Bereich: Collapsing roofs, broken windows and overgrown tracks; there are many desolate places in Berlin. Now a guide to them has been published. The train to Nowhereland!
“Dark Tourism”, as it is known, has been popular for some years. More and more people are being drawn to places that remind us of the past, and transience, in a polished, constructed world.
“And Berlin has an incredible number of them,” says author, Christine Volpert (36), who co-wrote and photographed the compendium, along with her best friend, Corinna Urbach (42).
Nobody swims here anymore: The “Hubertusbad” in Lichtenberg (photo: Corinna Urbach/Christine Volpert)
Abandoned bunkers, factories, a nuclear power plant, mansions, and former prisons. From “Secret Object 05/206”, to Hitler’s “Schwerbelastungskörper” (heavy load-bearing body), to the Weißensee hospital for infants and children – their stories unfold on 158 pages, alongside instructions for p
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