East Germany ‘Ostalgia’ Going Strong
Travel Blog • Julia Ross • 09.11.08 | 2:35 PM ET
I loved the 2003 film Good Bye Lenin! for its darkly comic take on nostalgia for Cold War-era East Germany. Now it seems “ostalgia” has worked its way into Berlin’s tourism infrastructure: Time reports that the craze has spread to themed pubs, “Ostel” hostels and “Trabi safaris,” which ferry tourists around East Berlin in the much-maligned Trabant (pictured).
We’ve seen no evidence that dreams of an East German theme park, widely reported several years ago, were ever fulfilled.
Still, what’s next? Midnight raves at Checkpoint Charlie?
Photo by jtriefen via Flickr (Creative Commons).