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The Wielemans brothers founded a brewery on a swampy meadow in Vorst in 1879. Their barley drink was so popular that their complex spread like an oil slick.
Kulturbrauerei Berlin
The former VEB Schultheiss-Brauerei Schönhauser Allee today houses everything except a brewery. Brewing beer had already come to an end in the GDR era.
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