Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow #AbandonedBerlin #DDR #shortfilm vimeo.com/1118356762

Some of you have been waiting for it, but I'm happy to announce there will finally be a new AB film on the Vimeo/Youtube channels this evening. It's short, and hopefully sweet. Bis später! 🎬🐗

For anyone not on Instagram or Pixelfed, some photos from Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow, where East German kids used to spend summers before the country went bust. 

 There are more here: www.abandonedberlin.com/photos/ddr-s...

There is now an Abandoned Berlin group on Signal, which anyone can join for now by using this link: signal.group#CjQKIOp0VBeY... My hope is that it will allow for open discussions and exchange of ideas, questions, tips, warnings etc. #Signal #AbandonedBerlin

Looking forward to the day this is abandoned.

It's no longer possible to send orders to the United States because of Trump's big beautiful tariffs, but if you're anywhere else, you can use the code TFNOTUSA to get a 10% discount on everything until Sept. 4. www.abandonedberlin.com/shop

Abandoned Berlin picks 10 favourite spots for urban exploration in Berlin… How many have you been to? www.slowtravelberlin.com/abandoned-be...

Who remembers this communist kaffee-related relic down near Alexanderplatz? #berlin

NEW! Pionierlager Klim Woroschilow enjoyed its heyday when East Germany still existed. The good children of the socialist state were sent to youth camps for summers of fun and no doubt to help them develop a healthy distrust of the West. The distrust was warranted. #AbandonedBerlin #DDR

Abandoned Italian restaurant, Schönhauser Allee 🇮🇹🍕🍝

Sporthotel Hohenschönhausen. Still abandoned despite all the plans. #Sporthotel #DDR #Berlin

From Instagram, a story of someone tagging AB to say they’d removed a pro-Palestinian sticker, and my response to say such stickers don’t survive long in Berlin because they’re offensive to people who support ethnic cleansing. But I don’t think Instagram is showing the story. It’s also complicit.

A bit late, but your annual reminder that today is the best day of the year to go exploring – all the Polizei are in Kreuzberg. Happy 1. Mai folks! Be careful out there. 🚔🚨💥

MS Dr. Ingrid Wengler, abandoned on the Spree since October 1996. For more on this story, including how the ship ran aground on Berlin’s bureaucracy, see: www.abandonedberlin.com/stories/boat #abandonedberlin #bureaucracy #boat #msdringridwengler #spree #berlin

Bärenquell Brauerei was abandoned on April Fool’s Day, 1994 - no joke. I didn’t post these yesterday because no one would have believed me. #Bärenquell #brewery #beer #DDR #abandonedberlin

A photo of curtains in a window from a place I haven’t written about yet that I’m posting here to give myself a kick up the arse to finally write about it. There’s video too. It’s a special place. I’m going to do my best to have a post on it soon. #abandonedberlin

Abandoned Berlin is now on Pixelfed! pixelfed.social/abandonedber... We’ll have to see how it goes as an Instagram alternative. Importing didn’t work so I’m kinda starting again. Accessible anywhere on the Fediverse. Better than Zuckland. Let’s see. #AbandonedBerlin #Pixelfed #Fediverse

View from inside the Palast der Republik www.slowtravelberlin.com/erichs-lampe...

Abandoned Berlin has formally left Twitter. More than 10,000 followers but people need to take a stand. That platform should be banned for election interference, disinformation, the spread of hate, and for its role in destabilizing society. Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar.

This weekend, @marcelkrueger.bsky.social is relaunching his West Berlin Literary Walking Tour! The tour lasts two hours and you can book for this weekend or future dates by sending a message to [email protected]. More info www.slowtravelberlin.com/tours/rebels...

It's a Christmas miracle! Four months and 11 days after I tore up the site, all posts and photos are back up! 🙌 There's also now a search/index page with A-Z list of everything, so you should be able to find things easily enough. Enjoy! www.abandonedberlin.com/index

Christmas Eve at the abandoned Iraqi embassy to East Germany. 
In case anyone needs diplomatic immunity over the festive season.

Please don't try get into the Luna Lager bunker in Schönholzer Heide. As per NABU, it's now home to protected bats who are likely to die if disturbed. The rest of the park is fine to visit, of course, and there are a couple of abandoned embassies nearby... #LunaLager #bunker #bats #abandonedberlin

Last shout for Christmas if you're in Germany! Postal deliveries need to go out today if you want to get them on time 📭 #Geschenke ✨🎄🦄 www.abandonedberlin.com/shop

The Eisfabrik (ice factory) on Köpernicker Straße, February 2014.

SWAG ALERT: STB readers can get a 50% discount on Abandoned Berlin tee-shirts as long as stocks last, using the code SLOWTRAVEL50. That's just 11 euros a tee. Dig in here: www.abandonedberlin.com/shop

Mystery solved! (Thanks openbiblio.social/@celephais) Mural by American artist Pat Perry in 2014 of the imagined release of Shaker Aamer after years of unjust captivity in Guantánamo: www.instagram.com/p/pdAjgMGa2l/ Aamer wasn't released for another 16 months: www.theguardian.com/world/2015/o...

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Liesenbrücken on a cold and wet December day 🌧️

Please note the last dates for Christmas delivery. 🐻 Berlin - Dec. 22 🇩🇪 Germany - Dec. 20 🇪🇺 European Union - today! 🌐 Anywhere else - that ship has sailed already. 😱 #presents #xmas #books #tshirts www.abandonedberlin.com/shop

New on the site: @abandonedberlin reveals 10 favourite local places to explore, from former WW2 and East Germany sites, to a Zombie hospital and a derelict train station. (This post is public access; scroll down to find a generous offer for STB readers) www.slowtravelberlin.com/abandoned-be...

Abandoned Berlin on @slowberlin.bsky.social! 10 favorite places, for those of you who like lists and numbers of things ✨ www.slowtravelberlin.com/abandoned-be...

Hugs from Bernau. This is from the Soviet Panzer Kaserne, formerly administration buildings for the Nazis’ Heeresbekleidungsamt, where they used to make uniforms for the German army. #abandonedberlin #bernau #hugs

We're going to be building our newsletter next year to keep more in touch with subscribers and other interested readers. As well as notifications about new articles, there will be some exclusive content as well as regular discounts and offers. It’s free of charge. steadyhq.com/en/slowtrave...

Black Friday madness at the Abandoned Berlin store! 50% off t-shirts this weekend only with the code BLACKFRIDAY50 ✨ www.abandonedberlin.com/shop

This site has at different times been one of the world’s largest sports halls, a location for mass indoor Nazi rallies, a giant World War Two bunker, a venue where Jimi Hendrix once played, and a residential complex for underprivileged immigrants. www.slowtravelberlin.com/heavy-histor...

I sometimes run WW2 walking tours of Berlin. They are quite specialist and you will see things that other tours don’t cover. Keep a lookout for details of the next one, which will be early in 2025 and shoot me a message if you’re interested in attending. Thanks.

Berlin's answer to the Nazca lines. You can only really see Flugplatz Rangsdorf's runways from the air. www.abandonedberlin.com/photos/flugp... #AbandonedBerlin #FlugplatzRangsdorf

Flugplatz Oranienburg was the test center for the world’s first ever “stealth” bomber, which reached speeds of up to 960 km/h in 1944. The Soviets took over after the war. You can still find signs of their presence today, but you won’t find any traces of the elusive Horten Ho IX. Photos ⬇️

Schloß Dammsmühle today. You’ll find more info and photos here: www.abandonedberlin.com/photos/schlo... #abandonedberlin #schlossdammsmuehle

A tale of Nazi persecution and German indifference: The Garbáty Zigarettenfabrik “The answer was, ‘I’m sorry but Mrs. Garbáty is not here.’ Then we knew that the Gestapo were in the apartment. They were looking for us. It was Kristallnacht.” www.abandonedberlin.com/stories/garb...

Fresh photos from the Zombie Hospital 🍂 I’ll put these and more on the site later, along with updated guidance on how to get in. It’s easier than it used to be. #abandonedberlin #zombiehospital 🧟

Liesenbrücken on a fine autumn day today 🍂 Winter photos: www.abandonedberlin.com/photos/liesenbruecken ❄️

Analog pictures of the Banana Bunker 🍌

Happy birthday Spreepark! Opened this day in 1964, then as VEB Kulturpark Plänterwald, for East Germany’s 20th birthday. The story: www.abandonedberlin.com/stories/spre... The photos: www.abandonedberlin.com/photos/spree... #Spreepark #AbandonedBerlin 🎡🦕🎢🦖

Everyone loves a good map. The Abandoned Berlin map has been fully updated and is ready for your adventures ✨ maps.app.goo.gl/mrzbNws1SihP...

The site is back. It’s not finished, it’ll never be finished, but it’s a start. www.abandonedberlin.com

I’m tearing up the Abandoned Berlin site and starting again. There are problems. And hopefully there won't be any more problems. Site will be down over the weekend and maybe longer. When/if it comes back it won’t be the same. More info on Telegram: t.me/abandonedber...

It’s the Berlin Wall’s birthday. Its parents thought it would last forever, and for many years it seemed that way, but everything is temporary, everything. Never lose hope. This part was “lost” for years after Mauerfall, then miraculously found, now it seems to be “lost” again.

NEW POST! A former air-raid shelter built by forced laborers became the Banana Bunker during DDR days. Now it’s an exclusive art gallery – still monkey business 🐒🍌 abandonedberlin.com/banana-bunker/ #AbandonedBerlin #BananaBunker