The times when the halls of Postbahnhof were filled with letters and parcels are not too long ago. During GDR times huge amounts of mail were controlled here for unauthorised content. But as soon as planes and lorries were more and more used for transporting mail, Postbahnhof lost its importance and remained unused for some years. Life has come back in the halls of the listed 1907-built gothic-brick-style building in Friedrichshain, as nowadays people meet there for all kinds of events, be it indie music concerts at the Fritz club, club nights, exhibitions or fashion shows in the rail hall upstairs. Postbahnhof is situated right next to Ostbahnhof, the third-biggest train station in Berlin, and East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin wall that is covered by more than 100 different paintings.

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Recent Session(s) at this location

• Noah And The Whale “This is better going to be a good session”, Charlie banters when struggling to climb the fence with his tight trousers and sharp boots. He and his bandmate Tom Hobden came about to play an acoustic set of two songs from their recent album “The First Days Of Spring” on disused train tracks behind the venue of their first Berlin show. It’s a late September afternoon with the wind howling in one’s ears, when Charlie raises his sonorous and at th... more ... October 30th, 2009 - (2 Comments)

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