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Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. In Plänterwald, Berlin, surrounded by a battered fence, is an ...

Spreepark opened on the banks of the Spree River in 1969, in what was then East Germany. The amusement park featured rollercoasters, a Ferris wheel, water rides, and multiple dinosaurs. It stayed open ...

Es war einst der große Stolz im Spreepark im Plänterwald, war über den Baumwipfeln des Vergnügungsparks auch aus der Ferne zu sehen. Doch heute ist dort, wo früher das rote Riesenrad stand, nichts als ...

There's an empty 70-acre amusement park smack in the middle of Berlin that has stood almost unchanged since it was abandoned in the early 2000s. The place that today is called Spreepark was first ...

Millionen von Menschen amüsierten sich einst im „Kulturpark Plänterwald“, wie der Spreepark nach seiner Eröffnung 1969 offiziell hieß, denn er war der einzige Vergnügungspark der DDR. Seine ...

A THEME park that once welcomed millions of visitors has been left to rot for decades after a shocking drugs bust. Spreepark in Berlin has become a decaying, apocalyptic playground with a complicated ...

Der Spreepark im Berliner Plänterwald, das einstige Vergnügungsparadies, erlebt eine wahre Wiederauferstehung! Mit einem Großprojekt wird nicht nur die schon fast vergessene Historie des Parks ...

An eerie abandoned amusement park in the heart of Berlin is being transformed after decades of decay. Spreepark was once a popular attraction in East Germany but has now stood empty for more than 20 ...

We recently posted about Michigan’s Prehistoric Forest, a dilapidated amusement park full of decaying fiberglass dinosaurs. Berlin has its own defunct dinosaur funland – the Spreepark – which fell on ...