Well at first they are used to pump groundwater from construction sites, then they are left there by the building companys to constantly claim “runing costs” from the city of Berlin and finaly they become art and pictures of them are made by hipsters to be posted on IG or reddit
Pump away and lower ground water for a construction site.
i think it is for waste water and fresh water connections for construction sites? not sure tho
Just… Beer
its for water transportation because Berlin has such a complex „U-Bahn“ system that there is no place for those pipes
The name “Berlin” is Slavic and means “Swamp”, that tells you a lot about the challenges you face when you want to build in Berlin, and as many here pointed out right, they are used to pump water out of construction sites.
Willy Wonka chocolate river distribution pipes
these are for compensating excess pressure on the water infrastructure.
those are transport tubes. you can step into the entry booth and get sucked to a different part of the city
Strudel Pipes.
Do you know the screensaver from Windows 98 which was running all the pipes? Turns out they also did it in real life.
Aren’t those long distant heating pipes?
transportation
I have seen these in my city, where they were used as temporary wastewater canals while construction was done.
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Well at first they are used to pump groundwater from construction sites, then they are left there by the building companys to constantly claim “runing costs” from the city of Berlin and finaly they become art and pictures of them are made by hipsters to be posted on IG or reddit
Pump away and lower ground water for a construction site.
i think it is for waste water and fresh water connections for construction sites? not sure tho
Just… Beer
its for water transportation because Berlin has such a complex „U-Bahn“ system that there is no place for those pipes
The name “Berlin” is Slavic and means “Swamp”, that tells you a lot about the challenges you face when you want to build in Berlin, and as many here pointed out right, they are used to pump water out of construction sites.
Willy Wonka chocolate river distribution pipes
these are for compensating excess pressure on the water infrastructure.
those are transport tubes. you can step into the entry booth and get sucked to a different part of the city
Strudel Pipes.
Do you know the screensaver from Windows 98 which was running all the pipes? Turns out they also did it in real life.
Aren’t those long distant heating pipes?
transportation
I have seen these in my city, where they were used as temporary wastewater canals while construction was done.
So I guess it could be anything?
Grundwassermanagement
[This](https://c.tenor.com/vHsAI2ZzL8gAAAAd/shrek-what-are-you-doing-in-my-swamp.gif)
They are in Dresden too, wondered what they r good for…