In the past, there were not nearly as many options as there are today. Many new apartments were handed over with a finished kitchen and so apartments in housing estates looked like a photocopier.
And even though the design of the living room did not yet meet today’s standards, we found everything we needed in these small kitchens.
They were often associated with childhood or youth and the good times we experienced back then. Let’s take a look together at what the heart of the house – the kitchen – looked like back then and what it contained.
The typical kitchen in a socialist apartment was small and simple.
Larger apartments or houses had a corner kitchen , which was modern for the time.
Many people still fondly remember it as a very practical, no-frills kitchen cupboard in which they could store everything they needed.
And here is the typical kitchen seating.
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