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In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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East of Berlin, at the top of the Teufeslberg ("Devil's Mountain" in German), stands a former spy center of the NSA built in the 1950s on an artificial hill, covering the remains of a Nazi university .
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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One of the domes of the former Teufelsberg spying center. Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the place had become a Mecca for urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The domes of the former Teufelsberg spying center. Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the place had become a Mecca for urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The domes of the former Teufelsberg spying center. Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the place had become a Mecca for urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203076.jpg
Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203077.jpg
Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203078.jpg
Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203080.jpg
Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203081.jpg
Abandoned after the fall of the Wall, the former spy center of the NSA had become a Mecca of urbexers and the alternative art scene. Since 2 years, it is open to the public, subject to an entrance fee.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Once a theater of forbidden free-parties, we now come to this former spying center of the NSA Teufelsberg to relax and drink a beer legally.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Once a theater of forbidden free-parties, we now come to this former spying center of the NSA Teufelsberg to relax and drink a beer legally.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Once a theater of forbidden free-parties, we now come to this former spying center of the NSA Teufelsberg to relax and drink a beer legally.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Golf party in the former spy center of the NSA Teufelsberg. Formerly theater forbidden free parties Dantesques, it comes now to relax and drink a beer legally.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Relaxation area in wooden pallets in the former spy center of the NSA Teufelsberg. Formerly theater forbidden free parties Dantesques, it comes now to relax and drink a beer legally.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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50 kilometers from the center of Berlin, many families come to walk and picnic in the Beelitz Heilstätten forest where at the end of the 19th century a sanatorium and a respiratory care establishment were built.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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During the First World War, the sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten became a military hospital for the German Imperial Army. Adolf Hitler will stay there in 1916 to recover from his wounds following the Battle of the Somme.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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In the forest of Beelitz Heilstätten, a walk between the treetops was opened to the public in September 2015. We walk there with family to see from the top of its 23 m and over 300 m, the ruins of the old sanatorium invaded by trees.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203094.jpg
Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203095.jpg
Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203096.jpg
Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203097.jpg
Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0203100.jpg
Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Visits are organized inside the former women's sanatorium of Beelitz Heilstätten, run by an agency that offers other paid visits from -spots- berlin. The visits are linked in these abandoned places without any project of rehabilitation is planned.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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In the heart of Berlin, the Spreepark, the biggest amusement park in the former GDR, bought by a mafia fairground, was abandoned in 2002. The funeral family, still the owner, organizes tours on weekend where we walk between an overturned T. Rex, near a decapitated diplodocus and a ferris wheel with rusty nacelles.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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In the heart of Berlin, the Spreepark, the biggest amusement park in the former GDR, bought by a mafia fairground, was abandoned in 2002. The funeral family, still the owner, organizes tours on weekend where we walk between an overturned T. Rex, near a decapitated diplodocus and a ferris wheel with rusty nacelles.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Some remains are still recently discovered. Like this wall, unearthed at the beginning of 2018 by a local historian and which would be the original part of the Berlin Wall, erected in a hurry in the night of August 12 to 13, 1961. A week after being revealed in the press , the 80m of this wall were protected by a fence.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Some remains are still recently discovered. Like this wall, unearthed at the beginning of 2018 by a local historian and which would be the original part of the Berlin Wall, erected in a hurry in the night of August 12 to 13, 1961. A week after being revealed in the press , the 80m of this wall were protected by a fence.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Georg, 32, runs the blog Digital Cosmonaut, a reference on the Berlin urbex. For him, the historical attraction is stronger than the simple search for sensations.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Georg does not reveal an address unless a place is already well known, such as here the old train station that served the factory and a whole residential complex built by the company Siemens in 1897. The split of the city during the Cold War forced the train line to close and the station has been abandoned for more than 30 years.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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For the most rigorous urbexers like Georg, very strict rules must be respected. Enter without any break-ins, do not take anything except photos and videos and leave nothing on the spot.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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On his blog, Georg shares photos of places he has discovered but never reveals the location, unlike another popular blog, Abandoned Berlin, run by an Irish photographer, which gives very comprehensive information on the locations, gives a rating of 10 to indicate the difficulty of access to the place and even how to celebrate.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The vegetation has taken over in the former train station that served the plant and a whole residential complex built by the company Siemens in 1897. The split of the city during the Cold War forced the train line to close and the station has been abandoned for more than 30 years.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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In each of his explorations, Georg was never worried by the authorities. He spends time inspecting the surroundings before entering a place. He is very careful not to show too much in the neighborhood - like here on the docks in the city center - sometimes ready to call security guards or the police.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Georg has learned that in the heart of the Cité Foch, there is an abandoned swimming pool for more than 20 years. This city was built in 1957 for the French military - and their families - then responsible for the north of West Berlin, and whose streets have kept their French name.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Georg has learned that in the heart of the Cité Foch, there is an abandoned swimming pool for more than 20 years. This city was built in 1957 for the French military - and their families - then responsible for the north of West Berlin, and whose streets have kept their French name.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Easily accessible, the pool has not escaped vandalism. Georg does not try to get inside the building, completely barricaded and is content with some photos that have a documentary value for him. A hundred yards away, the former commercial complex of the French community has just been razed without being able to explore it.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The diving board is the only visible part of the inside of the pool. old French Foch, completely barricaded to protect it from vandalism.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Georg is one of the purist urbexers. He regrets that sites full of history are degrading or looting through the passage of visitors with sensations and adrenaline. On the other hand, it has nothing against companies that organize visits to certain sites if it can help preserve them. "The trouble is that these companies are trying to sell you an experience that is prefabricated, which does not have much to do with the urbex."
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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The former Tempelhof International Airport, in the heart of Berlin, which had allowed West Berlin to escape the Soviet blockade, is without a doubt one of the most successful examples of reconversion. Closed in 2007, it reopens 3 years later to the public as a huge urban park, larger than Central Park in New York.
In Berlin, urbex becomes mass tourism
Olivier Donnars / Le Pictorium
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Every weekend, cyclists, skateboarders, musicians or picnic enthusiasts invest in the 6 km of slopes and the 386 hectares of tarmac at the former Tempelhof International Airport. True to their commitment to nature, the Berliners resisted the urban madness that threatened the site.