Lost Places – Russia I – Moscow and vicinity

These photos were made in 2012, when I visited Moscow and a town south of it as part of a tour around the Baltic Sea.
There are three places worth to mention. It was hard research work to localize all these places. To get there was quite easy.
1. Abandoned planes
2. Satellite dish/ Radio telescope
3. Mining cars south of Moscow
4. Russian Space Shuttel Buran

1. Abandoned airplanes
On the area of a former airport in the North-west of Moscow there are some old planes and helicopters from the Soviet era.
Around the airport there were many buildings and construction of a shopping centre. The runway was used by driving schools and bikers. If the plane and helicopter cemetery is still there or whether it’s been removed – I cannot tell especially because the look of the outskirts of Russia’s capital is changing fast.

Build complexes next to the former air field

Around the old airfield

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Lost Places – Spreepark Berlin – cooler than Chernobyl?

The Spreepark was once the only amusement park in Berlin, opened all year.
Built in the GDR (DDR) in 1969 around 1.7 millions people per year visited Spreepark from 1969 till 1989. At that time it was officially named VEB Kulturpark Plänterwald (Cultural park Plänterwald) and Kulti by the people. The 45m high Ferris wheel was the main attraction. A TV Show named Spuk unter’m Riesenrad (Spook under the Ferris wheel) made Kulti more popular.

Ferris wheel

On the Ferris wheel

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Lost Places

These posts will show pictures of my Urban Exploration of lost places.
These are buildings that are usually abandoned once were cinemas, cultural centres or industrial complexes.

I used to live in a part of Berlin, where there are and have been many abandoned industrial and cultural buildings.

Many interesting buildings are already wrecked, like the old buildings of the East German TV Broadcast, a swimming pool, a cultural centre or a cinema. They ground was needed for new TV buildings, a university and supermarkets.

1. Tuchfabrik A&A Lehmann / VEB BMHW #Dec ’13	2. Chemical cleaning factory W. Spindler / VEB Rewatex #Dec ’13	3. Abandoned railway area I #Dec ’13
4. Bärenquell Brauerei #Dec ’13	5. VEB Kühlautomat Berlin #Dec ’13	6. Chemiewerk Rüdersdorf #Jan ’14
7. Spreepark Berlin – amusement park #May ’14	8. Russia I – Plane cemetery, telescope, bucket-wheel excavator #Aug ’12	9. VEB Bärensiegel Adlershof #Jun ’14
10. Chernobyl / Prypiat #Jul ’12		12. VEB Fotochemie #Jan ’16