{"id":1487,"date":"2021-04-14T06:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/volkspark-friedrichshain-archives-uberlinuberlin\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T06:08:04","slug":"volkspark-friedrichshain-archives-uberlinuberlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/volkspark-friedrichshain-archives-uberlinuberlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Volkspark Friedrichshain Archives : \u00fcberlin\u00fcberlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post hentry\">\n<h5 class=\"postDate\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2013-05-30T15:26:49+0000\">May 30, 2013<\/abbr><\/h5>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"\/volkspark-friedrichshain\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Volkspark Friedrichshain<\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"vcard author\">by <span class=\"fn\">James Glazebrook<\/span><\/h4>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p id=\"top\"\/><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7314\/8891575042_24bfaf8f95_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One for when (if?) the weather improves!\u00a0<strong>Volkspark Friedrichshain<\/strong>\u00a0is a beautiful park in the otherwise unremarkable area between Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain. Officially opened in 1848, the park continued to evolve well into the Cold War, when the DDR used the rubble of bombed-out East Berlin to build two artificial mini-mountains, one 48m and one 78m high. The larger one, <em>Gro\u00dfe Bunkerberg<\/em>, is worth scaling if you&#8217;re feeling energetic, but don&#8217;t expect a view from the top &#8211; the trees that now grow there obscure what could be a wonderful panorama of the city.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain trees\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5443\/8890960325_19bf3095c9_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain trees\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you don&#8217;t miss the\u00a0<em>M\u00e4rchenbrunnen,\u00a0<\/em>or Fairy Tale Fountain, which depicts the characters of the Grimm brother&#8217;s stories and was one of the few parts of the park to emerge from World War Two unscathed. For a bit of history and a great video about the\u00a0Fairy Tale Fountain, check out <a title=\"Moving Postcard M\u00e4rchenbrunnen\" href=\"http:\/\/movingpostcard.com\/maerchenbrunnen-fairy-tale-fountain-berlin\/\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/movingpostcard.com']);\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moving Postcard<\/a>, and make sure to visit\u00a0Volkspark Friedrichshain as soon as the rainclouds clear.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain French Bulldog\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5467\/8890951951_bd75242849_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain French Bulldog\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain statue close up\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8413\/8891576592_77ee575d50_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain statue close up\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain French Bulldog close up\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7289\/8891577976_ec903bbc9a_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain French Bulldog close up\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain statue\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7412\/8891579426_a59a3093a7_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain Fairy Tale Fountain statue\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain red flowers\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2861\/8890958625_786302e54a_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain red flowers\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain French Bulldog\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5469\/8890961521_d4ac56f826_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain French Bulldog\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain du wunderb\u00e4re\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8397\/8891585896_cc8a496dc1_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain du wunderb\u00e4re\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain statue\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7314\/8891584122_67bc93d56c_o.jpg\" title=\"Volkspark Friedrichshain statue\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"650\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssb-share ssb-share-8785 defualt\" post_id=\"8785\">\n<div class=\"defualt-button-fb\"> <iframe src=\"\/\/web.archive.orghttp:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http:\/\/www.uberlin.co.uk\/volkspark-friedrichshain\/&amp;width&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=false&amp;height=21&amp;appId=743541755673761\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; height:21px;\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe> \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"defualt-button-twitter\"> \t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/twitter.com']);\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"\/volkspark-friedrichshain\/\">Tweet<\/a>  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMeta\">\n<div class=\"postMetaCategory\">Category: <a href=\"\/category\/places\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Places<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postMetaTag\">Tags: <a href=\"\/tag\/friedrichshain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friedrichshain<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/see-do\/\" rel=\"tag\">See &amp; Do<\/a> : <a href=\"\/tag\/volkspark-friedrichshain\/\" rel=\"tag\">Volkspark Friedrichshain<\/a><\/div>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"comments\">                                 <a href=\"\/volkspark-friedrichshain\/#comments\" title=\"Comment on Volkspark Friedrichshain\">3 comments<\/a>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pageNav\">\n<div class=\"prev\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"next\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 30, 2013 Volkspark Friedrichshain by James Glazebrook One for when (if?) the weather improves!\u00a0Volkspark Friedrichshain\u00a0is a beautiful park in the otherwise unremarkable area between Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain. 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