to kill people elsewhere. The company is literally profiting from war with sal...

From the top of Flakturm Hulmboldthain, you’ll find breath-taking views over the beautiful district of Wedding and beyond. But that’s not why it was built.

The Stasi watchtower in Weißensee overlooks a derelict building that hides a dirty secret in its basement – this is where the Stasi had a shooting range for target practice.

Ruins, relics and derelict places. Abandoned Berlin uncovers the hidden histories the city would rather forget. abandonedberlin.com

In late 1944 and early 1945, the Red Army's combat operations shifted into German territory. During the East Prussian Offensive, the Red Army advanced upon the fortress city of Königsberg (today known as Kaliningrad). To breach the Königsberg Fortified Region, troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front, under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Vasilevsky…

It’s been so long since there was any news update on this site you probably think it’s been abandoned. But as you hopefully see, it’s been totally redesigned and I hope it’s much better than before. T...

Palasthotel, Palast der Republik und weitere Ikonen sind verschwunden: Wir zeigen euch 12 Berliner Gebäude, die nicht mehr existieren.

Fischerpinte was a beloved old-Berliner boathouse, pub and biergarten on wooden decking at Plötzensee that the Bezirksamt won’t allow reopen after the proprietor died.

La Venta del Batán with its bullpens, bullring and bullfighting school was ordered closed down in 2015. While the bulls were celebrating, matadors haven’t yet given up the fight.

Berlin is littered with memorials to forgotten heroes of yesteryear, bizarre sculptures, and other curiosities among the last vestiges of alternative culture holding out against the greed-driven force...

Pflegeheim Saalow, a nursing and retirement home, was lauded by East German authorities for its treatment of the most vulnerable people in the DDR. But it was horrific.

Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow was a summer holiday camp for East German children while the country still existed. They sang songs around campfires and generally…

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Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow had its heyday when East Germany still existed. The socialist state’s young and impressionable enjoyed summers of fun at the youth camp.

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A wartime bunker is all that’s left of the former Luna-Lager labor camp at Schönholzer Heide, now a grassy, pretty wild and pleasant 35-hectare park.

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