We late posted about Michigan’sPrehistoric Forest , a derelict entertainment park full of decaying fibreglass dinosaurs . Berlin has its own defunct dinosaur funland – the Spreepark – which fall on hard times after the collapse of communism .
https://gizmodo.com/michigans-abandoned-dinosaur-amusement-park-is-way-cree-5525873
From 1969 to 1989 , Cultural Park Plänterwald was East Germany ’s premiere amusement park . After German reunification , the green was rechristened “ Spreepark , ” consider a precipitous plunge in visitors , and close down in 2002 , after Norbert Witte – the park ’s hustler – pick up and forget for Peru ( he ostensibly allow the country to open a new radical park in Lima ) . Witte and his son Marcel were later arrest for trying to smuggle 167 kilograms of cocaine ( $ 14 million worth ) back to Germany inside the “ Flying Carpet ” carousel . Der Spiegelhas a fascinatingly uncheerful write - upof the Wittes ’ Spreepark saga .
The Spreeparkmay be close to the populace * , but that does n’t give up intrepid photogs fromhopping the fenceand exploring Spreepark ’s derelict , dinosaur - make full grounds . And who knows ? Maybe you ’ll run into Herr Witte , who was released from prison in 2008 and now lives on the park ground like a Scooby Doo bad guy .
Thanks to io9 reader and Berliner Sebastian for the tip !
- UPDATE 5/1/10 : It expect likethere are toursoffered of the Spreepark ( which pay off for more security measures guard ) , but 15 Euros ? That ’s highway looting for a bankrupt theme Mungo Park . You better get to bring home a tetanus - maw bumper elevator car for that price .
[ viabreakdennis ’ FlickrandGonzo Circus . Photo collage viaKriz Mental . ]
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