It doesn’t matter how beautiful well known touristic spots in Germany are, the true adventurers and curious travellers will always look for some unpredictable and non-clichéd places. And Germany has many hidden treasures, which have been abandoned and untouched by human hand for a long time.
Once a building no longer serves its original purpose, it becomes truly fascinating. Every piece of it becomes more significant than it has ever been. Every rotten floor, crumbling stair or dingy curtain has its own story to be told.
Let’s start this visual journey through this lonesome alien German landscape.
#13. The Bärenquell Brewery in Berlin
Photo by OntheBoat
Photo by Mathieu Bertrand Struck
#12. The former Institute of Anatomy in Berlin
Photo by Jan Bommes
#11. Krampnitz, a military complex in Fahrland, Potsdam
Photo by Vetbonkie
Photo by Pulzib
Photo by Juized
#10. An abandoned office building in Potsdam
Photo by ranafout
#9. Socialist recreation home in East Germany
Photo by Jan Bommes
Photo by Jan Bommes
#8. The Bierpinsel Tower
Photo by Michael_H.
Photo by andersihugget
#7. Ballhaus Grünau
Photo by spandow
Photo by Jedrzej Blaszkiewicz
#6. Eisfabrik, the abandoned ice factory in Berlin
Photo by Urban Requiem
Photo by Bruno
Photo by Bruno
#5. The 1936 Olympic Village in Berlin
Photo by Rfield75
Photo by mrschlingel
#4. Teufelsberg, Berlin
Photo by Tom Blackwell
Photo by Tom Blackwell
#3. Spreepark, the abandoned amusement park in Berlin
Photo by Marco Hamersma
Photo by Morgennebel
#2. The former TB hospital, Heilstätte Grabowsee
Photo by DrTeNFeet
Photo by Michael
Photo by DrTeNFeet
#1. Beelitz Heilstätten in Brandenburg
Photo by Paul
Photo by Paul
Photo by Norbert Löv