Teufelsberg: terrain and listening station

The Teufelsberg in Grunewald forest is a mountain of rubble, an overlook, and a monument to history. The abandoned American listening station can still be visited.

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September 22, 2020, Berlin: The rising sun shines on the Teufelsberg, on top of which you can see the former US wiretap buildings.
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A tower on the site of the former listening station on Teufelsberg, photographed in 2008.
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Gate to the site of the former listening station on Berlin's Teufelsberg. Following the closure of the spy station 20 years ago, guided tours have been offered on the grounds of the ruins since February 2011.
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Visitors stand in front of the former listening station on the Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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Sign of former investors in front of the site of the former listening station on Berlin's Teufelsberg.
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A city guide invites tourists to visit the listening station on Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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Destroyed windows on the site of the former listening station on Berlin's Teufelsberg.
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Visitors stand in front of the former listening station on Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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Warning sign in English on the site of the former listening station on Berlin's Teufelsberg.
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Visitors stand inside the former listening station on Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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View of the former listening station on Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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View of the former listening station on Teufelsberg in Berlin.
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A woman flies her kite on Teufelsberg in Berlin against the backdrop of the former US listening station.
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The former listening station on Teufelsberg in front of the setting sun.