My Dear Friend of Democracy,
I am currently staying in the German city of Hamburg. There is this old flak tower.
Flak towers were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by Nazi Germany.
Fortunately, these times are long behind us in Germany. Today, the flak tower in Hamburg is a hotel with a capacity of 134 guest rooms and a rooftop garden that opened in July and contains 4,700 trees and shrubs.
Isn’t that a lovely conversion?
See you in Europe,
Johannes
Have been there in March (by night). You couldn't see anything on top, it was all under construction. Beautiful, how it turned out.