Passerelle, ICC Pedetrian Tunnel, Messedamm Tunnel, Tunnel of Horror (Tunnel des Grauens). The abandoned tunnel has many names.

Today, the Messedamm Tunnel is primarily used by locals looking to cross the busy Messedamm, despite the occasional smell of urine and the presence of homeless people seeking shelter.

Sometimes it’s used as a background for films and music videos.

Designed by architect Rainer G. Rümmler in the 1970s, the tunnel served as a link between the S-Bahn station Messe Nord and the International Congress Centrum. Additionally, it includes a connection to the U-Bahn station Theodor-Heuss-Platz, which has never been used.

The section of the tunnel leading to the U-Bahn station is currently used for storage. Additionally, the tunnel segment heading to the International Congress Centrum has been closed and sealed off since 2014.

You can still descend one of the three staircases out of six and pass Messedamm below street level, where you can admire the orange tiles and the circular lamps on the ceiling.

Filmmakers from Hollywood and Europe have frequently ventured down the stairs to the Messedamm Tunnel. The most iconic scene shot there is likely from the fourth Hunger Games installment, “Mockingjay Part 2,” where the heroes emerge dramatically from the sewers.

They have arrived in Panem and fallen into one of President Snow’s traps hidden within the tunnel.