A relatively recent theme for me that deserves a full page.
For those who like these atmospheres, there is a European route of industrial culture, which allows you to discover many sites of our industrial history.
IG Metall Haus, a work from Erich Mendelsohn in Berlin
Another architectural marvel from the 1920s in Berlin, a building designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Rudolph Reichel. The foundation stone for this building was laid in…
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Of glass and steel: Berlin Botanical Garden
The present Berlin Botanical Garden, located in the south of the city, was established at the end of the 19th century to collect and study plants…
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Gropius before the Bauhaus: Faguswerk
Walter Gropius was the first director of the Bauhaus school from Weimar to Dessau from 1919 to 1928. In addition to his role as director, he…
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Haus des Rundfunks, Berlin Radio House
This post is about the radio house located in the Messe district to which I dedicated a post a few months ago. In the meantime I…
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Berlin breweries in Prenzlauer Berg
I have already had the opportunity to deal with Berlin’s industrial past and its cultural heritage from the end of the 19th and beginning of the…
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Discovering the Messe area in Berlin
Fans of the 1970s and fans of the 1920s and 1930s will find plenty to do in this slightly out-of-the-way district in the west of Berlin.…
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Hamburg, around the harbour
This post follows the one I wrote about the warehouse and trading post area of Hamburg https://wherever-it-is.com/2022/09/16/the-counter-district-kontorhausviertel-in-hamburg/ These two districts date from the end of the…
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Salt mines and slavery at Bonaire
A post that will cover both the present with active salt works on the island of Bonaire and the past with a testimony on the slavery…
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The counter district (Kontorhausviertel) in Hamburg
Hamburg’s maritime vocation goes back a long way and many districts are linked to this activity. One of these districts, the “comptoirs”, dates from the beginning…
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