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Echoes of History: Discovering WWII Battle Damage in Berlin
In the aftermath of 1945, Berlin was left in ruins, bearing witness to the devastating impact of World War II. Even today, the city still bears the scars and bullet holes that serve as poignant reminders of that tumultuous period.
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A brief story of the Abandoned Tempelhof Airplane
If you have been to Tempelhof as often as we did, you already know an abandoned airplane is in the grass area next to one of the landing strips. We call it the abandoned Tempelhof Airplane, but its real name is N106TA if we can call this a name.
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The Abandoned Flugplatz Johannisthal
We knew about the abandoned Flugplatz Johannisthal for years, and we even tried to find our way a few years ago. Still, we only made it in early January 2021.
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Exploring the Abandoned Lager Koralle
Before it became the Lager Koralle Bunker Complex, the goal was to build a naval academy in the outskirts of Berlin. But, after some test radio transmission, the Navy decided to change its plans and create what we would call the German Command of the Navy.
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The Blankenese Shipwrecks in Hamburg
They mysteriously rise from the Elbe as a reminder of the Hanseatic past of a city like Hamburg. These are the Blankenese Shipwrecks, and it’s easy to spot them when you follow the Falkensteiner Ufer along the Elbe.
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The Bridge in Dark and the abandoned train tracks
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…
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July 20th Plot: The Failed Attempt to Kill Adolf Hitler
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.
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A Visit to the Maarjamäe Memorial Complex in 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.
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Exploring the Friedhofsbahn: The Old Wannsee – Stahnsdorf Railway Line
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.
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Exploring the Flugplatz Oranienburg with Drones
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.
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Berlin Bunkers: Abandoned Air Shelters around the German Capital
Berlin Bunkers Abandoned Air Shelters around the German Capital ? Berlin is a city that still...
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Queen’s Gambit Locations: Schloss Schulzendorf as the Methuen Home orphanage
Schloss Schulzendorf as the Methuen Home orphanage Exploring Queen's Gambit Locations around...
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