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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Oranienburg

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Oranienburg, Germany

Updated July 31, 2018

Unusual Attractions in Oranienburg

Oranienburg, Germany

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

The site of a concentration camp where inmates were made to take part in one of the largest counterfeiting operations in history is now hauntingly empty.

Oranienburg, Germany

Abandoned SS Brotfabrik

A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.

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Tegel Creek Water Buffaloes

The non-native bovine herd was brought in to help conserve these Berlin wetlands.

10 miles from Oranienburg

Berlin, Germany

Artpark Tegel

This concrete residential area doubles as an open-air gallery.

12 miles from Oranienburg

Berlin, Germany

Käthe Paulus Memorial

A plaque marks the former home of Käthe Paulus, an aerial acrobat who invented the modern folding parachute.

13 miles from Oranienburg

Berlin, Germany

Abandoned Iraqi Embassy

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

13 miles from Oranienburg

Berlin, Germany

Spandauer Zitadelle (Spandau Citadel)

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

14 miles from Oranienburg

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