Abandoned Sports Hotel and Video Game Museum

I have always had a fascination with abandoned places. A while back, I found a website that listed a bunch of abandoned locations in Berlin, and I wanted to find something exciting. The city is rife with abandoned places, and one that really caught my attention was an abandoned theme park, complete with roller coasters and other carnival rides. Unfortunately, I read in the comments that it was now heavily guarded and one could easily get caught.

Not feeling bold enough to attempt that, I looked for another location. I found an abandoned sports hotel, and a few friends and I went for it.

We took the overnight bus on Friday evening to Berlin and arrived first thing Saturday morning. After dropping our stuff off at the hostel, we went straight to the abandoned hotel.

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Semester Abroad in Germany—More Adventures

For spring break during my semester abroad, a few other students and I decided to go to Munich and then Berlin. We more or less went individually or in small groups and tried to meet up as we could while in both cities.

I took the train to Munich and met up with the others, and we went on a tour of the city the following morning.

The legend behind this church is that the architect made a deal with the devil, and the church was built in only 2 years. The deal was that there were not allowed to be any windows, so from the following footprint of the devil, no window is viewable due to the pillars.

Apparently, the devil wears a US size 11 shoe

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