{"id":9764,"date":"2014-07-12T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T08:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=9764"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:41","slug":"abandoned-amusement-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2014\/abandoned-amusement-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandoned amusement park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst wandering around Treptower park, I stumbled across an amusement park called &#8220;Spreepark&#8221; which has been abandoned since 2001. Apparently the owners of the insolvent company shipped some of the rides to Peru in 2002. They were only allowed to ship them there for &#8220;repair&#8221; purposes. 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