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    Holzmarkt

    Jun 03, 2020 3 minutes
    Words by Mitra Anderson-Oliver Berlin, Germany

    Walking into the elaborate urban experiment that is Holzmarkt, a sign over the entrance declares, “Big dreams need space and courageous investors.” In the fast-changing social and economic landscape of Berlin, it has miraculously achieved both.

    Holzmarkt grew out of the famous Bar 25, a squat-turned-club on the banks of the River Spree, less than two kilometres down the river from Alexanderplatz and the centre of Berlin. Co-operatively run, it’s a place where people

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