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iamkosmonaut

@digitalcosmonaut.com
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DE/EN Urban Explorer and History Lover. I document abandoned military instalations and other lost places + East German Art and Architecture. 🌐 digitalcosmonaut.com Check out our alt account: @ostmoderne.bsky.social

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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 2h
Absolutley destroyed about 20 kids in Lasertag for my son's belated birthday party this evening. 2nd place was the other dad 😂
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 10h
can't remember the last time I washed my backpack - but let's say it was long overdue...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 01/10/2026
You do not need to be good at something to enjoy doing it.
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 30/09/2026
I wonder how long it's going to take my kids to figure out what Steve-Os signature looks like....
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 29/09/2026
Little movie fact: for the movie "Valkyrie" - they used the abandoned NVA Löpten airfield in Brandenburg as a stand in for the Wolfsschanze airfield in Rastenburg-Wilhelmsdorf (image 1 taken from the movie) digitalcosmonaut.com/flugplatz-lo...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/09/2026
I specifically don't climb things anymore or go up dodgy stairs - especially because I tend to always venture out alone. But I seemingly have no issue crawling under shit like this 🤷🏻‍♂️ sometimes my brain doesn't brain
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/09/2026
And of course we did some obligatory exploring...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/09/2026
Always love passing through Leipzig Hbf
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/09/2026
The mood lighting in this train is appropriate
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/09/2026
The early bird catches the train
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 23/09/2026
Die SPD bereitet sich schon auf Wahlergebnisse < 5% vor 👍🏻
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 22/09/2026
Different party, same shit. Berlin politics is a joke.
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 20/09/2026
Niemand hat die Absicht eine Mauer zu Bauen
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 20/09/2026
Did my part
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 19/09/2026
Things you find in Berlins courtyards
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
took the exact same picture when I visited the exhibition with my kids. Really well curated exhibition and museum overall 👌🏻
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
It's a quaint little church with a lot of history - and if one does pass by it by chance, it's well worth a visit - if it's open that is. 12/12 - fin
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
This church opted to repurpose a Kronenbrett in 1816 and decorate it with a religious like verse and praise for the victories in Leipzig and Waterloo and a diss against Napoleon. 11/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
These crowns were sometimes quite ornate but more often than note made out of reeds and plants. The crowns were often left on the grave and deteriorated over time, but in certain regions they were placed on a Totenkronenbrett (Brett = shelf).(photos via wiki) 8/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
Such as this lovely "Totenkronenbrett" from 1781. Totenkronen or "Death Crowns" were traditonally given to those who died young/before they were married. The tradition evolved over time ultimately symbolizing the marriage between the dead and heaven . 7/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
But not all was lost. The windows were restored in 2009, and the church itself was renovated in 2018. While the church itself is somewhat plain - not uncommon with protestant churches - it does have some lovely details 6/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
The biggest change came in 1890, when the wealthy son of a Berlin doctor - Richard Spierkerman - funded the refurbishment of the church to a more "modern taste". The church received new windows and 2 church bells. 4/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
The village and church traded hands multiple times over the years. Each time, the church was slightly modified. The church burnt down and was rebuilt again in 1835. 3/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
A little thread about this church that we passed by in Rangsdorf, Brandenburg. The first fieldstone church was built here around the year 1400. After a fire damaged the church in 1695, a new church was built in 1699/1700. 1/12
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/09/2026
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 17/09/2026
Ein Traum
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 13/09/2026
I've heard of Italian Spider-Man - but Lemon Spider-Man? 🤔
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 12/09/2026
Sachsen-Anhalt: We're going to have some interesting election results Meck-Pomm: Hold my beer
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 12/09/2026
Out and about deep in East Berlin. Get 1 internet cool point if you can decipher this lovely old German script (without using Ai).
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 12/09/2026
Out and about deep in East Berlin. 1 internet cool point if you can decipher this lovely old German script (without using Ai).
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 10/09/2026
Can confirm - the sirens in Mitte worked #BundesweiterWarntag
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 09/09/2026
feels weird buying tickets for an event that's happening in 8 months. Can't complain though - happy to have gotten some tickets ⛸🏒 #iihf
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 07/09/2026
A drop of positivity in a sea of shit: At least the FDP didn't make it
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 05/09/2026
The SPD is absolutley useless - but the poster does go hard (even if I suspect it to be AI)
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 05/09/2026
the marketing agency that came up with this "name" should dumped into the spree
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 04/09/2026
East Germany being East Germany
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 04/09/2026
Working on a new post. Going to be a short one as there wasn't much left to see - but had this on my list for a while and finally got around to visiting it.
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 02/09/2026
Back in the day.... *Currently being renovated and turned into housing, schools, shops
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 31/08/2026
Interesting results for the U18 Sachsen-Anhalt Landtag "elections" www.kjr-lsa.de/ergebnisse-u...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 30/08/2026
With elections in Sachsen-Anhalt next week, a few minor observations from our tour yesterday through some of the larger and smaller cities and villages. 1. There are a lot less AFD posters than you would expect. I hardly saw any in the larger villages, where it was pred. the Greens and CDU 1/4
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 29/08/2026
Did a little 40km bike (and a few longer train rides) through Saxony-Anhalt today. Managed to check a few things off my list👌🏻
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 27/08/2026
Me everytime I read about what the Mayors in Paris and New York are doing... #Berlin
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 27/08/2026
Public Service Announcement: The Tag Des Offenen Denkmals is rapidly approaching. A great opportunity to get a look behind some doors that are usually closed to the public. It's a nationwide event and they have a very useful app. In Berlin they even have a hard copy "book" for all events.
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 26/08/2026
With the rivers being (unnaturally) low - lots of people are finding and picking up what is in most cases unexploded ordinance. The German countryside is littered with tons of the stuff - and you should never ever pick it up. There are countless cases of that stuff exploding in people's hands
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 23/08/2026
So it begins
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 23/08/2026
East German "plastic brick" sets do hit different
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 22/08/2026
The once imposing Schloss Heidersdorf in Silesia was built in 1715. It was revamped throughout the years to suit each owners new taste. After WWII, the region was ceeded to Poland and the palace was left abandoned after a fire in 1979. digitalcosmonaut.com/schloss-heid...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 21/08/2026
A new post on the website: This time we had a closer look at the remnants of Schloss Heidersdorf. Dating back to 1715, it was looted and it's owners and villagers expelled after WWII. Converted into a hotel in 1976, it burnt down only 3 years later. digitalcosmonaut.com/schloss-heid...
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/08/2026
Berlin election starter pack
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iamkosmonaut @digitalcosmonaut.com · 18/08/2026
We're also on the 'gram if that's more your thing ;) www.instagram.com/ostmosaik?ig...
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