bought a Falk Berlin map in autumn 2005. I'm interested in maps as definitions for different locations and nations but also as economical and political playground. I studied the map and noticed a field close to Hönow village. There was an arrow pointing to the field and on the other end of the arrow was a text MEGA. I was confused. What would Mega mean? Something big?

I decided to travel to Mega. And in fact, the place was exactly as visualised in the map: there was nothing but field. But to be more specific, the field and its surroundings was a very beautiful scenery. After the travel, I wrote to Falk maps and asked what Mega meant to them. Falk researcher Wolfgang Schneider kindly answered me. He told Mega is a mistake and probably some sort of "commercial remark" accidentally placed wrongly in the map. I would think that Falk people were a little bit upset about making this mistake: the whole area where Mega is situated was removed from the next map edition in 2007.

Mega is not a mistake for me. It has started to have its own life - from immaterial to a location with history, social function and cultural life. I have also started to visit other Megas which are "commercial remarks" Mega was supposed to be, too. To me, these locations often symbolise global citizenship of consuming. Mega in the field is not necessarily an opposite of phenomena in these other locations, but it is still a loophole in the system, a breather or a side step in the urban development.