## Exploring ghostly Berlin

Living in Halle I (Mutabor) once had a buisness trip to Berlin. Shortly I had found a sewer near the place of living (pic 1). But it had appeard inaccessible: the way to it on a canal bank lied through dense bush with huge thorns.

So I continued to explore the neighborhood and found out an attractive abandoned area, presumably related to the Johannisthal airport closed in 1996 (pic 2–13). Some buildings appeared to be empty just like the marker beacon of the Novgorod airport, but something interesting was also met.

Mutabor, you're almost in time...

Before the successive buisness trip to Berlin I had studied the satellite pictures and found out two attractive places near my place of leaving: the chemical plant "Berlin Chemie" and the old area of the liquor factory "Bärensiegel". I have written a separate story about Berlin Chemie. Here I'd like to narrate about "Bärensiegel".

Being at place I'd found out that there the reconstruction is was in full swing. But on holidays and weekends there was nobody at the area, so I safely and fruitfully explored that place (pic 14–40).

A couple of short stories

The buisness trip had been very successful also with respect to urban exploration. Besides "Bärensiegel" I had visited "Berlin Chemie" and a military area in suburb, where firstly Wermacht and after that Soviet troops were located. At the last day of my buisness trip I have a lot of free time. I had plans to visit some famous places. The first one was ice factory. But actually it turned out that the building is partly demolished and there is no access to the remained part (pic 41). So I went to another location: the abandoned attraction park. But it had appeared not fully abandoned. I'd made most of pictures outside, since when I succeeded to enter it, in short time I was noticed by a lady, who seemed to look at this place. So I hurried this place off (pic 42–45). It is the end of the first story.

The second story is much more optimistic. I travelled to Budapest, and had some free time in Berlin. So I walked near "Bärensiegel" and had found out to my regret that the smaller building with reservoirs was demolished (pic 46). And going back, also through Berlin, I had visited the photochemical factory and the cable plant located near it (pic 47–50).

Berlin shelter

Once I had found a standalone shelter in Berlin in the forest park in Grünau district (pic 51–58).

No dances

Once I had meeting in Berlin with Lina, and we wanted to explore some lost places. First we tried to visit another shelter in Grünau, but it was closed (pic 59). So we visited two well-known buildings, standing side-by-side: the Dancing House and the Community House (pic 60–79). After that we also had visited the photochemical factory and the anatomy institute. And soon, in August 2015, I had left Germany. I said goodbye to Berlin, going at last time by city train (pic 80). But I certainly have to come back!

Copyleft Plutonia 2013–2015
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