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Swinging in windows are still the normal type of windows here, especially because almost all modern buildings have roll-down shutters.

AVIA is an oil company from Switzerland, we still have plenty of their gas stations here in Germany.

I've got to correct: It's rather a 30-car garage, so grab some EMWs and Chaikas, too.

Nice! A remote palatial estate with lots of room, LUSH greenery and a 9 car garage for all your favourite Wartburgs, Moskvitchs, Tatras and Sachsenrings!

The letters on the building (Sternen Bunker) look absolutely like Nazi style, so I assume it was built in the 30's. Having bunkers was normal on airfields back then; so it was built for WW2.

Seems to be the 50's style double pane windows, with the one pane attached to the other. You can open the attached pane for cleaning the room between both panes. We used to have these windows everywhere, but normally in different shapes.

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.