This   building   was   also   used   in   episode   1,   ‘If   I   Were   a   Carpenter’,   as Dennis,   Oz,   Bomber   and   Wayne   jump   into   two   taxis   prior   to   enjoying   an evening’s ‘entertainment’ in - as we are led to believe - ‘Dusseldorf’. The   buildings   actual   location   is   situated   on   Heidbergstraße   in   Hamburg and    its    brick    faced    angulated    façade    is    clearly    illustrated    in    the    aerial photograph   below   (image   39b).   You   will   note   the   prominent   flue   under construction   in   image   39a   still   stands   almost   4   decades   later   as   circled   in image 39b.
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beco TRIVIA #20
Although   several   scenes   were   filmed   on   location   in   Dusseldorf   in   keeping with   the   storyline,   the   ‘real’   German   building   site   (or   sites)   used   in   a   hand full   of   close-up   scenes   together   with   many   long   distance   incidental   scenes were in fact filmed in Norderstedt, Hamburg. As    previously    described,    ‘Set    Building    #5’    ( triva    #19 )    imitates    similar buildings   under   construction   during   the   early   80’s   within   the   Norderstedt area and were used as a backdrop to several scenes throughout series 1. Image   39a,   depicts   one   such   scene   as   Wayne   returns   to   site   following   an overnight   stay   with   a   ‘young   fräulein’   from   the   local   post   office   in   episode   8, ‘The Fugitive’.
This   building   was   also   used   in   episode   1,   ‘If   I   Were   a   Carpenter’,   as   Dennis, Oz,   Bomber   and   Wayne   jump   into   two   taxis   prior   to   enjoying   an   evening’s ‘entertainment’ in - as we are led to believe - ‘Dusseldorf’. The   buildings   actual   location   is   situated   on   Heidbergstraße   in   Hamburg   and   its brick    faced    angulated    façade    is    clearly    illustrated    in    the    aerial    photograph below   (image   39b).   You   will   note   the   prominent   flue   under   construction   in image 39a still stands almost 4 decades later as circled in image 39b.
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beco building site TRIVIA #20
Although   several   scenes   were   filmed   on   location   in   Dusseldorf   in   keeping   with the   storyline,   the   ‘real’   German   building   site   (or   sites)   used   in   a   hand   full   of close-up   scenes   together   with   many   long   distance   incidental   scenes   were   in fact filmed in Norderstedt, Hamburg. As   previously   described,   ‘Set   Building   #5’   ( triva   #19 )   imitates   similar   buildings under   construction   during   the   early   80’s   within   the   Norderstedt   area   and   were used as a backdrop to several scenes throughout series 1. Image   39a,   depicts   one   such   scene   as   Wayne   returns   to   site   following   an overnight   stay   with   a   ‘young   fräulein’   from   the   local   post   office   in   episode   8, ‘The Fugitive’.