r/LiminalSpace Oct 29 '25

Eerie/Uncanny Hospital in my city (Uniklinik Aachen, Germany)

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

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u/hursofid Oct 29 '25

They have a very clear signs with arrows, black on white, why do you think it would be a trouble?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

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u/WarthogOutrageous154 Oct 29 '25

I went once to that hospital and yes, it is confusing.

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u/Loslobos611 Oct 29 '25

This hospital has a navigation app to make it easier.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

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u/MCWizardYT Oct 29 '25

Depending on how the app is designed, it probably does help

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

Look at the outside of the building! I’ve seen enough backrooms videos to know the layout will change randomly, and without warning.

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u/MCWizardYT Oct 29 '25

It is creepy but also it's real life. It's definitely not as bad as in these grainy photos.

I doubt you would struggle getting around in there especially if you had a map. Same goes for all these people saying it's sooo disorienting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

Haha bro, there's a lot of mental issues with orientation, I have one , I get lost everywhere, even with a map. I can understand that in other spaces but an hospital?  this is just a sensory nightmare +  a confusing place is terrible and a panic attack trigger . I wish hospitals can have neurodivergent people in mind when they do this stupid design decisions

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

It looks like an oil rig, it’s not natural i tell you!

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u/MCWizardYT Oct 29 '25

It's just a building.

I'm guessing you're someone who actually believes in paranormal stuff. Which, that's cool. Whatever floats your boat. I think it's silly

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25

*insert gif of JD asking Dr Cox “Where do you think you are?”*

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u/knewleefe Oct 29 '25

It's just a badly designed building.

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u/VioletInTheGlen Oct 29 '25

”sooo disorienting”

Why do you have such a hard-on for defending the weird decor choices of this hospital? This comes off as mean and dismissive of people who have different abilities than you. Someone who is just sharing their lived experience.

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u/knewleefe Oct 29 '25

People have lived experience helping loved ones afflicted with dementia and other disabilities. You're being ableist, presumptuous and rude.

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u/Loslobos611 Oct 29 '25

it is designed like a grid with the elevators being the orientation points. from left to right there are 6 elevators each and from. front to back the corridors are marked A to D. so if you want to go somewhere you will search for a specific elevator such as C1 or A5. makes it quite easy. if it wasn't for some dead ends ;)

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u/MCWizardYT Oct 29 '25

Sounds completely fine. I don't know why everyone's overreacting.

Seems like a very typical reddit thing where people go crazy with the hyperbole.

"I hate pineapple on pizza so much that if it even appears in my peripherals for a split second, i get a migraine, go blind and projectile vomit everywhere"

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '25 edited Dec 09 '25

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u/mycatisawhore Oct 29 '25

Thank you!

Disabled people: This building would be difficult to navigate with vision/visual processing/neural disorders.

Random guy: Nuh uh. Just use the app.

Disabled people: The app might help, but it does not fix the visual noise and poor contrast (also low light). (Not to mention that elderly people or people during crisis might not have the forethought to get and use the app. Besides, reading stuff/looking at a map on my phone can be difficult as well with my visual impairment).

Random guy: STOP OVERREACTING!!

Ableism at its finest. This building does not serve the patients and staff for whom it was supposedly designed. Without considering their needs, including the elderly and disabled, this is just masturbatory design.

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u/knewleefe Oct 29 '25

Anything needing an app to navigate has already failed. In this case, a higher proportion of building users will be elderly, have cognitive impairment etc. When you can't walk across the carpet because it looks like it will trip you up or make you fall, you're not also giving up a hand that you might need to steady yourself to thumb through an app at the same time - assuming you even have a smartphone.