Brachland: Urban utopias in Weißensee
by brachland_projekt · Berlin · 6 stations · 35:11 min · 2.65 km · Walk
1. “Why am I here now anyway?” (Heinersdorfer Str. 58)
4:25 min · The journey begins at the overgrown space behind Brotfabrik, where the “Brache Zukunft” festival took place in 2021. Although there is hardly anyth...
201 m
2. “In the beginning, it was just a pile of rubbish here” (Langhanstraße 71)
3:20 min · The residents in the neighbourhood around the streets Heinersdorfer-, Jacobsohn-, and Langhansstraße decided not to wait until the official constru...
1159 m
3. “It seemed like this urban fantasy would last forever.” (Mirbachplatz)
6:24 min · One day, tiny houses and a yurt appeared next to the bombed-out church on Mirbachplatz. Who were these strangers? Zoja Landmana, who lives on the s...
821 m
4. “While we were building a wall in the yard, the other Wall fell” (Streustraße 44)
7:42 min · Artist and “King of Weißensee” Micha Koch leads us through an industrial wasteland and shares his story from the 90s, about how he and his friends ...
311 m
5. “We were attracted by the ruins of the bombed houses” (Lehderstraße 73)
6:27 min · In this telephone conversation, a former cabaret artist Arno Kiehl, one of the oldest residents of Weißensee, tells us how he had to rediscover the...
158 m
6. “Should empty spaces remain empty?” (Ostseestraße 25)
6:53 min · We go to an imaginary local pub on the border between Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee. There we listen to the conversations of regular customers, who...
6. “Should empty spaces remain empty?” (Ostseestraße 25)
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“Should empty spaces remain empty?” (Ostseestraße 25)
We go to an imaginary local pub on the border between Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee. There we listen to the conversations of regular customers, who are reflecting on the past as well as the future of the neighbourhood. What will happen to the open spaces and what will happen to Weißensee? Will there still be room for fantasies and utopias?
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