Exberliner MagazineJul 28, 2023
Let's take a look at Berlin's weird, postmodern U-Bahn stations 🧵
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🌼Ever heard of Rainer G. Rümmler? From the 1960s on, almost every West Berlin U-Bahn station bore his signature...
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🐾 Including this one at Rathaus Steglitz depicting Cerberus, the three-headed dog who guards the underworld.
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🎻 Many of the designs are filled with niche references. This one - on the U7 - is filled with scenes from Wagner's operas.
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⚙️At Rohrdamm station, the Siemens industrial plants above ground are depicted in bright red, silver and gold tiles.
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But are these designs kitsch, or cool?

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The weird, colourful postmodern U-Bahn stations of Berlin - Exberliner

No architect shaped the face of Berlin's U-Bahn more than Rainer G. Rümmler. But are these postmodern designs cool, or kitsch?

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