The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Vaprikkii Museum Center 1 segment of the Hinterlandmauer The Tampella Ltd. was an engineering company but also operated in the wood-based production. In the early 1990s the company was smashed after a bankruptcy.The factory building has been used by the Vaprikkii Museum Center since then. The Wall segment, that was set up here in 2008, is a […]
Location: Gallery Galschiøt 2 fragments of the Hinterlandmauer The gallery Galschiøt is a 2,500 qm large, factory-like studio and Museum of the Danish artist Galschiøt. According to the owner, Denmark’s largest and most spectacular art workshops take place here. In the adjacent sculpture garden two fragments from the Hinterlandmauer are standing, each approximately 2m high. They were presented […]
Location: Cold War Museum 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz During the Cold War, the Danish Langelandsfort was an important outpost of the Western Allies in the Baltic Sea. The Fort was built in 1952-1953 as a part of the Danish Sea Defence in the south of the Island Langeland. The primary task of the base was […]
Location: beside the cultural center 1 segment In 2006 the city council of Sofia would have liked to have a Wall segment for the extension of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism. The German Federal Government followed to the wish and donated a segment. Click to enlarge: Photo above and background:© by Svetla Encheva. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA […]
Location: private property 1 segment In addition to his job for the Flanders Expo, Lode Anseel is an avid photographer and Berlin-traveler. This passion led him repeatedly to the German capital, where he witnessed the fall of the Wall almost live. In the mid-1990s he could persuade his employer to acquire a Wall segment. At the […]