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Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by spacechild1 »

Havoc wrote: post #5

I got the same sense at Schloss Schönbrunn in Vienna. Not so much the practical amenities but that it's still obvious that it was made for royalty going for strolls or looking for secluded shade areas. It's just a genuinely nice space & was more than a little jealous of the joggers that clearly use it for their daily run

Yes, Schlosspark is quite nice for jogging or walking. There are also two sandboxes for kids. However, you're not supposed to walk on most of the grass, so it's indeed mostly a park to look at, but not a park to be used.

Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by klft »

somnium_sn wrote: post #6

One of my favorite parks and much lesser knows is Westpark in Munich. Similarly built around usage and still unique since it was originally built for a national garden exhibition it features a rich set of small little areas from around the world, a Japanese party, a Chinese part, French areas, English areas. It has outdoor theaters, playgrounds, a lake, a communial area and much more . It’s worth a visit when you are…

Thanks for sharing!

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Post by byratino »

Parc Lafontaine in Montreal is really great too. It has:

- a pond (ice-skating in the winter)

- outdoors theatre

- indoor theatre

- Petanque court

- Training bikepark for kids

- Playgrounds

- Tennis, Soccer, baseball

- So much trees and picnic spots, on the ground and tables

- A little non-profit restaurant

And just generally a good vibe. We really have a great park culture in the city, that's not even our best one. Other parks have regular circus and larping gatherings, tamtams and other hippy shit.

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Post by aunderscored »

sssilver wrote: post #17

> What stayed with me was not the swimming. It was that none of it looked planned. She was not spending her afternoon at the lake, she was just going through her day, and the lake happened to be part of it. Fascinating phenomenon, but this sentence caused me to stop reading and close the tab. "Slop", I thought. Now I think about it, I'm not even sure I can put my finger on what about that sentence came across as AI s…

I feel like this is one of the most damaging parts of the slop problem. Occasionally the slopisms fit into real writing. Sometimes people do just write like this, and we are losing a sense of reality because we keep being tripped up by this nagging little voice

Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by kamyarg »

cmdoptesc wrote: post #2

It's in the name: stadtpark, city park. In defense of Berlin's Tiergarten, it was originally a hunting preserve for deer (and Hasenheide was for rabbits), so it's big and intimidating. But there are still facilities in it that serve the neighboring residents. And throughout Berlin there are multiple volksparks, people's parks, which have everything the author mentions. In most cities, parks evolve to serve the reside…

Tiergarten is surrounded by government buildings, embassies, malls, big wide roads and office skyscrapers. None are "living" spaces.

I love Tiergarten, but I see the surrounding being overrun by these as why it is so underrated/unknown. Otherwise an amazing place to cycle through, chill on the grass with friends or grab a beer in Café am Neuen See.

Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by Aldipower »

Hamburg is one of the greenest cities in the world (summertime). Not too far from the Stadtpark you'll find the Olsdorfer Friedhof, which is the largest "park cemetery" in Europe. If the Stadtpark is still too busy for you, despite it actually never is really, the cemetery is even quieter to find some rest and a refreshing walk. I know it sounds strange, but I mean it. :-)

Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by jjtwixman »

domstatecraft wrote: post #11

Moving from Manchester to Hamburg the difference in greenery is already pretty astounding, but Stadtpark is really the jewel. Wonderfully maintained, easy transport access and close enough to the centre that you can walk it without the dog getting exhausted, a few spots to get a beer or a schorle when needed. One of the highlights of the city.

Hamburg has a lot going for it, it's just a shame the locals are so cold, unfriendly and boring.

Re: Hamburg's Stadtpark: A Park Built to Be Used

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Post by nkrisc »

Aldipower wrote: post #26

Hamburg is one of the greenest cities in the world (summertime). Not too far from the Stadtpark you'll find the Olsdorfer Friedhof, which is the largest "park cemetery" in Europe. If the Stadtpark is still too busy for you, despite it actually never is really, the cemetery is even quieter to find some rest and a refreshing walk. I know it sounds strange, but I mean it. :-)

I used to live just about across the road from a large cemetery in the middle of Chicago. It was one of the quietest places around to take a walk and be surrounded by trees.

Cemeteries are great places for quiet walks.

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