25T17 Among U-stations & murals

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E16, B11.

I’ve long admired the street art by Hera+Akut, whose collaborative work between 2004 and 2020 was seen around the world; and now by Hera solo, whose work conveys clear messages about the universality of women’s strength and perseverance and their accomplishments. Their murals usually span the height of several storeys along the outside wall of a building (usually, an apartment building).

Today, I hopped into Berlin’s Wedding and Moabit to chase down a couple of murals, and in between, I found a representation of design variety for which Berlin’s U-Bahn stations have long been identified. Long-time residents and urban transit geeks have always known about this, but I feel the station interiors are worth showing.

as long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen. // solange du aufrecht stehst, stütze die, die Dich brauchen. In Moabit: 2018, by Herakut, Wes21, & Onur.
Note how the tusks extend beyond the building’s edge, and how there’s a tiny car suspended in mid-air at the end of the elephant’s trunk.
U6 station Wedding. Around 1200 CE, the village of Weddinge was founded by nobleman Rudolphus de Weddinge.
U9 terminus station Osloer Straße, also intersects with the U8 line.
U8 station Pankstrasse.
U8 station Gesundbrunnen, which is a major suburban- & regional-rail junction, also known informally as Nordkreuz (North cross).
“Generation Equality” 2023 mural by Hera, for Street Art for Mankind, located in Wedding.
“Not caring is no option.” The protagonist is a health worker in green scrubs, her two daughters on her left shoulder.
“Generation Equality” by Hera (2023).

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 24 May 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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