Dive Brief:

• Spreepark, an amusement park in Berlin deserted since 2002, was destroyed by two separate fires this past weekend.
• Arson is suspected to be the cause of the fire.
• Spreepark shut its doors when the park manager was convicted of drug smuggling chargers after it was discovered he was smuggling cocaine to Peru in pieces of ride equipment. 

Dive Insight:

Built in 1969 and originally called Kulturpark Plänterwald by the government of Communist East Germany, it was renamed Spreepark after the unification of the country. Once it shut down, it became popular with trespassers and fans of "ruin porn." This past spring, it was officially put on the market and many hoped it would return to its former glory, a dream that is now dashed.