Hirschgarten, Munich
MC tipped me off to these photos of a skatepark in Hirschgarten. It’s got a weird stadium vibe too it, like something you’d see as the sport of future in a sci-fi movie. The park looks like it would be a lot of fun, but the most interesting architectural aspect is unfortunately, effectively skate stoppered. It would be a nightmare of loose boards falling into the main bowl, but it seems such a shame to build something so inherently skate able, something that is part of an actual skateboarding facility, and then stick a railing in front of it. Top photo is via Klaus Leidorf on Flickr, and the bottom two were found on IanClairdge.net.
‘ ….. a skatepark in Hirschgarten.’ is like saying ‘East Columbia’ without the ‘Portland’ following it.
Still a cool skatepark-thingy. It’s on Google Maps already.
Went there this year on our UK Rad Dads tour of German skateparks. Hard to skate in half a day but fun- the pool was sweet. Check out some youtube footage of the comp there this summer.
That 5 foot vert extension before the fullpipe, bottom right of your pictures, we saw some guy blunt to fakie 2nd attempt- evil!
There were quite a few super smooth concrete parks in Munich and the skaters were cool- we may go back.
Peace.