71 Comments Posted by Kaipirinha

Well, replacing the tyre depends on the tyre use. When there is no big difference to a new tyre, you only have to replace the damaged tyre (e.g. after cutting it up when hiiting the curb - stupid cat!).

Is this an Aldi? To me it rather looks like a Penny supermarket!

Russian space exploration IN the basement!

A Soyuz spacecraft swirling down the hallways!
Sputniks hanging from the ceiling light fixtures!
Space suits in the laundry room!

Yes, these are roof tiles on the floor. Probably those lovely 70's roof tiles, constisting almost completely of asbestos. Not the most ecological way to get rid of them.....

And yes, keep the titles! They are great!

Well. This is OUR version of pepto-pink. ;-)

Amazing!
Wallpaper!!!!!

Yep, the door isn't short, but rather wide I'd say.

@ Merc 24:
No, they are blue. Looks like O2 to me.

@ Kathy W.: Well, you have to make a difference 'tween western Europe and eastern Europe. This place is in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, which used to be part of the DDR (German Democratic Republic, better known as communist east Germany). During the communist era (1945-1990) they had neither the money, nore any interest in caring to much of the old buildings (especially those of the imperial era (1871-1918)).
However, like Motts said, this particular one was - as well as many others - occupied by the Russian army. After the German Reunification (1990), population decreased in the eastern states of Germany (these used to be the DDR, but are now integrated in the federal system), so there was no need or use for these buildings, so when the Russian army left, they were just abandoned.
The money from "Aufbau Ost" ("Rebuilding the East") was used for the more necessary issues, like renovating historic old town districts in the cities.
So this is the reason why there are so many abandoned historic sites in eastern Germany.

Have you seen the tiny light bulb at the ceiling? Looks like it's still quite undisturbed.

I like that you can see the moden, living world outside as a contrast to the decaying world of yesterday inside.

Well, sometimes it seems like I'm living in the wrong part of Germany. We do not have anything amazing like THIS down here.

The whole interior of the building reminds me so much of my old school, which was built in 1881 in the style of an neo-classical palace.

@ Jackie B:
It seems like it's too low for a mirror or picture, so I assume maybe some kind of wall-hung cabinet.

@ amber:
I think the paper towels didn't turn brown by time; they are made out of recycled paper and have always been brown.