{"id":26278,"date":"2024-08-31T20:03:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T18:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easternexploration.de\/?p=26278"},"modified":"2024-09-05T20:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T18:08:32","slug":"a-long-trip-to-forst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easternexploration.de\/?p=26278","title":{"rendered":"A long trip to Forst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-black-background-color has-background\">Yes, a new trip again. Time goes by so fast. This day I headed to the city Forst right beside Cottbus. Very long drive for a day. The city lies right at the Polish border and I haven&#8217;t even heard of it before. Over the years I&#8217;ve been to a lot of cities but none of them were as rundown as Forst. There are so many vacant and run-down buildings lining the sides of the streets. I think I&#8217;ve never seen this many concentrated in such a small space before. I would have called it Germany&#8217;s Detroit, but of course it&#8217;s nowhere near this big and as dangerous. It&#8217;s rather melancholic walking through the streets with ruins everywhere without seeing any people on a Saturday afternoon. The industry once thrived in Forst. The city experienced a boom during the industrialization about 200 years ago. However today it&#8217;s a shadow of its former self. The textile factories, which were the city&#8217;s most important industry, all closed down and plunged the city into a big crisis. Today especially young people are moving away, making the problems even bigger. This time I had the chance to visit a heating plant and a textile factory legally. The latter was huge and really fun to explore. Since I took many photos it will take a while until I finish editing them, so stay tuned. 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