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Follow David Bowie — Berlin through 5 real places in Berlin. Bowie’s Berlin years connect home, studio and the divided city behind Low, “Heroes” and Lodger.

Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.

Place and area markers · not exact camera positions

Visit from public space, follow posted opening information and keep entrances, homes and working businesses clear.

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Selected: Brücke Museum
  1. 01
    Work behind the Wall · Hansa

    Begin with the studio where major parts of Low and “Heroes” were made, keeping the recording evidence separate from the mythology accumulated around it.

    RECORDING STUDIO

    Hansa Studios

    Hansa Studios in Kreuzberg
    Image credits
    Lear 21 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Bowie recorded major parts of Low and “Heroes” at Hansa, with the Wall-era surroundings entering the mythology of the sessions.

    Private or controlled premises: view only from public space unless an official tour or ticketed visit is available.

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  2. 02
    A private Berlin · Hauptstraße

    View the Schöneberg residence only from public pavement, using the address to understand everyday retreat rather than to stage a fan performance.

    RESIDENCE

    Hauptstraße 155

    Hauptstraße 155 in Schöneberg
    Image credits
    Dirk Ingo Franke · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Bowie lived here during his Berlin years. It remains a private residential building, suitable only for a brief view from the opposite pavement.

    Private or controlled premises: view only from public space unless an official tour or ticketed visit is available.

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  3. 03
    Expressionist looking · Brücke Museum

    End with the museum culture connected to Bowie’s visual attention, broadening the Berlin story beyond studios without inventing a recording claim.

    CREATIVE LIFE

    Brücke Museum

    Brücke Museum in Dahlem
    Image credits
    Fridolin freudenfett · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    Bowie’s visits to Berlin museums and engagement with German expressionism form part of the visual culture surrounding the albums.

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