On November 9^th, Berlin celebrates the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. The Federation of German Landscape Architects (BDLA) takes this occasion to call attention to the many new green spaces and parks that have been created in Berlin since. As part of a virtual exhibition, the BDLA presents, on each day between November 9th and 24th, one of the following 16 Berlin parks built on the former border strip.

Berlin parks featured in exhibition

• Berlin Wall Memorial
• 9^th November 1989 Square
• Berlin Wall Trail
• Heidekampgraben Green Space
• Luisenstadt Canal
• Ebertplatz
• Tilla Durieux Park
• Henriette Herz Park
• Leipziger Platz
• Schlesischer Busch Park
• Cemetery of Invalids
• Park at Nordbahnhof
• Rudow-Altglienicke Landscape Park
• East Side Park / Park at the Spree
• Der Mauerpark (“Wall Park”)
• Das “Grüne Band Berlin” (“Green Ribbon through Berlin”)

The Berlin parks exhibition can be accessed via the following German websites, landschaftsarchitektur-heute.de, ParcView.de, as well as via the three facebook pages, “Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten”, “Berliner Kulturlandschaften erleben” and “Landschaftsarchitektur heute”.

Park at Nordbahnhof designed by Fugmann Janotta, photo: Philip Winkelmeier

Learn here more about the history of the Berlin Wall.