Treptower Park

Treptower Park (pronounced [tʁɛptoːɐ], with a silent w) is a park alongside the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin.

It was the location of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin in 1896.

It is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction.

On 14 July 1987 it was used by British band Barclay James Harvest for the first ever open-air concert by a western rock band in the German Democratic Republic.

It was opened four years after the war ended, on May 8, 1949.

Overview of the park in 1896