Walk overgrown railroad tracks from Südgelände to Tempelhofer feld and greet novel, thriving post-industrial wilderness. While visiting some of my research sites, where plants evolve and invade from all over the world, you will hear tales of how post-war Berlin gave birth to new urban ecology research and how citizen grassroots movements are fighting to keep the city wild.
Meeting point: We will
meet on Friday at 9:00 at the Priesterweg S-bahn station (S2, S25, S26), by the
entrance to the Naturpark Südgelände. Please
bring change to purchase a
1 euro entrance ticket to the park (the ticket machine accept only coins). In my experience, it is likely that patrolling park rangers will want to check your tickets ;)
We will start walking around 9:20, so try to join us before that!We will first visit the Naturpark Südgelände for about an hour, and then take a break and see who wants to continue to the second part of the trip in Tempelhofer Feld, which will take another hour at least. For this we will need to take the S-bahn for a Kurzstrecke (short trip ticket) to Tempelhof S-bahn station.
Alternatively, those who do not wish to continue can also enjoy the Südgelände park café which is really nice and opens at 11:00!
The weather looks great for Friday, but of course we are in Berlin, so prepare for some rain just in case...
See you there! Maud
