Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Open-air theatre in Wuhlheide Park, Berlin, Germany
Parkbühne Wuhlheide is an open-air theater in southeast Berlin that holds up to 17,000 spectators on terraced seating surrounding the stage. The amphitheater sits nestled among trees and forest, which form the natural backdrop for performances.
The venue was built in 1951 on a mound of World War II rubble as a setting for the World Festival of Youth and Students. Mayor Friedrich Ebert Jr. opened the facility for this international gathering.
In early 2003 the stage was renamed Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide after the Berliner Kindl brewery. Since 1997, radio station 104.6 RTL has held its free open-air festival "Stars For Free" here once a year. The stage also hosted six sold-out Die Ärzte concerts in summer 2008, drawing over 100,000 visitors in total.
The venue has no parking of its own; arrive by public transport. Trams 27, 60, 61 and 67 stop at Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum, and extra BVG trams run from Schöneweide S-Bahn station. From Wuhlheide S-Bahn station it is about a one-kilometre walk to the entrance. A Parkeisenbahn shuttle train runs to the entrance roughly every 15 minutes from doors opening until the concert begins.
The stage has a permanent steel roof structure that can support up to 16 tons of technical equipment for productions. This setup allows for professional shows while protecting the performance area from weather without blocking the open-air experience.
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