Spreepark!
Filed 11/6/2009 | Updated 12/8/2014
The spirits of dead clowns had been mocking me long enough. For weeks they had been goading me, taunting me, deriding me for not venturing in. Finally I confronted them, stared down my fears and faced the creepy carnies.
Getting over the fence was easier than I thought. Almost as if they had been expecting me. They wanted me to come in. I hit the ground and stopped. All eerily quiet as I surveyed the area around me. I looked around again. Nothing. Just trees and shrubs. Cautiously, my heart beating like a drum, I proceeded up the bank toward the overgrown path, slipping in the soft ground beneath me.
I heard something. What’s that?! A snicker? A suppressed laugh from a tree perhaps. Or one of the evil clowns. I looked back again but saw nothing was there. All quiet.
“Calm down!” I told myself. “There’s no one here, nothing here. You have the whole park to yourself!”
I’d finally made it into Spreepark, an old GDR-era amusement park flanked by the River Spree, abandoned to the elements on the edge of Treptower Park in Berlin.
East Germany’s only permanent funpark after opening as the 29.5 hectare Kulturpark Plänterwald in 1969, it was hugely popular, not least because of its 45 metre Riesenrad (Ferris wheel).
Spreepark was host to some 1.7 million visitors a year at its peak. Since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 however, its decline began. Only 400,000 visitors graced the park with their presence in 2001 before it finally closed on November 5. A lack of parking, escalating prices, stupid decisions and dodgy dealings all contributed to its demise. Debts of €11 million were reported.
The head honcho responsible for the thing at this time, Norbert Witte, legged it to Peru in 2002, along with his family and six of the park’s attractions, which, authorities naïvely believed, were to be repaired there. The fools.
Witte tried to open a funpark in Lima but failed, and in 2004 was jailed for seven years for attempting to smuggle €21 million worth of cocaine in the masts of the “Flying Carpet” ride back to Germany. There must be Irish blood in that family. Witte’s son was also jailed for drug smuggling (20 years) in 2006. He’s still languishing in Lima’s Sarita Colonia prison.
Spreepark, meanwhile, was left to rot among the trees and foliage of Plänterwald for more than 12 years, its roller-coasters rusty and neglected, buildings boarded up, and fun-rides left only for the birds and rats to enjoy.
Its strange tale took an unexpected turn last March when the city bought it back through the state-owned Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin for just over €2 million after striking deals with creditors to let their losses go. It had been for sale on eBay before that. You couldn’t make this shit up.
An attempt to sell it at auction was abruptly cut short last July when Finanzamt Treptow-Köpenick withdrew the sale once a Berlin concert promoter bid nearly €2.5 million, despite it being well above the asking price of €1.62 million. The other bidder was the Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin so you’d wonder why it was up for auction at all. Property deals in Berlin are always a murky affair.
The lease given to the Wittes in 1989 stipulates the land must remain in use as an amusement or recreational park until 2061, so this scared many potential investors away, and it prohibits the city from flogging off the land for apartments.
Or so it should, anyway. These are Berlin’s politicians we’re talking about, the same ones who approved the construction of luxury apartments on the “protected” East Side Gallery and were campaigning for more to be built at Tempelhof. If anyone can find a way to turn Spreepark into apartments, they will.
The city officially took over on April 30, when the Wittes and their entourage moved out. Norbert had reportedly moved back into a caravan on the site, and his daughter Sabrina was doing tours at weekends. Witte’s former wife, Pia, had given an undertaking to remove all the caravans.
The mammoth and a couple of the dinosaurs also disappeared but on my last visit most of the stuff was still there. Best of all, no security!
I’d had my run-ins with them before. There were rumors of a 24-hour watchman roaming the grounds for my first visit, and though I didn’t bump into him then, I had enough encounters since to make up for it.
There was 24-hour security inside – with dogs – and lately 24-hour security from a rival company doing the rounds outside too, so exploration wasn’t possible without a thumping heartbeat and adrenalin surging through your body.
Not only had you the thrill of being caught but you had THE thrill of being caught! That hasn’t gone away. The whole site is fenced off from unwanted guests with big angry signs proclaiming “Betreten verboten!” every 100 meters or so. Apparently there is still security on the site at times, though not all the time. Be careful!
Weird industrial noises break the eerie silence, creaking, groaning, wailing, screaming. The Ferris wheel still looms over the park, its 36 cabins begging for someone to climb in.
Beside that is an old abandoned Viking ship with a dragon’s head, flanked by angry looking swan-boats. Nearby are the remains of the dinosaurs that used to freely roam the park. They’ve taken to drink in the meantime. The Tyrannosaurus rex is still on his side, stocious, cursing his puny little useless arms.
Buildings scattered behind also invite investigation. There are water-slides with their boats now covered in leaves and shit. Then there’s the rollercoaster with cars still lined up ready to go, eager to plunge into the gaping jaws the fearsome-looking psychedelic cat, my favorite cat in the world.
Strange wildlife call Spreepark home, and they do their best to frighten the bejaysus out of intrepid explorers. Rustling in the grass, shuffling in the trees etc. You hear voices from time to time, sending your heart up into your mouth. Usually they’re just passers-by on the path outside. Sometimes dogs bark just to wind you up.
It all adds to the fun. Spraoí, coincidentally pronounced Spree, means fun in Irish, and there’s probably more spraoí to be had sneaking in now than there ever was in its days as an operational funpark.
It remains to be seen how long the thrills and spills continue for this old abandoned East German fairground. It’s been a rollercoaster ride so far. I’m happy to say its wheels are still rolling.
What
Spreepark Berlin. Abandoned amusement park.
Where
Kiehnwerderallee 1-3, 12437, Berlin.
How to get there
Get the S-Bahn to Plänterwald or Treptower Park and walk from there. Map can be accessed here.
Getting in
The fence is in bad repair in a few places, though not as bad as before. Simply walk along until you find a low spot, or slide under one of the few gaps underneath. There’s a fairly handy spot beside a tree that you can also use for balance. It may be easier to find an entry point during the day than at night!
When to go
Daytime is definitely easier to get in and explore. There are more likely security guards manning the site then, however. I’m not sure if they’re there at night. Nighttime is definitely spookier, though more dangerous.
Difficulty rating
4/10 Spreepark’s difficulty changes like the weather. You need to keep your eyes peeled for guards. You might be lucky now and find the place deserted. If so, it’s quite easy – simply hop the fence and go in. Otherwise you’ll also need to evade detection.
Who to bring
Friends. Do NOT go alone!
What to bring
Camera. Beer. A bottle of tequila is also good, preferably with oranges and cinnamon. Can be drunk either beforehand for courage, while sitting beside the River Spree, or while straddling one of the fallen dinosaurs.
Dangers
Rumors of the security man were well-founded. It’s best to remain vigilant. Try not to jump out of your skin every time a dog barks. It’s most likely just a pooch going for a stroll beside the river. Also watch out for nosy passers-by who may feel it’s their duty to report people having fun – you know, the old bitter types. Petty fuckers. And watch out for the dead clowns.
This post has been updated on various occasions to reflect ongoing developments since the original after my first visit in June 2009. As before, it’s for information purposes only – I’d never encourage anyone to trespass or do anything illegal.
UPDATE: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 – Spreepark lives! Updated following the latest visit. All large pics below are from that.
UPDATE: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 – The latest comments suggest security is back on the site. Proceed with caution.
UPDATE: Monday, August 11, 2014 – Some fucking idiots set fire to part of Spreepark last night. “Old England” is completely gone, a 5,000 square meter area razed to the ground, taking with it a former horror zone, a snack joint, the remains of a circus tent, and the thatched-roof buildings, one of which housed a pirate shooting range and another where people once wasted their money on those claw machines in a futile attempt to win teddies.
According to the Spreepark website, the whitewater flume ride survived, contrary to media reports.
More than 100 firefighters were called to battle the huge blaze that broke out around shortly after midnight, supported by a police boat and fire boat pumping water from the river. It took them several hours to extinguish it.
The fire was started in a number of places so there’s no question it was arson. The Polizei are investigating apparently. The state police had drones overhead today.
Mayor Oliver Igel (Mayor Hedgehog) hinted at dark motives behind the arson attack.
“It wasn’t just youths playing around,” he told RBB before muttering something about interested parties attempting to manipulate a future use for the site.
Berliner Liegenschaftsfonds (Spreepark owner) boss Birgit Möhring said the fence would be replaced with a new one, more secure, while the wooden bridge by the Ferris wheel and former amphitheater were to be dismantled.
So the Spreepark rollercoaster might finally be juddering to a halt. Looks its story is ending in a blaze of shame.
UPDATE: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 – Polizei arrested four men accused of being the morons responsible for the fire. Aged 19, 20, 21 and 29, they were stopped in Steglitz for setting an Audi alight. It was around three hours after the Spreepark blaze started.
Berliner Zeitung said the oldest was driving their attempted getaway VW with no license and that they’d all been drinking. It was all “just for fun.”
Tagesspiegel reported their pyromania was in celebration of the oldest’s impending 35-day prison spell for failing to pay a fine for an earlier theft. Bright sparks then.
The spirits of dead clowns had been mocking me long enough. For weeks they had been goading me, taunting me, deriding me for not venturing in. Finally I confronted them, stared down my fears and faced the creepy carnies.
Getting over the fence was easier than I thought. Almost as if they had been expecting me. They wanted me to come in. I hit the ground and stopped. All eerily quiet as I surveyed the area around me. I looked around again. Nothing. Just trees and shrubs. Cautiously, my heart beating like a drum, I proceeded up the bank toward the overgrown path, slipping in the soft ground beneath me.I heard something. What’s that?! A snicker? A suppressed laugh from a tree perhaps. Or one of the evil clowns. I looked back again but saw nothing was there. All quiet.
“Calm down!” I told myself. “There’s no one here, nothing here. You have the whole park to yourself!”
I’d finally made it into Spreepark, an old GDR-era amusement park flanked by the River Spree, abandoned to the elements on the edge of Treptower Park in Berlin.East Germany’s only permanent funpark after opening as the 29.5 hectare Kulturpark Plänterwald in 1969, it was hugely popular, not least because of its 45 metre Riesenrad (Ferris wheel).
Spreepark was host to some 1.7 million visitors a year at its peak. Since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 however, its decline began. Only 400,000 visitors graced the park with their presence in 2001 before it finally closed on November 5. A lack of parking, escalating prices, stupid decisions and dodgy dealings all contributed to its demise. Debts of €11 million were reported.
The head honcho responsible for the thing at this time, Norbert Witte, legged it to Peru in 2002, along with his family and six of the park’s attractions, which, authorities naïvely believed, were to be repaired there. The fools. Witte tried to open a funpark in Lima but failed, and in 2004 was jailed for seven years for attempting to smuggle €21 million worth of cocaine in the masts of the “Flying Carpet” ride back to Germany. There must be Irish blood in that family. Witte’s son was also jailed for drug smuggling (20 years) in 2006. He’s still languishing in Lima’s Sarita Colonia prison.
Spreepark, meanwhile, was left to rot among the trees and foliage of Plänterwald for more than 12 years, its roller-coasters rusty and neglected, buildings boarded up, and fun-rides left only for the birds and rats to enjoy.
Its strange tale took an unexpected turn last March when the city bought it back through the state-owned Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin for just over €2 million after striking deals with creditors to let their losses go. It had been for sale on eBay before that. You couldn’t make this shit up.An attempt to sell it at auction was abruptly cut short last July when Finanzamt Treptow-Köpenick withdrew the sale once a Berlin concert promoter bid nearly €2.5 million, despite it being well above the asking price of €1.62 million. The other bidder was the Liegenschaftsfonds Berlin so you’d wonder why it was up for auction at all. Property deals in Berlin are always a murky affair.
The lease given to the Wittes in 1989 stipulates the land must remain in use as an amusement or recreational park until 2061, so this scared many potential investors away, and it prohibits the city from flogging off the land for apartments.Or so it should, anyway. These are Berlin’s politicians we’re talking about, the same ones who approved the construction of luxury apartments on the “protected” East Side Gallery and were campaigning for more to be built at Tempelhof. If anyone can find a way to turn Spreepark into apartments, they will.
The city officially took over on April 30, when the Wittes and their entourage moved out. Norbert had reportedly moved back into a caravan on the site, and his daughter Sabrina was doing tours at weekends. Witte’s former wife, Pia, had given an undertaking to remove all the caravans.The mammoth and a couple of the dinosaurs also disappeared but on my last visit most of the stuff was still there. Best of all, no security!
I’d had my run-ins with them before. There were rumors of a 24-hour watchman roaming the grounds for my first visit, and though I didn’t bump into him then, I had enough encounters since to make up for it.
There was 24-hour security inside – with dogs – and lately 24-hour security from a rival company doing the rounds outside too, so exploration wasn’t possible without a thumping heartbeat and adrenalin surging through your body. Not only had you the thrill of being caught but you had THE thrill of being caught! That hasn’t gone away. The whole site is fenced off from unwanted guests with big angry signs proclaiming “Betreten verboten!” every 100 meters or so. Apparently there is still security on the site at times, though not all the time. Be careful!
Weird industrial noises break the eerie silence, creaking, groaning, wailing, screaming. The Ferris wheel still looms over the park, its 36 cabins begging for someone to climb in. Beside that is an old abandoned Viking ship with a dragon’s head, flanked by angry looking swan-boats. Nearby are the remains of the dinosaurs that used to freely roam the park. They’ve taken to drink in the meantime. The Tyrannosaurus rex is still on his side, stocious, cursing his puny little useless arms.
Buildings scattered behind also invite investigation. There are water-slides with their boats now covered in leaves and shit. Then there’s the rollercoaster with cars still lined up ready to go, eager to plunge into the gaping jaws the fearsome-looking psychedelic cat, my favorite cat in the world.
Strange wildlife call Spreepark home, and they do their best to frighten the bejaysus out of intrepid explorers. Rustling in the grass, shuffling in the trees etc. You hear voices from time to time, sending your heart up into your mouth. Usually they’re just passers-by on the path outside. Sometimes dogs bark just to wind you up.It all adds to the fun. Spraoí, coincidentally pronounced Spree, means fun in Irish, and there’s probably more spraoí to be had sneaking in now than there ever was in its days as an operational funpark.
It remains to be seen how long the thrills and spills continue for this old abandoned East German fairground. It’s been a rollercoaster ride so far. I’m happy to say its wheels are still rolling.
WhatSpreepark Berlin. Abandoned amusement park.
WhereKiehnwerderallee 1-3, 12437, Berlin.
How to get there
Get the S-Bahn to Plänterwald or Treptower Park and walk from there. Map can be accessed here.
Getting in
The fence is in bad repair in a few places, though not as bad as before. Simply walk along until you find a low spot, or slide under one of the few gaps underneath. There’s a fairly handy spot beside a tree that you can also use for balance. It may be easier to find an entry point during the day than at night!
When to go
Daytime is definitely easier to get in and explore. There are more likely security guards manning the site then, however. I’m not sure if they’re there at night. Nighttime is definitely spookier, though more dangerous.
Difficulty rating
4/10 Spreepark’s difficulty changes like the weather. You need to keep your eyes peeled for guards. You might be lucky now and find the place deserted. If so, it’s quite easy – simply hop the fence and go in. Otherwise you’ll also need to evade detection.
Who to bring
Friends. Do NOT go alone!
What to bring
Camera. Beer. A bottle of tequila is also good, preferably with oranges and cinnamon. Can be drunk either beforehand for courage, while sitting beside the River Spree, or while straddling one of the fallen dinosaurs.
Dangers
Rumors of the security man were well-founded. It’s best to remain vigilant. Try not to jump out of your skin every time a dog barks. It’s most likely just a pooch going for a stroll beside the river. Also watch out for nosy passers-by who may feel it’s their duty to report people having fun – you know, the old bitter types. Petty fuckers. And watch out for the dead clowns.
This post has been updated on various occasions to reflect ongoing developments since the original after my first visit in June 2009. As before, it’s for information purposes only – I’d never encourage anyone to trespass or do anything illegal.UPDATE: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 – Spreepark lives! Updated following the latest visit. All large pics below are from that.
UPDATE: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 – The latest comments suggest security is back on the site. Proceed with caution.
UPDATE: Monday, August 11, 2014 – Some fucking idiots set fire to part of Spreepark last night. “Old England” is completely gone, a 5,000 square meter area razed to the ground, taking with it a former horror zone, a snack joint, the remains of a circus tent, and the thatched-roof buildings, one of which housed a pirate shooting range and another where people once wasted their money on those claw machines in a futile attempt to win teddies.
According to the Spreepark website, the whitewater flume ride survived, contrary to media reports.
More than 100 firefighters were called to battle the huge blaze that broke out around shortly after midnight, supported by a police boat and fire boat pumping water from the river. It took them several hours to extinguish it.
The fire was started in a number of places so there’s no question it was arson. The Polizei are investigating apparently. The state police had drones overhead today.
Mayor Oliver Igel (Mayor Hedgehog) hinted at dark motives behind the arson attack.
“It wasn’t just youths playing around,” he told RBB before muttering something about interested parties attempting to manipulate a future use for the site.
Berliner Liegenschaftsfonds (Spreepark owner) boss Birgit Möhring said the fence would be replaced with a new one, more secure, while the wooden bridge by the Ferris wheel and former amphitheater were to be dismantled.
So the Spreepark rollercoaster might finally be juddering to a halt. Looks its story is ending in a blaze of shame.
UPDATE: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 – Polizei arrested four men accused of being the morons responsible for the fire. Aged 19, 20, 21 and 29, they were stopped in Steglitz for setting an Audi alight. It was around three hours after the Spreepark blaze started.
Berliner Zeitung said the oldest was driving their attempted getaway VW with no license and that they’d all been drinking. It was all “just for fun.”
Tagesspiegel reported their pyromania was in celebration of the oldest’s impending 35-day prison spell for failing to pay a fine for an earlier theft. Bright sparks then.
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167 comments
I didn't realize until today how close Plaenterwald is to where I'm living, so I rode past Spreepark today. A black Mercedes was there along with another couple of cars. And the ferris wheel was turning, which creeped me out a bit. Was it turning when you were there?
There's some festival happening there soon, so I'm wondering if people were setting up for that.
I'd say so. I just found out about this today from Click Clack:
http://www.iheartberlin.de/2010/08/25/luna-landluna-land/
yep, that's it. I probably would have considered going if I wasn't broke, and going to Baden-Wuerttemberg this weekend.
I stumbled across this blog while reading ex-pat blogs, so hello!
you have a nice blog here.
There is a ctually a guard with a dog ...but I think they are only there when their car is inside the park, so just wait until they get out and then jump over.
Why not go alone? I went alone because its easier to run (if you see the guards (WHO HAS DOGS) than if you are two or more.
ALthough the guards seems to be there only when their cars is parked close to the fireentrance
This park is used very effectively as a setting in the new movie Hanna. I'd highly recommend this unusual thriller.
Great blog.
My partner and I went here a couple of years ago. He's a photographer and wanted some shots, so I stood lookout whilst he went over the fence.
Bit of a panic when I saw the guard's car come back past. Lots of very conspicuous, urgent whispering and calls for Si to get back over.
Hadn't had so much fun in years; it was like being a kid again!
Visited in August. Got some great pictures, but we got caught by the security guards. They told us that they were going to call the police, who would fine us 350 euros, unless we deleted all our photos. I stalled and played the dumb tourist bit, and they eventually just ordered us to leave, so I got away with my pictures.
Sounds like something out of a scooby doo adventure, looking forward to some mischief!
I was there 11/11/11 in the afternoon by myself. I'd say it was my favorite part of Berlin. The groaning and creaking of the ferris wheel is very eery (it wasn't turning tho). There is also a guest book that had several recent signatures.
I did notice that black mercedes outside the entrance. However, I had no trouble, and I was within 20-30m of it. I freely walked around the entire afternoon.
My friend and I went to Spreepark yesterday, Wednesday 18th January. As soon as we got there we saw several cars parked inside near the main entrance, but decided to go in anyway. We found a hole and snuck in. We explored an old building (not sure what it was very awesome though) and made it around to the ferris wheel and the village like houses there. We might have been inside for about an hour and all of a sudden a security guy came speeding around the corner and caught us! He was actually very friendly. Told us to delete our photos and that it was private land. He asked us what way we came in and then we had 2 minutes to get out until he set his dogs on us...he followed us out, but actually opened the main gate for us. As we were walking away he was crouched down repairing the hole we had climbed through. So it wasn't that fun getting caught obviously, wish we could have explored more of the park, but the security wasn't scary or dodgy at all, didn't mention anything about fines or showing identification. All in all it was totally worth it!!!
Glad to hear you still enjoyed it Madeleine! I think there's security on the site pretty much ALL the time now (unless you're very lucky) so it pays to be extra sneaky.
Me and a large group of friends went here on Saturday. We didnt notice any cars parked by the entrance but there was what looked like a caravan in the park so we went around through a hole on the river side and snuck in. We tried our best to stay concealed but after nearly an hour some of us heard dogs in the park and we bolted vaulting straight over the fence. We didnt get caught at all, but it was so much fun. We must have been really lucky to not encounter the guards, it was foggy and snowing when we went which was really eerie! I thought it was amazing :) such an experience! If you do go I recommend keeping in the trees and over growth and try to stay near the holes in the fences. We went right up to the Ferris wheel which is where the dogs started barking...
Haha, we were there on the 20th!
A police car was parked outside the entrance but crept away as we approached. A group of 5 walked past the cops and towards us, nonchalant as we were trying to be as we circled the outside for our way through the fence. Two women and a bunch of dogs played within a fence although apparently not part of the park. We passed a further conspicuous trio before finding the downed fence we'd heard about. We jumped over as the day began to darken.
Once in, we made our way to the cat-wizard's mouth where we thought we saw movement. We shat pants for a second and decided it was safe to continue. 5 minutes later, the cat-wizard puked out the group we saw by the cop car. They had been hiding from us. So two nervous groups wondered around en mass for a moment, taking photos and freaking the fuck out when the ferris wheel started to groan and move at pace. Well, pace enough for an abandoned ferris wheel. The metallic clanks from the shipyard across the water adding to the teen slasher movie feel of the park at dusk. Further explorations led us to the earlier trio who had also used our downed fence. And so it was that 3 groups comprised of 11 strangers met in Spreepark and wondered freely without the hassle of dogs or security and got some lovely photos to boot. Wouldn't be the same without the fear and I wouldn't have had as much fun creeping round corners like Tenchu if it were a paid tour.
Thoroughly recommended mischief.
I saw this in "Hanna". so sad to see this all wasting away. Why don't they put these items up for sale? They would be very popular all over the world! I went to a park like this in the USA as a child, such fond memories. It is so sad that it is not still in use.
A friend and I found Spreepark when we were travelling around Europe and heard a rumour about it (it was all very hush hush) and decided to go check it out. Everyone we asked told us to be careful or not to go there -that there were security men and guard dogs. We had this idea that it had security cameras and a gang of men inside with scary Dobermans or Pitbulls. Without knowing much we eventually found it and waited until no one was walking past and climbed the fence (approx 4 metres). It was incredibly overgrown, i've got pictures of the rollercoster cars almost completely taken over by weeds and tree branches. My heart pounded the whole time, but we didn't come across another soul. It's funny but i was a bit disappointed that we didn't get chased by a pack of guard dogs and security men.
the whole idea of it sounds amazing, i really want to go. Has anyone got any photos i can see?
Just got back from a college trip to Berlin and our tutors took 30 of us to go look at the park (we're art/photography students) when we arrived the tutors told us we weren't allowed to go in and that we should walk round the outside and take photos.
But after the group spread out a bit we saw one of our tutors inside with some of our group so we walked back to a fallen bit of fence we had just passed to get in, once in it was so interesting to see. But we couldn't find our tutor inside so we we're quite creeped out and felt we should leave.
Then a bit further down the outside path we met up with our tutor and went back in under a gap in the fence. We saw this really cool rusted up rollercoaster type ride with egg shaped pods that hung underneath, after snapping a few photos our tutor made us leave again.
I would have loved to explore for the entire day but what I did see was great.
We didn't see any security about but it had definitly been visited recently.
If you wanted to see I've uploaded some photos from spreepark here http://www.flickr.com/photos/shiv_photo/
I was there today and I got caught :D
there are least a couple of security guys. as a matter of fact this park opens sundays and they have guided tours. but I don't think that they show you that much.
not the ferris wheel either. cause in that zone everything it's pretty dangerous.
yeah, the wheel moves by itself all the time thanks to the wind.
photos are forbiden and they make you delete them if they see you with a camera. but I get away with my pics.
pretty interesting park. a lot of "trespassers" tho,
going by night would be trouble because there are so many holes and shit around.
by the way there are no dogs in the park. but there's a day care for dogs next to the park so you can hear them very close.
I don't know what you are talking about, I was there last weekend and if you pay them something, they will let you roam around the park with a security guard. There are also several tours throughout the week and weekend.
Also for 2 euros you can take the train around the park. You can also take pictures, no one said anything. It seems pretty normal to take pictures. There is also a cafe and "restaurant". Pretty chill and nice.
I think the days of breaking into this place are over. There is a lot going on there, even on weekdays there are people inside doing construction. There are also mobile homes in there. Too much activity in the park, it is better to just go on the weekend or book a tour.
You don't know what I'm talking about?! Well that makes two of us then. If you're happy to hand over money to visit a fairground, I suggest you pick one that isn't abandoned.
Where's the thrill of trespassing, the excitement of being caught, taking footsteps where not feet are allowed step?
Clearly, excitement isn't your thing. Why don't you just go to a museum? Berlin has plenty of places willing to take your money. Too many, in fact, but you're welcome to them.
just got back from visiting Berlin and went to check this place out. got in through a bit of fallen fence on the side that runs along the river. saw a few cars and a caravan round by the main entrance so steered well clear of there. also it is a good idea to enter from thr furthest side becuase if you do get caught you get escorted back through the park and get to see a bit more than if you came through the main entrance. ferris wheel was turning and squeaking when we entered - very eerie. the whole place has a really odd feel about it because the pathways surrounding the perimeter are quite busy with tourists and locals but as soon as you are inside it all goes deadly quiet apart from the sounds of the birds and the ferris wheel. such a shame that a place like that is wasted like it is.
the security guy definitely exists, unfortunately we all got caught after a short time because my friends dont know how to keep their mouths shut, but nothing came of it. i asked the guy what had happened to the park and he just said 'no information' very bluntly i got the impresssion it was not a good idea to ask again. we got escorted out the front entrance and the guy called the boss, i dont speak much german but my friend translated for us that he was the owner and was obviously pretty angry at us, although he didnt take it any further. we had no paint on us so he let us go without contacting the police, although he did say he usually gives people a 50 euro fine or calls the authorities.
my tip to anyone is keep quiet, keep inconspicuous. try not to make too much noise, and be quick if you want to see it all. enter through the far side and dont bring paint just incase you do get caught. also if you plan on taking a digital camera, take an empty memory card to swap if you get caught, they dont take having pictures very kindly.
hope this helps any future explorers
I discovered this park from the movie Hanna. I've been to Berlin before (here on day two of a 5 week visit RIGHT NOW!), but every time I come, I want to find new/old things like this. Last year I discovered Tuefelsberg and holy christ was that awesome.
After looking for the park online, I came across this site: http://kulturpark.org/
It appears there are some things happening there currently, and most likely people there all the time now. I still want to see it though, AND explore all the stuff on this FANTASTIC website here. (Thank you very much by the way).
I only know a few people here in Berlin, but they're not the adventurous type...at all. Last year I had a friend, but he ended up just trying to get in my pants. I need an adventure buddy. Do you know how I can find one?
AND did you know about this kulturpark thing?
thanks :)
KMM
went there just the other day it was awesome but a guard rode up on a bike about 45 mins into our exploration. dont think he spoke any english but just led us to the gate asked us to delete pictures but when we took to long pretending to delete stuff he just let us go.
i really wana check out your other spots but just like KKM i am new to berlin and the small amount of people i know are not into it. would happily meet up with some others who wanted to check out a couple of these places.
I visited the park yesterday through a gap in the fence along the river. I came in expecting it to be totally abandoned, but there was a fair bit of activity. There's an active carnival in the center (with working rides), someone was running the train, and there were people getting ready for a play near the Ferris wheel. They told us to leave before the security guard came, so we left. Some others from my hostel got caught by him earlier in the day, and were told to either pay up or delete their pictures.
This was by far the most interesting thing I did in Berlin, even though I only saw about 2/5 of the park!
Hello, i visited the park last week, i saw no guard, but i only spended 10 minutes in the park. Think i will sign up for a guided tour very soon, only 15 Euros and you will feel relaxed.
With all due respect, if you want to relax, go to one of Berlin's many fine museums or a coffee shop.
But you were in Spreepark already and didn't see a guard, so what's the problem?!
The excitement of being caught just adds to the fun - or so I thought anyway - maybe I'm weird.
But seriously, ONLY €15 for a tour?! And what's the fucking point? If you're paying into an amusement park, I think the least you should expect is an amusement park with rides and attractions still running. All you'd be paying for here is the privilege of looking at a pile of old abandoned shit that they weren't bothered charging for until too many people started hopping the fence and they saw an opportunity to make money from them.
Of course, you can pay your money if you want - if you want to relax - but it will be a completely different experience. In fact, I'd say you'll be missing the ultimate Spreepark experience and the whole point of going in.
It is possible to go there without getting caught. You could go very early in the morning for example, when no security are there, or you could just run - as I did - when a security guy suddenly shouts at you. I ruined my jeans in the fence, but THAT'S a Spreepark experience and a far better story to recount later on than you'll get on any tour. (In my humble opinion.)
For a review of one of the tours (and some fantastic photos) see the following link: http://www.fieldoffice.org/berlin-guide-spreepark-tour/
If you do do a tour, please come back and let us know how it was.
Alles Gute,
IB
Hello All Prfect Fun Seekers,
I am from the United States. does anyone have pictures to share? I love old abandones amusement parks but most in the US sell the rides and there is nothing but sadness.
Thank you
Hello !
I went there on sunday my my boyfriend, we climbed the fence and we sawa lot of people with badges doing a guided tour. We stayed there more than an hour, chilling and taking pictures and didn't hearabout any security guards. It was sunny and crazy beautiful. if you wanna see my pictures www.loudangla.fr !
Go there without paying the 15€ that's shit !
Tchuss!
Lou
Hello everyone,
Me and my friend went there on Friday. Threw a opening in the fence we got in.
About an hour and a half we walked around freely.
We did not get could caught, but it's wise to avoid the main entrance.
It was amazing.
Tschuss!!
Simone
Seems like no one really knows the tragic history of Spreepark, so I'll just quickly sum it up.
The owner Norbert Witte closed Spreepark back in 2001 (rumor has it that he had built up a debt around 11 million Euros). Witte moved with his family to Peru where he wanted to open a new amusement park - therefor he took some of his attractions with him. Witte made the authorities believe it was for repairs.
The new amusement park, Lunapark in Lima, Peru, failed and in 2004 Witte decided close it. When shipping an old attraction - "the flying carpet" - back to Germany, Witte, and his son Marcel, were caught smuggling 180 kg of cocaine in one of the masts of the attraction. Marcel, Witte's son, was in 2006 sentenced with 20 years in one of the toughest Peruvian prisons, while Witte was sentenced with 7 years in a German prison. Witte got divorced from his wife and he now lives in what is left of Spreepark in his mobile-home while his wife and daughter lives in Lima. Since 2011 there has been guided tours around the park.
So those of you who have noticed mobile-homes and caravans has probably seen the residence of Norbert Witte.
Sorry for the long, random post, but it has been exciting reading your (Irish Berliner's) adventure and the comments. I would love to see the place for myself one day. I hope you don't mind my long post (especially if you already knew all this).. But nice blog! It's really interesting :D
Hey. Forget my previous post, I've just found out you made a post about it three years ago. Sorry.. But your blog is still awesome :D
The XX are playing here next year
Thanks for the great post. I'm writing an article on the fascination of abandoned places, especially amusement parks, and Spreepark is on my list. Asia seems to have a lot of abandoned amusement parks. I actually drove past Spreepark when I was in Berlin last, didn't even realize it at the time.
I'm visiting Berlin in May and hoping to fit in a visit here. Not on a guided tour though. Where's the fun in that? ;)
I was in Berlin last weekend a friend had heard about this place and 5 of us sneaked in under the fence, had a great wander around, took photos and turned the big wheel ourselves.
Great to read the history here and other peoples experiences for us it was more fun sneaking in than a tour, a security person saw us and we went to leave the way we came in under fence but he escorted us out, not angry or friendly just told us to leave, reading these notes we were lucky he didn't ask about a camera
We went at sunset which added to the creepy feeling
Eleanor
Hi Eleanor!
Thanks for sharing this experience. We would also like go there within a project that we carry out with a couple of friends. Could you get in touch with us?
If so, could you please contact us on rab.misa@gmail.com?
Thanks and hope to hear from you soon!
Michelle
If anyone wants a decent person to explore places like this with in Berlin with, email me! It would be cool to wait until a few people have got in touch, then arrange something as a small group, non? I live in Berlin (Lichtenberg), I'm 28 and I also don't have anyone to explore these places with. Email me at sixthofjuly at gmail dot com!
Andy
Hey Anonymous person above.
If only you had posted a few days ago. We've just spent the last 3 days in Berlin.
Today we visited Spree Park. Entered under the fence on the river side of the park. We had a bout 20 minutes inside before the Security Guard and his dog found us. He was actually pretty nice, we were told we had a few minutes to make our way out. Didn't have to delete photos, or anything like that.
FYI the guard dog was on to us very quickly. within minutes of being inside I think it knew, it started barking and continued until it found us. He's on a leash with the security guard at all times though, which is probably a good thing.
hey guys glad i stumbled across this thread, i am heading to berlin in October/November for a long weekend and am super keen to get into Spreepark and get some snaps..I understand the park is open on weekends/Sundays and you can do tours etc, otherwise its let yourself in via holes in the fences and dodge the security guard...Has anyone tried going through one of these holes in the fences during weekends when the park is open for these tours? this would mean no security guards and more noise etc to hide your movements? From what i can gather from looking online the tour only visits certain parts of the park, so you could avoid these areas and see the more abandoned parts and not worry about getting caught? I could be wrong but worth a shot? anyone have any idea if this could work/not work?
I went in today but I was caught by the guard after about 10 mins!!!!! Most annoying! He was on a bike didn't have a dog with him though.... The worst part is I saw him before he saw me but sadly my attempts to hide in a bush were in vain! He didn't try and make me delete photos (I didn't have my camera in my hand at the time thoigh) just told me in english "Two minutes! Over the fence!". Still was great the few bits I saw. I shall attempt to return next I am in berlin!!
I am in fact english so my bad for all the mistakes and the poor grammar in that post btw!
Today we plan to go there and i can`t wait!!!
anyone wants to join?
we let you know tonight how it was and if we got caught :-)
Jessy and Franz
WE MADE IT!!!!!
it was amazing!
definitly not the last time and not the last place to discover!
it`s sooo cool when it`s gettin dark everywhere...spooky!
but a lot securitys... the did not catch us but it was little difficult.
wow wow wow
I'm looking for people who brave especially spree park & Teufelsberg. I'm English, 28 and quick on my feet. Already checked the fence and the guards at Teufelsberg
minimalbeats at live.co.uk
Ste
just been to spree Park. So easy to get in. The fence isn't particularly high. Was in there for an hour and a half but it was getting dark. THE WHEEL WAS MOVING! Then it was switched off. That just added to the spookiness of the place. Think I may have missed a bit as i have to leave when the dog started to bark and i heard the guy whistling it, but it was great. I must return to see the bit I missed and would love to go during proper daylight.
STE
on http://www.berliner-spreepark.de it states that they're offering guided tours for 15 € (hold by Sabrina Witte, Norbert's daughter) and even playing a theatre piece at the moment. I'm very confused now.
No need for confusion. Because of all the visitors hopping the fence, they've decided to take advantage. They've been doing tours for quite a while now. It's your choice whether you want to do them or not.
just went in today, sry i didn't listen to ur advice and went in alone. i saw some people with the caravan, saw cyclist, and dogs were barking, but surprisingly i didnt get caught and stroll for at least an hour. i guess some past commando training helps the 'stealth mode'.
i believe they were testing the flyer, else it would've been too spooky for it to turn.
Thanks for the guide! Just went in today, sry i didn't listen to ur advice and went in alone. i saw some people with the caravan, saw cyclist, and dogs were barking, but surprisingly i didnt get caught and stroll for at least an hour. i guess some past training helps the 'stealth mode'.
i believe they were testing the flyer, else it would've been too spooky for it to turn. I shot a series of photographs, please take a look here!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/the-freestyle-photographer/berlin-spreepark-the-abandoned-amusement-park/618384538171929
went in there last night. Now im glad i didnt read this page before after the visit. loved the spookiness, but didnt see any guards or dogs.. heard a lot of noises though. not sure i would have gone in there if i knew there where guards and dogs in there ;O)
Not sure if there are guards there now to be honest. The latest is that the site was supposed to be sold at auction, but one of the creditors withdrew it, and it's now up to the city to find a new owner. While all that is going on, I suspect Spreepark is free to roam!
I am going to berlin to view some sites. I think I only knew about spreepark if it wasn't for your amazing blog! So now i might visit some other places too. Like Beelitz and glasowsee not entirely sure if i spellt that correct. I am not an german though! It would be my first urban exploration. Looking forward to it!
It's crowded on Saturday or Sunday.
Even after the "guided tour" there are people in that area.
We spotted around 6 people.
Hi guys me and my girlfriend went on friday the 26th and it was amazing. we scrambled under a fence near the front entrance to get in which was a little bit sketchy as the black mercedes and what I belive to be the security guys caravan was parked their. On the way in we also noticed two women who obvuously worked there looking after the dogs. We walked around for about 45 mins and didnt get caught although we met another couple who did get caught by a security man who they said was on his own without a dog but was pleasant enough. We got some great pictures too. As a few people have mentioned we went on at midday on friday and it was pretty busy we saw a few people walking about inside and also around the outside. Just to let everyone know there is a path running all the way around the park so you can see alot from the outside and judge the best way of going in as we didnt do that we were a little keen to get in. It was really cool and interesting though I would recommend it to everyone. Bring a torch though because i didnt dare go too deep into the roller coaster tunnel or some of the darker abandoned buildings without one.
Delete
if anyone wanted to ask me anything about it while its fresh in my memory thats cool
Me and my friend went on Saturday 27th during a trip to Berlin after hearing stories from some girls we met while travelling. We walked around the outside and found a hole in the fence, big enough to climb through. We kept quiet and hidden and must have been in there for at least an hour. There were a few groups of other people walking around too which made me feel a little more relaxed. Got some great pictures and despite it been midday & sunny it was still so eerie and creepy. A group of guys were been really loud and it was inevitable they would get caught which they did and we also got caught shortly after. If we would have left a minute earlier like we were going to we wouldn't have got caught at all!! The security guard didn't have a dog like rumours suggest, he was on a bike. He didn't say anything to us except point at the main entrance and watch us leave over the fence.. So worth it!!! I have some great photos and the atmosphere was incredible!
a while ago i watched a mini documentary on vimeo about two boys that live in berlin, and they filmed some of it in here. ever since then ive wanted to go, and am thinking about heading to berlin in the next week. i really dont want to go alone because im nervous ill piss myself so if anyone is planning on going with in the next week or two, and wouldnt mind me taggin along, that would be awesome!!!! Ich kann auch Deutsch sprechen also ist das kein Problem. Ich würde mich wahnsinnig freuen!
thanks, danke
Hanna
Going to Berlin for the first time on Wednesday. Looking forward to having a sneak around and getting some good photos. I've read all the comments and it seems that nearly everyone gets caught but no cops called or fines dished out, which is cool.
Hey, I'm in Berlin for a couple of weeks. I'd like to sneak around too!
why have you just got to be rude to people all the time? they've taken the time out to read your blog and they are entitled to their opinion and do whatever they please! stop being such a grump and ignore the comment if you don't like what they've said. i really enjoyed your blog, but after reading your derogatory comment to people who have taken the time to read your blog and comment on it, in a completely non-offensive way, i think a lot less of you and will not be reading it in the future. live and let live kid.
We just got in here tonight. Worked out perfectly. Probably around 10 pm, just jumped the fence and got around the entire park, making way too much noise, and no-one showed up. The dog barked a little, but I think the guard was either gone, or didn't want to wake up. We made it right to the Ferris wheel, and even managed to push it into spinning a little big. Horrendous noise, but no one came out. So we climbed the maintenance ladders up to the middle of it! Awesome view of the surrounding area, and the whole park in the full moonlight. Doesn't get any better then that. This place is a playground at night.
I was there today (thursday) with a new berliner friend. Funny, that I told him to go there - I just moved here 3 weeks ago, but read this and decided to go there.
We saw the guards, one in a silver BMW and one in a black Mercedes outside and 2 inside, one with a bike. No dog.
We find a great spot to get in, in the water side, close to the ferris wheel. We spent just 10-15 min inside because we are pussys.... :S Maybe I go back one time. Good idea to get in when it's an open day but sneek in at the "backdoor" - and if someone catch me I tell that I just lost the group :D
Sorry for the bad english and thanks for the tips!
Kata
Glad you survived! :)
Just visited Spreepark. To the discussion about going with a tour vs. sneaking in, I have to say, to each of his own. I went with the tour, and my personal opinion is that this place isn't really abandoned anymore. The park itself is closed down, but the cafe is open, there's people everywhere, a group of dog trainers walks around, the train is operating etc etc. Even if I had snuck in, I have a feeling it would have been a bit like Ballhaus Grünau and the Kinderkrankenhaus -happy UE'ers everywhere, walking around, smiling and greeting each other. Weird, eh? Of course I love to meet other soul mates, but I'm not used to bumping into anyone UEing in Norway. So, the tour was led by the daughter of Witte, the previous owner, who smuggled cokain in the flying carpet lol. Very...erm...interesting indeed. She was very charismatic and lots of fun though, she shared stories from her basically growing up there, working for the pocket money as a teenager. At first the group stayed together, but then some people started wandering off, and I did too. The guide talked for ages at stop nr.3, and didn't seem to mind us leaving. I could walk around the park freely for 1,5 hours. I saw everything, even the Ferris wheel up close. Once the guard on bike came, he told me to return to the group, I said I would, and then he rode on. The park itself was a fascinating relic of the past; overgrown swan boats, headless dinosaurs, roller coaster in the bushes and broken arcade games laying shattered in the gaming hall. Totally worth the experience, danger thrill and some magic of course missing, but for me, who also UE to experience the history behind buildings and places, I got it. Advice: get away from the group as soon as possible, just smoothly sort of fade away. Trying to photograph abandoned places with everybody else strolling around is SO frustratingly absurd;)
Hey Tove!
Thanks for all the informative comments! I hear you - abandoned places aren't really abandoned if they're swarmed with people taking photos. I remember Teufelsberg was like that before some bright sparks decided to start making money out of it.
I was in Spreepark last Friday, have an upcoming post on it once I get the time to sort out the photos. I can imagine it would have been more pleasant to take them at leisure on a tour, but then you'd have people getting in the way and the overall experience suffers, I feel.
But your advice and getting away from everyone is sound, makes sense.
I've been to Oslo but didn't explore any abandoned stuff. Spent the whole time in shock at the price of the beer.
Macht's jut!
IB
Hi Irish Berliner. 'Just found your blog. So cool. I remember hearing about this place years ago. Seems it's time to go back. Well done mate!
Hello! I will go to Berlin in December. Do you think the guards is there late in the Dec? Are they watching this place every day? :S Nice site, pictures and information!
Best regards
E
Sweden!
I imagine they'll be there. I popped down again on Saturday, saw two of them with two dogs.
Maybe they'll be off for Christmas Day but I wouldn't bank on it.
oh it sounds amazing. i wanna go there. not scared of guards but the dogs freak me out a bit.... where they running about or were there on leads...??
Can not remember if i posted already or not about my experiences at Spreepark the other week, i don't think i did so thought worth letting people know.
I decided to go for the early bird gets the worm approach and head to Spreepark bright and early (730am) one morning, and hope that the guards hadn't started work yet.
We went around the back and there was a spot in the fence probably about in the middle, that had a convenient hole to put your foot in and help you over the fence. And with in no time we were at the big cat roller coaster.
We walked around the park alone for close to two hours, trying to minimalist noise just incase security were out but we still climbed around the roller coasters and rides and got right up under the ferris wheel.
After nearly two hours, we left, with no sign the whole time of security. It was perfect, no one around, perfect early morning light and plenty of photos!
So as hard as they are, early morning start is my advice, i may of just been lucky, but either way it was still cool and still has some charm to it.
Thanks for the advice Tim! Others have also had success very early in the morning. I can never get up that early unfortunately.
They were running about, but I don't think they're allowed run about unless the guards are there. One guard was calling the dog who ran off back to him. The dogs seemed more playful than fearsome.
There was no dog at all when I had the latest run-in with the guard, so I guess they're not there all the time. Perhaps they're simply some of the guards' pets and they take them to work when they're on.
I guess if there's no guard, there's no dog. If there's a dog, the guard ain't far behind. Maybe it would be a good idea to bring a bag of bones, just in case...
http://andrejrusskovskij.com/?p=407
analogue photoshoot taken @ the spreepark last november
What happens if the guards catch you? Call the cops or Just escort you out?
I would like to go at night (this is my 1st exploration) but I guess it's "suicidal" to walk around with torches at night (right?) easy catch...
Great blog and pics Irish Berliner. Thanks! Been interested since I saw 'Hanna'. I love theme parks anyway, something so sad about a derelict one :(
Have you seen this pop vid? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6lo4DvZWU
Hi there,
I just red your blog and it was quite recognizeable!
The last two days I went with 3 other people from Holland to Berlin to make a videoclip. Actually we did not know that there were fences and security guards.
So when we arrived at the park, we saw the fences and decided to climb over it. But unfortunately we heard directly a yell from a securaty guard with quite an agressive appearce.
I tried to explain in German that we came with good intentions all the way from Holland, to make a videoclip. And asked if we could film there.
He became a little bith friendly when he noticed I tried speaking in German without knowing that language really good, but he also told we could film there only for 65 euro an hour!
And our plan was to film 2 days long. But we didn't have the money for that. Travelling all the way to Belrin, together with the coasts from youth hostel and camera rent, made that we were only able to film for 2 hours, 130 euro.
That is quote a lot of money, and also quite a pity that we could not film everything we needed for the clip.
But I guess finally we will make something out of the things we have filmed.
I only just find it stupid that it coasts SO MUCH to just film there for a little while. I mean, we don't harm anything or everyone and they just get rich from asking so much money from poor artists like us!
There were more photographers and filmers in the park when we were there, who also paid the money.
I am wondering where this money goes to and why it has to be so incredible expensive to just film there!
The park was really nice though :).
Nothing major will happen. They'll threaten you, act aggressively, pretend to call the cops, maybe even call them, but you won't be beaten up or harmed, certainly no more than protestors in Kiev today for example.
This is what happened the last time I went back, recently: www.abandonedberlin.com/2013/10/spreepark-scrape-reacquaintance-with.html
Sorry to hear you weren't able to film as you wanted. €65 an hour is just ridiculous. They're clearly trying to milk as much money from people as they can. Plus ça change. That was one of the reasons they whole thing went belly-up. That, and parking places.
Anyway, I hope you managed to get enough filming done for your purposes!
Yeah, I hope so too! Thanks for your empathic reaction!
i cant believe it i used to love that park when i went back to berlin to visit my father i was thinking about taking my wife and newborn to it... and now look at the state of it ... i love what youve done and i bet that is some adrenaline rushing through you beein in there when everything is shut down and getting old haha..... good work and loving the pictures brings up some good memories and suprise how many english people still reside in berlin
I went there in June this year. Part of the park was open for anyone (including the Spinning Tea Cups), some kiosks were also selling ice cream and beers and some people and kids were just playing around. The main gate WAS open.
of course, there was a yellow "do not pass" ribbon beyond a certain point (to which I also just passed under and got mixed with a group and took some pics and even got into one of the Ferris Wheel carts, it screeched in a bizarre manner!!) Then, some staff member told me I could only get in with a ticket. I played the stupid tourist, said there was no ribbon at a certain place and thought that was an open area and went back (with my pics),
but I NEED to go back there, even if it's only to the all access area.
Hi, my husband and I snuck in today. We were inside for about an hour and didn't see anyone or hear anything. The site is amazing and we would definitely recommend a visit.
Brilliant to hear! Thanks for sharing your experience!
Jumped the fence yesterday at about 4pm with my girlfriend. Within ten minutes we ran into a security guard with a dog. Bad luck I guess. The dog was pretty vicious. The security guard asked us to leave and as we walked towards the fence he let the leash go just a little bit as to let the dog snap its barking jaws at us. It was kind of scary.
I went yesterday and was chased out by a very angry german man who didn't speak any english- he was pointing for me to jump over the fence at a point where it was very high up- I tried to say i couldnt get out that way and went to look for the hole where I came in.. He went away for a couple of minutes and then came out with his huge scary dog and I bolted over the fence like lightening! Was terrifying!
http://andrejrusskovskij.com/?p=407
analog pics taken @ spreepark, november 2012
(hope you will like this series too)
Went there yesturday, 27.12, friday. Around 1PM.
Wheel was on, a guy in a bright orange vest was working on it. Security guards are ALWAYS there. At least 3.
We found a guy who ASKED to go in, the security guard (a 50 year old man) told him it was 30€ because he had a GoPro (so, "video 30€", photos 15€ - lol)
We jumped anyways. Best place to do so is directly from the river path.
BEWARE of typical retarded-serious germans walking/jogging/cycling. We had 1 idiot stopping with his bike and trying to give us a lesson in life. The best way to make them go away is by saying "I am not Adolf Hitler. My dad is blind. I don't have a job, I don't know how to pay my rent. I know I will die of cancer. Let me enjoy life. Donner kebab with no salad, just meat".
We hopped in. The guy we found was caught after 5 minutes. We managed to stay 1h and take enough pictures/videos.
AVOID the "main path" inside the Spreepark. The 50 year old security guards does patrol-rounds with his bike. GO COMMANDO. GO SPEC OPS.
You'll see inside some other idiots with orange vests, who payed the 15€-30€ ticket entrance. With their DSLR's and fancy 300mm. AVOID THEM. They are humans like you, BUT ENEMIES. They will rat you to their tour guide. "There goes a poor person without an orange vest rental worth 30€".
The guy who was caught wasn't even escorted out by the guard. He just told him "to leave the place" (on his own way) and that "Normally he would have called the police / charge him with a 100€ fine" (sure, sure...)
Also, don't be scared of barking dogs. There is a dog training center near-by, and plenty of dogs walking on the river path. Avoid colours, hell yeah, it's a good place to wear german-bundeswehr camo patrons.
Extra tip: Do bring an empty Memory Card in case you get caught. Change it quickly if you are asked to delete the pictures. Just tell me you still didn't do any pic, since you only came to "photograph the Wheel" (or whatever it's far away from where you got caught)
My 2 cents.
Thank you, for quite possibly the best comment left on this here site. Absolutely brilliant advice, and I concur completely. Your 2 cents are mine too.
Is the unfinished Ghost Train ride still there? It still shows up on Google Earth but I rarely see new pictures or anyone mention it. Why didn't they ever finish it?
Oh so I guess, if we're careful enough, we can get in and not get caught? We're planning on going tomorrow or saturday...
Super das Du Anleitungen zum Einbruch und Hausfriedensbruch gibst
außerdem zieht das noch mehr Randalierer und Sprayer an..
Klasse bald ist alles Alte und Schöne kaputt dank Deiner Hilfe Applaus Applaus
Vielen Dank! Freue mich riesig dass es dir gefallt! Und das Applaus! Zweimal sogar!!!
Auf jeden Fall nehme ich das als Ermutigung weiter so zu machen. Danke noch mal! :)
I've copied and pasted the following from the Kulturpark.org website:
"GHOST TRAIN (ALSO CALLED SPOOKY)
In 1997, there were plans to build an expensive 10 million DM Haunting Ride. The construction of the rails was started in 1993, but the facade was never started due to financial reasons. The ride was most likely meant to be enclosed. The track is a continuous system: it is a gondola after another, like a Patanosta. Some pods were cut off by thieves, because the connector between the nacelles and the rail is valuable. Following the technical inspection in 1993, the railway was never put into operation. The ride was called “Spooky” by Musement in 2010."
Kulturpark.org actually gives quite a useful breakdown of all the various rides and attractions onsite.
This is not a place for boring Germans to give silly advices! Ich rate dir zu einem Besuch des Tropical Islands, da ist die Welt noch in Ordnung ;-) Thanks Irish adventurer for this great site and thanks to all who posted here. The smell of my four country dogs might help me to befriend the guard's ones ;-) We'll be there!
Julia
Thanks Julia! Yes, four country dogs would help you befriend anyone. I mean, who's going to argue with them?
Best of luck! Let us know how you get on :)
Me and my friend went there on 3rd january. What I have to begin with- it's totally worth it! The day before we printed out park map and checked where to enter on google earth. With my DSLr camera I had second SD card with me and we took some useless photos we can later delete if security ask.
We went there on about 12 pm. First we were just walking around the territory and checking where to get in. As we were walking though the fence in front of main entery, we saw a police car passing (it was a van actually, there were 4 policemans who looked at us weirdly). Many people were running and just walking with dogs there. Everybody showed interest, but I guess nobody was thinking about getting in the territory since there are that many warning signs. That 'attention, dogs' scared us a bit though
Whatever, that didn't stop us. We were walking around the fence about 20 mins, but unfortunately couldn't find a good place to get in. Fence is pretty high and as we are not that tall girls we couldn't jump over it that easy.
Finally we found a place where is one piece of fence missing (left from the main entery walking towards the port). If you're tiny enough getting in from there is not a big problem :D
Okay, so we got in. We had the park's map with, but the problem was, that we didn't know where the guard's trailer is. And yes, it is in the very middle of park, where swans are.
So my plan was to find that big dragon's head. We started to walk towards it and everything was calm. People were paying attention but no security guards. We tried to stay very very quiet and to sneak though the bushes. Of course the amount of adrenaline you get is huge haha
In totalt we spend about 40-50 mins in the park's territory. We didn't go until the ferris wheel but we heard it and it was soooo spooky. I can definitely say that I had an amazing time there, I love the spreepark and I'm planning to return there!
Best luck to you all! And Thank you for the posts of current situation, it is very useful
Slipped through a gap in the fence on 10th Jan 2014. If you look hard around the perimeter, fence, you'll likely find an easy way in. There were signs of security until we got to the log flume ride, where two guys seemed to be tending to the hedgerows. On seeing them we dived behind a tree and hid.
I had my eye on the mountain of the log flume (I really wanted to climb it) So, by backtracking to a part of the old railway and then walking through a tunnel, we skirted the security guys. This brought us out right next to the log flume mountain. If you take the entrance in the side of the 'mountain' you can climb up a ladder and a staircase right to the top of the log flume. It's pretty scary up there although it looks like someone has recently replaced the staircase runners which makes falling to your death slightly less likely.
Overall the visit was amazing! We went with the intention of paying for a tour, but nobody seemed to be offering one. But, in the end, sneaking around and dodging security turned out to be part of the fun! Spreepark is a creepy wonderland! Good luck, explorers!
Joel,
Hanna is now on TV in the US and your are so correct, it is a good movie made better with the SpreePark settings.
Thanks, Geo
Just came back from exploring the park (January 24, 2014, from 3.30-5.30pm). It didn't give me as much of an adrenaline rush as I would have liked as the place felt like there were no guards. Plus I wanted to explore more but my friend was plebbing out, claiming everything was 'so creepy' (especially when we went through the tunnel).
We basically came in from the fence facing the river, and it didn't really had an abandoned feeling towards the end as we could easily see passersby/joggers around us and a car. But there was indeed a sense of adventure, especially when I tried to jump over a gap. My footing slipped because of the snow and almost impaled myself on the metal roller coaster tracks. That and when we were nearing the Ferris wheel (approaching from the hilly side), hearing the eerie generator sound, and then seeing two people on the yellow buildings below. We ran back down the hill in panic hehe.
The highlight was the Ferris wheel, for sure, especially since we realized that's the area where the owners/guards enter from the gate at the back of the yellow buildings. Their HQ is probably there as well since when we passed by from the outside after to check, there were so many dogs there and two guards and a white car parked.
All in all, good fun!
Sorry Mr/Ms. Nerves-Of-Steel, that it wasn't exciting enough for you. Maybe next time shout loudly and set off a few flares to attract the guards' attention - maybe bring a large bag of cats for the dogs too - and why not tie a blindfold around your eyes to make it that little bit more difficult to escape? Guaranteed excitement! ;)
So it's still guards there...
If i get busted? What happens?
They'll throw you in a cage with the clowns who've been tormented and starved for weeks. The clowns will be ravenous and will invariably go for your brains - they've developed zombie tendencies by now - so whatever you do, don't get busted!
I was there this weekend with wife and 2 kids. Didn't expect they were going to charge 15 Euros per person. The only people I saw on the tour were adults who didn't have kids and the ones with kids left. Very ironic.
Thanks for this blog, it really helped out with finding the place and getting in. We went on Tuesday (11th Feb) and opted to go early in hope the security wouldnt be around. We managed to crawl out of bed and make it to spreepark for around 8am. It's true it's easy as hell to get into, the fence was smaller than me in places so anyone with enough upper body strength can just hop over. If you're a less competent climber (like my girlfriend) you can walk along the river and the fence in some places will be wire instead of hard metal, we found one that just pulled up completely out of the ground to make a gap underneath to fit a whole family. Just pull a few until you find it, we covered it again so hopefully security wont spot it. Inside we explored around the log flume, rollercoaster and surrounding areas. Stick to the bushes or follow the train track around the park, the paths are pretty open. Whilst my girlfriend was nursing the upside down T-Rex I thought I spotted someone on the main path behind a building. I didn't have my glasses on so couldn't quite work out if it was a human or a bush or one of thos freaky clowns. But my girlfriend came over and comfirmed it was security. I must have been standing in the open squinting at him for atleast a minute so either it was too early and he was lazy, he didn't see me or he just didn't give a fuck. But anyway we decided to leave to avoid him telling us to delete our photos, and it was almost 10 by then. We spotted 3 caravans on site, so I'm assuming it is 24 hour security and they rotate guards over the week. It's just luck if the guard is patrolling or chilling in his caravan. Just try to make little noise. Oh and the ferris wheel was spinning - I guess from the wind - and the noise it makes is freaky. There will be a lot of freaky noises, don't be spooked. Plus walk through the tunnel! Dark as night in there but awesome. Enjoy!
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Been there this year on the only week we had snow. At the night!! There were some cars parked inside and a few trailers with the lights on, but otherwise it didn't seem like there are any guards. It was spooky but awesome! Had to go back during the daylight, to get some pictures! If anyone wants to go and needs a company, let me know! :)
We have been there today and were busted by the guards after 10 minutes. Don't go there on Sunday! The area around the main entrance is open to the public on Sunday and the guided tours are on Suday at 1 p.m. So that's the busiest time of the week. Hope this helps!
Well i been there last two or three weeks, but we are two girls and we heard one or two dog barking from inside. Thats make us so scared haha so we decided to walk around :P although i dont see any guard but in case if we climb into the park and can not go out, maybe it might be the problem later. :{ and also i saw sth VErboten! and just knew today it have a tour!? oh cool.
I went to Spreepark this morning (March 12th). My friend and I figured it would be best to leave early in the morning so we arrived there about 7 AM. We walked around the park freely and I think we saw most of it. I saw the security trailers but there was no sign of the guards or dogs. No zombie-clowns either. All in all it was fun and we got some cool pictures.
No need to bring extra sd cards. Your pictures does not go away when you delete the card (just dont take any new pictures after you have done it). A simple free program will bring back all the pictures with no problems.
So when the guard ask you to delete the pics (and he will often do that), then just do it
Hello!
I am preparing to go there, but since I work full time I can only go on Saturdays and Sundays. I know there are guided tours around 1pm so I will avoid those hours. People have told me to enter form the street side instead of the river side, what do you think? and, once in, where to go? I know I may have to avoid the ferry wheel area.
Any advice is welcome!
Thank you, Rosa
Me and 3 other friends are planning to go, seems like a spot for great shots! Would be nice to tagg along with someone with some experience of the place :) Since we're brand new in this. Maybe we can contact when the 4 of us want to go, and we can meet somewhere.
It's great that you're keeping this information up to date. I just went on a guided tour yesterday - Sabrina Witte definitely tells a different "real story" than you hear in the press!
If you're interested in a quick summary of Sabrina's side of the story, have a look under the first photo on this page: http://www.germany-travel.org/spreepark-berlin/
Thanks for the link. There was just one mistake I spotted straight away - "You can’t get into the park otherwise."
Not true! ;)
I went yesterday, everything still there. They where shooting a movie so a lot of guards but no dogs. Just guards driving around in cars so if you stay of the main path you can walk around for a long time.
in addition to my earlier post, We arrived there at around 17:30 and stayed till around 19:45. this was on Saturday the 17th May. as mentioned no guards at that time. Good luck everyone and stay safe.
Went yesterday, the 26 may at around 430pm. Stayed for two hours. Had a great time. No security in sight. Our first 20 minutes we were sleuthing around being sneak and all, then we realized there were 30+ people exploring as well (we started in the forest near the water). So after that it was just a lot of roaming. Going around on the ferris wheel was definitely a highlight.
Met this weekend a guy who went last saturday (may 31th) to Spreepark and got caught by the security. So there IS sometimes still security, so watch your back and be careful!
Went there last friday, got caught by a security guy and his dog, he ran after us while he was yelling some german things to us. Luckily I had my 55-300 lens with me, I took a photo of him. It's the guy on the left, you can also see his dog. Plenty more people got caught that day!
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Went there on friday May 30th. Didn't see any security, only 2 other explorer crews, but there was a car parked within the premises close to the main entrance.
Luke, did you actually go around the ferris wheel for a full rotation? We talked about it but we found it a bit too risky.
What happens if you do get caught? is it just get chucked out or do they do you tresspassing?
They feed you to the dinosaurs! Don't get caught!!!
We went there again today (sunday) at 5am. No problems at all: no security, no dogs, no other people. Easy! We just noticed that somebody is actually taking care of the fence, in fact the whole we used a couple of weeks ago was closed!
Btw I suggest u all to go there and amuse the amusement park :)
Went there yesterday for the first time in a couple of years. Two guards were very much in evidence, chasing people off the grounds and shouting things ("Sie haben wohl die falsche Brille aufgesetzt, wa?", presumably a reference to the visitors' disregard for the 'Betreten verboten signs'). This was rather comic, however, since there were a lot of people roaming around, more than the guards could handle in fact, and there was no discernible system as to how/why they pursued some individuals and others not.
However things took a more serious turn later in the piece - someone was at the top of the ferris wheel, and I can only assume that the guards decided that this was enough - TWO POLICE CARS turned up and started patrolling the roadways, which made it just a bit too exciting for us.
Having read previous posts, it therefore seems that the security situation is pretty hard to predict, but I do think you need to reckon with someone being there.
Went there today in a group of 5 at about 2pm. Was very easy getting in, lots of holes in the fence on the right side off the main entrance. We walked around for like 2 hours and took some great pictures. There were at least 3 other couples walking around. There was only one woman sitting close to a toilet waggon next to the main entrance who could have been a security guard, but she didn't walk around. So it was very easy and we could also use the main roads most of the time.
Tried to go there with a friend yesterday afternoon, but saw a couple of burly security walking around on the main paths. Decided to try again early this morning - got there around 5am and it was perfect. Noone there, could spend a while wandering around and having a look. Very cool! On the side nearest the Spree there is a part of the fence with a comfortable human-sized hole at the bottom (right underneath a 'Verboten' sign), and there is also a wooded piece of fence near the train which is really easy to climb. Thanks for all your tips, I love this website!!
There 12p-3p today. Ferris wheel turning in the wind. Encountered four or five other pairs of people wandering. Ultimately a dogless, good-humored security guard escorted us to the exit, but only after we'd seen almost the entire park. Avoid the area near the main entrance and you'll likely be fine.
Do you know what happened to him?
Best regards!
Went today to Spreepark (July 8th, 2014). There were two security guards on the grounds patrolling. If you are in the wooded areas, keep your eyes open for the dudes. If caught, they will show you the exit. They have over 200 visitors a day that they show out. If you are hanging for a few hours, be stealthy. They are not always checking buildings. They are on main paths escorting people out so stay in the wooded areas. If in the open hanging with some cool props and old equipment, just make sure you time yourself based on where the guards are. It was a pleasant interaction today when we got caught, the guard escorted us out the long way so we could still see quite a bit without anxiety. Its worth it, just be aware of your surroundings and be nice.
Thanks for that info ^ looking to visit Berlin in August. Might be a silly question but do police/guards in Berlin speak English? don't want to get caught up in trouble with police and not understand a word they are saying.
Went to Spreepark on the 7th of July (2014) with a friend. Climbed through a gap in the fence. We had the best time exploring the park. When we came close to the main entrance we saw a black car parked just behind the old train, so didn't move any closer to the main entrance than that. Other than that we did not see any security at all.
I was visiting Spreepark (July 2014) with a friend, and I must note, that there is a guard. He saw us and walked us out. He was very friendly and just told us that we're tresspassing private property and we shouldn't be there. So don't be afraid to visit the park. We "got caught" after we had seen most of it anyways.
Hello! Went on July 13th Sunday morning at 6:30AM - 8:30AM. Had no problems with security until about 8:30AM when we heard them arrive at the front gates. Also heard "whirring" sounds as if they were riding around on quad bikes/golf scooters, this was confirmed when we saw tracks on the dirt paths. So we decided to leave around 8:45AM as we could hear them doing rounds of the park. Recommendation, go early Sunday morning as we had a good couple of hours before they arrived and we didn't see anyone else there. Also there are a few holes in the fence, just walk around along the river until you find one.
Went to SP on the 11th of July with a friend, it was very easy to get in as we followed the riverside entered the wooden part and got in through a hole in the fence where we easily moved unattached poles. Haven't seen any security guards even though we could not stay more than 20 min as we had a flight in the same hour.
You don't need to worry. Best thing is not to get caught. If you do get caught, the second best thing is not to understand what they're saying.
Went there on july 15. Unfortunately we were "busted" after 15 minutes, and the two kind guards told us they had showed 100 people to the exit that day.
Perhaps we should have turned left after going through the hole in the fence (waterside).
We were there yesterday evening: around 8.30pm
there were 4 other groups... and NO security!! we had the time to look around over an hour. then it got dark and we decide to leave... was great!! so I recommend going very very early in the morning or around 9.30pm before it gets dark...
I went there a few weeks ago and sure it was easy to hop in. But there was a guard and even worse a pretty fat big dog. When I saw the dog I immediately made a u-turn but too late: the dog had noticed me and came barking and running. I was pretty afraid it would bite but lucky me it did not. So I left with only taking a handful of pics.
Some, but not all of them. If they are young they could speak English, but if not, it is difficult... How about your Russian? ^^
Went there on Thursday, July 24, 2014, from about 15:00-18:00. There are a few different holes in the perimeter fence -- all on the river side of the park -- and we went through three different ones without needing to climb over the fence. The reason we kept trying different entrance holes is because we got caught by security twice -- but we kept going back in. That afternoon, there were two security dudes working, and they mostly seemed to be roaming the park and constantly kicking people out. Avoid other people so you don't get busted along with them if they get spotted -- and try to stay off the main paths when you can. We alluded the guards the third time simply by hiding in one of the ride shacks as they walked past us with a group of people they had already rounded up and were escorting to the exit. Also.... seemed like everyone in the park -- and there were many -- was an American tourist in their 20s.
Went a couple of days ago (would've been the 30th of july i think) with some friends. Really cool place, we hopped the fence near the ferris wheel and explored around there and the pirate ship and a couple other things for about 25 minutes or so before security spotted us. Up to this point we thought it was sort of open to just look around because there were a lot of other people wandering.
Security tiredly explained that entry to the public was forbidden and we'd have to follow them to the exit. The guard led us over to 2 other guards who had already rounded up some of the others we'd seen in the park and began to march us all to the exit.
There was no trouble over threatening to call police, paying a fine or deleting photos or anything, and it seemed like they had to do this sort of thing multiple times a day. They watched us leave through the gate (which was wide open) and as we walked back toward treptower park we saw another bunch of people walking around inside the park near the ferris wheel.
We were in a big group of like 6 people and weren't really making any effort to be subtle; one of my friends hopped into a ferris wheel car which set the whole thing into motion and made a lot of noise, and we were found out shortly after. If you're only one or two people and you're smart i reckon you could stay in there for a pretty long time undetected. Happy trails!
Is there a 24/7 security on the site or are early sunday mornings a good time to give it a try?
It's very easy to get in, always there is a hole in the enclosure of the park. And you can find a lot of people inside, but always you have to pay attention to the guard.
It's very easy to get in, always there is a hole in the enclosure of the park. And you can find a lot of people inside, but always you have to pay attention to the guard.
apparently, there was a fire in the western city part of spree park :-(
http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/beitrag/2014/08/brand-spreepark-berlin.html
update from todays news: last night probably some idiots started a fire there and burned down the western houses and other stuff. the firefighters tore down the base to the ferris wheel so people can't go up there anymore. I don't think that it's a good idea to go there anymore, cause they will increase security a lot and also want to set up a new fence soon.
Here is a german article with some pictures of the incidence:
http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/polizei-justiz/grossalarm-in-berlin-plaenterwald-polizei-setzt-drohnen-nach-feuer-im-spreepark-ein/10315340.html
With the recent fire, and the police, and the drones.. I assume it's not the good time to have a walk in the Spreepark right now ?
http://www.berlin.de/polizei/polizeimeldungen/pressemitteilung.156292.php
For those who haven't seen it yet: http://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/article131093087/Grossbrand-im-Spreepark-Polizei-vermutet-Brandstiftung.html
After the fire the place will definitely secured from intruders :( ..that was probably the aims of the arson...
I've updated the post. Scroll down for the latest.
Thanks for your very interesting posts about Spreepark. My partner and I live in London, UK, and we visited Spreepark on Monday 11th Aug 2014: a day after the fire. Approaching the park we met a young lady with a big, professional-looking camera who had been turned away by a security guard after asking him if she could go in. The security guard seemed to be working alone and was stationed at the front of the park (by the green train). We were determined to visit so entered from the back part of the park, furthest away from the security guard. We went in with two others who were concerned about security but who really wanted to go in, so we decided to enter as a small group (safety in numbers was our logic). Minutes before entering, while we were still in discussion, a police van drove up and down but they were gone within a minute and we decided that it was worth the risk so proceeded (we presumed that the presence of the police was in response to the fire the night before). As a four we got in very easily through large gaps in the fence. We explored the grounds for around 2.5 hours and avoided the station where the security guard had been spotted earlier (a single man in a bright green shirt). Security did not seem to patrol the grounds as we avoided the security guard for the whole time that we were there and did not bump into him. This meant that we could not explore the front part of the park which was where the long green train was stationed (and presumably where the teacups are?). There was no evidence of dogs. We loved the park and got many amazing photos. The pirate ship was not there or the gold motorbike or the large triceratops dinosaur. Perhaps the attractions are slowly being taken out? Everything else from photos here seemed to be there. Many other people were exploring Spreepark too, some of whom were teens in large numbers shouting and making a lot of noise (what a great way to get caught!). There were even small groups sitting around, chatting and drinking. The park was fascinating and well-worth the visit. We would love to go back but can't help wondering if security will become tighter following the fire. Later on in the afternoon while entering the park for a second time, we were warned by others leaving that there were two female guards (dressed in blue) patrolling the back part of the park. We entered near to the back but did not spot them. My best advice is to go (it's unmissable) but go with others, be quiet and be cautious. Keep your camera well-hidden as others told us that you will be asked to delete all photos if you're caught. Luckily we got out with all our photos and had an amazing time!
Photos here in a public album on Facebook, in case anyone is interested: https://www.facebook.com/veganfortheanimals/media_set?set=a.10154496977200503.1073741832.637245502&type=1
Thanks Emily. That link doesn't seem to be working.
Hi, highlight the link, right click and hit "go to" to access photos.
I think you need to be signed into Facebook to access. Never mind. Thanks anyway for your helpful comment!
Went with a group of 4, on Saturday Aug. 16 at approx 11am. we entered on the side closest to the sbahn where the fence was already new. however whenever you see wheels on the fence you can push it to make a gap even for a giant german to fit through! (i am very small 153cm bf is very large 189cm) and we both got through! we were dummies and didn't go check out the ferris wheel up close but walked along the other parts of the park. saw the mustache men, swans, log ride, roller coaster, something that looked like a western house, tea cups, and the train. we did spot the guard, he's in a little motorhome trailer type outfit just at the entrance of the park - kinda in front of the train. luckily we spotted him quickly enough and he did not see us! we spent around 2 hours in total and ran into 4 other people total while exploring.
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Sunday in SpreePark ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1X21g_bv5s
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Well, i just came back. What an exciting sunday morning :).
Fighting against my blankets i finally got enough motivation to leave my bed around 6.20 AM, so i just take the bike and ride to the S-Bahn "richtung" Treptower Park. Landed in Treptower Park around 7.00 AM rode till the Spreepark. I planned to stay till around 8.30 so i didn´t have too much time. Next time should be there around 6.30 or earlier i guess. In Summer time you have light enough to go early in the morning and be the only one there. The problem is to wake up that time on sunday….
I went in and out without any issues (well, i was lucky ^^). I got into the park area through one of the holes that the fence has in the floor on the riverside (like most of the people wrote here). I was there around an hour. I think i saw around 50-60% of the park (need to check the map again). Unfortunately i was alone this time, but i think at least it was good to be faster so i took the pictures i was interested in and then just left the place.
No Triceratops or Goldenbike were there but still some other stuff. I arrived till the ferris wheel but not further. From all the places where i was, that one (ferris wheel) was the most exposed. If you want to take closer pictures of course, otherwise you can find enough trees to hide yourself. I saw a fox, some dinosaurs, even 2 cars with Irish man form? (at least it had a green big hat), the house where killer clowns were drinking Becks and some buckets, probably used for the IceBucketChallenge, I saw the burnt houses as well. At that point it was already around 8.00 AM so i thought it was enough experience for the first time so i started to find the way back outside.
It was very exciting, no doubt. To me, the most tricky part was going outside. At that time in the morning there were some walkers, runners and bikers, not many but some. And some of these are the typical „Das ist verboten, verdammte Scheiße. Ich muß dringend die Polizei anrufen!” (as you posted somewhere in the blog :D). Once i found the hole again, just wait a bit till the „Ruhe“ came back an no one was close and the i left… A minute after leaving, packing all the stuff in my bag again in a bank close on the river side just heard some voices… 4 guys and 2 dogs (middle sized ones, not really big). It was 8.15 AM.
Yeah, it seems like i escaped from them for some seconds. Not sure if all of them were security guards. 2 were in the middle 40s to 50s. One, around 30s and the other i could´t see him really well. The old guys seemed to have uniform and for the age and walking with dogs inside of the park i don´t think they were doing a walk before Frühstucken… Additionally someone said the word „Pictures“ in English, so maybe the younger guys where visitors like me and they were asking to delete their pictures, but as i said, i could´t hear almost anything from their conversation. If they just got caught, the „Sicherheitsman“ was really really relaxed. No one shouted.
I hope this helps to the new visitors. Have fun. The Verboten was fun! for sure! Thanks for the blog!
I entered the park on 23rd August. Its really easy to get in on the path that runs next to the river. There are literally paths directly to gaps in the fence.
here were only 2 guards on duty at the front gate. They will not run after you. You will here lots of shouting and machinery, these noises are not coming from the park. I was there around 2 hours before getting busted on the climbing on the log flume. The security were friendly and simply escorted me out the front. I wasn't asked to delete any photos either and kept my camera in my pocket.
The wheel and roller coaster has been fenced off to make it more difficult for people to get on. A lot of other bits of the appear to be being torn down quickly. It looks like they are dumping this not far from the wheel in a little yard near some small buildings.
I am so glad I made it here this weekend just gone, as I cant see this park being around much longer. There is evidence that suggests they are striping the park. I noticed a few vans and a cherry picker parked by the yard with broken bits of rides in. They have also put up a new fence at the front gate of the park. Do not try to enter here, I saw a few of tourists here when I got kicked out and they were all asking how to get in.
We went there Friday evening and managed not to get caught, but the situation is much worse then just a few weeks ago. The only good thing is that we didn't have to climb the fence: they are building a new one, and there is a point in which it's just open, I don't know how long it will stay there, but if you walk around the park you should find it.
There were at least 3 guards, and they were going around the park both on foot and with a car. Good thing is they are quite loud, so you hear them before they see you -if you keep your hears open. The little group of houses is being destroyed, the stairs to the roller coaster have been blocked (you can still go up if you pay a little attention) and the pond surrounding the wheel has been dried out. The ship has also been partly destroyed. As mentioned above, the wheel is fenced, even though it's quite easy to climb the inner fence (2 ppl needed: it will fall as you climb if somebody else doesn't keep it up).
I have to say the wheel is much nicer without the rubbish all around, but if you get caught while inside the inner fence you're nothing more then an animal in a cage, there's no way to escape. We went there in the evening though, and as the whole wheel area is quite hidden from the main roads, we managed to get in and out without problems.
Most important: we saw a Raccoon!
Hi, does anybody know if it's still possible to get in?
Thanks!
I never even knew raccoons existed in Germany until I met one a couple of weeks ago. Since then everyone's telling me they've met raccoons. There must be a raccoon invasion!
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