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    Hokkaido,  Japan

    Abandoned German Theme Park In Hokkaido: The Gluck Kingdom

    Haikyo 廃墟 Hokkaido : The Gluck Kingdom (Glucks-Konigreich グリュック王国) The Gluck Kingdom is an abandoned German-style theme park near Obihiro Airport in Hokkaido, Japan. Originally called Glücks Königreich, The Gluck Kingdom theme park opened in 1989 and closed in 1997. The German-style theme park was built to draw tourism to the small town of Obihiro…

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    Germany,  Leipzig

    Urbex In Leipzig: Abandoned German State Railway Repair Shops

    On my way to the Leipzig Panometer, I took the train to the Leipzig MDR S-Bahn station. Just beside it was a set of abandoned buildings – by the looks of it, an old factory or storage warehouse facility. A quick search online, and I found the buildings were called RAW ehemaliges / Lost Place, RAW…

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    Germany,  Leipzig

    13 Weird & Wonderful Things To Do In Leipzig

    From a goth festival to secret Nazi meeting places, and Buddhist meditation in a shopping mall to eating a “bird’s heart”, Leipzig has a whole array of weird and wonderful things to do! My short trip to Leipzig, a city in eastern Germany, was to visit a friend who was studying at university there. I…

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