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A Visit to the Church from Dark Series

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Aug 2, 2021 | Berlin

A Visit to the Church from Dark Series Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf is essential to the series ; In...

The Bridge in Dark and the abandoned train tracks

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jul 31, 2021 | Berlin

The location is what we like to call the Bridge in Dark, the weirdest series Netflix has released into the world. We first visited this bridge in Dark by accident in early 2018, and we came back a few more times to explore it even further…

A Visit to the Skypoint in Schonefeld

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jul 26, 2021 | Berlin

On the outskirts of Berlin, where Neukölln and Schönefeld meet, there is a hill with one of the city’s best views. Called the Skypoint in Schönefeld, this manufactured structure is built over trash, and we took our drone there in June 2021 to capture its beauty.

July 20th Plot: The Failed Attempt to Kill Adolf Hitler

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jul 20, 2021 | Berlin

On July 20th, 1944, a group of conspirators attempted to kill Adolf Hitler inside the Wolf’s Lair military base in East Prussia. That was the day that Claus von Stauffenberg placed a bomb next to the Führer of Nazi Germany was intending to take over political control of Germany and try to make peace with the Western Allies.

Men Don’t Protect You Anymore by Jenny Holzer on the Museumsinsel in Berlin

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jul 13, 2021 | Berlin

Men Don’t Protect You Anymore by Jenny Holzer An empty pedestal on Museumsinsel in Berlin ; On...

A Visit to the Maarjamäe Memorial Complex in Tallinn

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jun 24, 2021 | Tallinn

Overlooking the bay in Tallinn, this is where you will find the Maarjamäe Memorial Complex. This ensemble of memorials dates from Soviet times, back in the 1970s, and it’s easy to spot from the city centre because of its sizeable concrete obelisk dedicated to the Defenders of the Soviet Union.

Balancierende Figuren: a balancing act close to the sky in Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jun 15, 2021 | Berlin

If you go for a walk next to the Eisenacher Strasse in Marzahn-Hellersdorf, don’t forget to look up. There you will find the Balancierende Figuren, a group of sculptures created by Hubertus von der Goltz that decorate the apartment blocks in the area since 1997.

A Short Guide To Brutalism In Berlin with Fotostrasse

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Jun 3, 2021 | Berlin, Germany

Fotostrasse’s Guide To Brutalism In Berlin is a simple and easy way to explore the beauty of concrete in the German capital. From the weird shaped Bierpinsel in Steglitz to the battleship style construction of the Mäusebunker in Lichterfelde, Berlin has some of the best examples of Brutalism architecture in Europe; here guide you through some of the places.

Exploring the Friedhofsbahn: The Old Wannsee – Stahnsdorf Railway Line

Posted by Felipe Tofani | May 13, 2021 | Berlin, Urban Exploration

Berlin has a vast transport network composed of S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines that cover almost 500 km of tracks across the city. And the town used to have even more tracks, but due to political divisions, world wars and economic problems, some of those tracks were abandoned. One of those is known as Friedhofsbahn, and it used to connect Berlin-Wannsee to Stahnsdorf.

Exploring the Flugplatz Oranienburg with Drones

Posted by Felipe Tofani | Apr 18, 2021 | Berlin, Urban Exploration

What remains of the Flugplatz Oranienburg can be seen not that far away from the Oranienburg Hauptbahnhof. Built before the Second World War, between 1936 and 1939, this abandoned airfield was used until 1945 by the Luftwaffe and the Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg.