Remnant of 1961 Berlin Wall

⁣In a small wooded area tucked in behind the S-Bahn tracks in the north of the city is the only remaining stretch of the original 1961 Berlin Wall. It was discovered recently — hidden in plain sight — and confirmed by historians. You can just make out the Y-shaped brackets for stringing barbed wire to the left. ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣

The wall ruins are now fenced off to protect the historic landmark from damage, and moreover, the terrain is very rugged and full of holes hidden by the overgrowth. With my Berlin friend Anamarie —the two of us creative comrades-in-arms over the years — we slipped in through a gap in the fence and I made photographs.⁣

Berlin Wall remnants

To the south of the city along Pushkinallee I came across two slabs of the Berlin Wall overgrown with vines. This was a stretch of the border that followed a canal connected to the Spree River. Below is a view of the Spree with the sculpture, Molecule Man, by Jonathan Borofsky.

The Spree River