Building mystery solved
am 12.08.2006 von http://transblawg.eu
In April I posted a photo of an egg-shaped building going up near Fröttmaning in Munich. I couldn’t find out what it was.
In July I photographed a later stage of development. I also established on a Munich online map that there were a Klärwerk (sewage plant) and Biologische Versuchsanstalt marked there. In view of the local wind power plant, I didn’t think the biological experiments were recreating Frankenstein’s monster, but even Googling got me no further.
But now Brian has written to tell me (see comment under Döner Kebab Killer entry) the following:
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