March 1, 2003
FROM THE FOLKS WHO BROUGHT YOU FUHRERWORLD:
'Mini East Germany' planned (BBC, 3/02/2003)The German phenomenon of Ostalgie - nostalgia for the former East Germany - has sparked plans for a theme park celebrating all aspects of life in the communist state.With surly border guards, bland regulation restaurant food and typical East German Trabant cars trundling the streets, the 10,000 square-metre (107,000 sq ft) park promises to provide its punters with an authentic eastern experience.
"We don't want to poke fun at what it used to be like - we want to provide a truly historical experience," Susanne Reich, spokeswoman for the project, told BBC News Online.
Although the plan is just at the idea stage, the company, Massine Productions, is confident that interest is sufficient to see it realised - possibly in the east Berlin suburb of Koepenick.
Old Europe indeed...here's the logical architect to build it. Posted by Orrin Judd at March 1, 2003 9:24 PM
This post could be lots of "fun," actually.
E.g., if the goal is authenticity, they might think about stationing automatic machine gun emplacements around the theme park's barb-wired, tank trapped perimeter to prevent the visitors from ever leaving.
Or (and no, this is not entirely fair, but) if they have any plans to recreate Chernobyl, they should think about making the park a bit bigger....
Etc.