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MUSHROOMING WEEKENDS

Weekends of Mycological Joy

Why?

3 times in October

What is the Barracks?

The home of the happy doomer

Built: 1963

1963 - 1991: The Grenztruppen of the NVA

1995 - 2000: Home for assylum seekers

2004 - 2009: Private occupation

2019 - RIGHT NOW! - the Collapse Laboratory

Straddling the iron curtain, between East and West Europe

The Barracks is Europe‘s first and only organisation to provide exclusively a radically authentic space for the contemplation and consideration of climate catastrophe.

Upcoming Events

  • Growing 1 - Spring
    Growing 1 - Spring
    Growing 1 - Spring
    Fr., 25. Apr.
    Triebel
    25. Apr. 2025, 19:00 – 27. Apr. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    25. Apr. 2025, 19:00 – 27. Apr. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    Come and discover the spring garden with us.
  • Growing (for) Self Sufficiency
    Growing (for) Self Sufficiency
    Growing (for) Self Sufficiency
    Fr., 25. Apr.
    Triebel
    25. Apr. 2025, 19:00 – 28. Sept. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    25. Apr. 2025, 19:00 – 28. Sept. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    For the first time, we are super excited to be offer a set of gardening workshops, specifically aimed at self sufficiency. This is the special price "All four seasons in one ticket" ticket
  • Timber Frame Construction
    Timber Frame Construction
    Timber Frame Construction
    Fr., 16. Mai
    Triebel
    16. Mai 2025, 13:00 – 18. Mai 2025, 17:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    16. Mai 2025, 13:00 – 18. Mai 2025, 17:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    Using traditional hand tools, many of them refurbished at the barracks by hand, we will learn the basics of timber frame construction.
  • Growing 2 - Early Summer
    Growing 2 - Early Summer
    Growing 2 - Early Summer
    Fr., 13. Juni
    Triebel
    13. Juni 2025, 19:00 – 15. Juni 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    13. Juni 2025, 19:00 – 15. Juni 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    Early Summer, getting the seedlings we sowed earlier in the year into the ground
  • Growing 3 - Late Summer
    Growing 3 - Late Summer
    Growing 3 - Late Summer
    Fr., 08. Aug.
    Triebel
    08. Aug. 2025, 19:00 – 10. Aug. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    08. Aug. 2025, 19:00 – 10. Aug. 2025, 23:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    We're starting to see our hard work turning slowly into the most delicious food!
  • The Collapse Lab
    The Collapse Lab
    The Collapse Lab
    So., 24. Aug.
    Triebel
    24. Aug. 2025, 14:00 – 31. Aug. 2025, 15:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    24. Aug. 2025, 14:00 – 31. Aug. 2025, 15:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    The purpose of the Barracks, of the Collapse Laboratory is to attempt to answer two impossible questions: ​ Is there anything that we can do to limit the amount of time we spend in collapse? What can we do to help the rebuilding project once humanity starts to emerge from collapse?
  • Growing 4 - Autumn
    Growing 4 - Autumn
    Growing 4 - Autumn
    Fr., 26. Sept.
    Triebel
    26. Sept. 2025, 18:00 – 28. Sept. 2025, 22:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    26. Sept. 2025, 18:00 – 28. Sept. 2025, 22:00
    Triebel, 08 Triebel, Germany
    After months of tending our crops, we are moving into the kitchen, whilst planning winter crops and successional sowings
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Questions?

Answers and Requirements​

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If you have any questions about or special requirements for you booking, please let us know and we will do what we can to answer and accommodate.

Thank you!

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