The Rheinmetall weapons factory beside Humboldthain in Wedding is due to start producing lethal weapons that will be used to kill people elsewhere. The company is literally profiting from war with sales of €9.9 billion in 2025. There’s a demo against the factory on Saturday.
It’s been so long since there was any news update on this site you probably think it’s been abandoned. But as you hopefully see, it’s been totally redesigned and I hope it’s much better than before. There’s other news too.
Abandoned Berlin's statement about Germany’s response to seven months of hell in Gaza.
Around this time last year, a documentary-maker from Barcelona by the name of Jordi Busquets got in touch to make a short film on abandoned Berlin spaces.
The book has won an award! It was singled out for praise at the ITB BuchAwards 2016 last Friday, when I was presented with a heavy little trophy with a globe on top of it and a certificate to prove what a wonderful book the ITB jury thought it was.
Excited to finally announce the Abandoned Berlin party/book launch!
We made it – and back – or you wouldn’t be reading these words but other words in a newspaper concerning the tragic deaths of a famous street artist and two unknowns in a Soviet military camp once capable of unleashing nuclear hell.
I’m happy to announce that I can now take orders for the book! Some astute readers noticed already and have even placed orders,
Filed 30/1/2015 | Tweaked (twice) 31/1/2015 The book’s being printed tonight, probably even as I type. It’s as good a time as any to announce that there is a book. The deal was signed in October, when the implication of what I’d done quickly set in... Book deal signed. Fuck. — Spudnik (@IrishBerliner) October 23, 2014 It’s not the kind of thing you can do lightly. Anyone who accepts a book’s…
Abandoned Berlin has been named among The Guardian’s best city blogs around the world by its freshly launched Cities site.