A new book on the subject of Lost Places in Berlin and Brandenburg stands out from the flood of publications on this subject: “Lost & Dark Places Berlin” by Christine Volpert and Corinna Urbach, which was published by Bruckmann Verlag, is more concrete than others.
The author duo not only writes about the history of the 33 “uncanny places” that they visited, but also reveals their exact location. Volpert and Urbach do not shy away from describing how to get there and giving the GPS data.
Therefore, this Lost Places volume sees itself less as an opulent illustrated volume with high-quality, eerily beautiful photographs. Rather, the “Lost & Dark Places Berlin” are a travel guide to the well-known sites of morbidity in and around the capital.
With a book in hand, everyone can set out for industrial ruins, abandoned barracks and VEB companies as well as collapsing residential buildings and an amusement park overgrown with greenery.
But one thing is important: on the first few pages, six golden rules are set out that every visitor to the Lost Places should follow. “Even if the gate is wide open or there’s a huge hole in the fence,” the authors say, “no entry” is usually said.
On the following pages of the photo series above we show a selection of the 33 Lost Places.
You can also click through the following photo series:
– Lost Places at the End of the World: Bluie East Two, the abandoned Air Force Base on Greenland
– Decades after the withdrawal: This is how bizarre the Soviet ghost houses look today
– When a synagogue becomes a fitness center – in search of Jewish life in Eastern Europe
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