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Feel Free at Urban Spree: Berlin

Feel Free at Urban Spree: Berlin

Long live Urban Spree!

This hippie/punk/skater/poets/artists haven of graffiti, street, urban and postmodern all splayed across a complex of buildings that are seemingly abandoned but teaming with life, food, music, and free thought. Also, a sense of community.

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Bordalo II, Two One and 1UP Crew at Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

There are opportunities for rock climbing, biergartening, dancing, tattoo shops, outdoor mix sessions, a furniture restoration shop, a mini- beach, the famed outstanding art gallery with a solid array of graffiti and urban art books, and if you know where the switch is, you can blow 6 foot torches of fire into the night sky from atop a tiki bar.

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Icy & Sot. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

On the day we were there recently there was even a wedding party in one of the secreted outdoor spaces with two spinning turntables, a basement bar, a bonfire, and, naturally, cake.

Also, naturally, you can go and paint, wheatpaste, slap stickers, spray a stencil, or in the case of Bordalo II, collect together enough local garbage to create a sculptural installation of a long-billed aviary friend.

Scenes like these are always transitory so visit Berlin-Friedrichshain and Urban Spree before the moment passes.

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Two One. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Low Bros. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Low Bros . Mr. Penfold. Iggy . Billy . Berlin Bandits. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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1UP Crew. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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1UP Crew . Viva La Resolucion. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Zero Cents. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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ZOLA. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Rallitox. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Unidentified Artist. Bader . Blate, Maoro, Komt. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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OBEY. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Cranio. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Unidentified Artist. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Iron Chola. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Christiaan Nagel. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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E. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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KA feeling a certain kind of blue. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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E. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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Aloha. Urban Spree Berlin. (photo © Jaime Rojo)

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