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Goodbye, East Berlin?

An iconic former leisure palace might be the next GDR landmark to vanish

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Katja Hoyer
Aug 20, 2026
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The SEZ Leisure Centre at Lenin Avenue, East Berlin, 1981. Img: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-Z0318-024 / Link, Hubert / CC-BY-SA 3.0

I loved the SEZ, East Berlin’s iconic sports and recreation centre. Opene…

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