The contribution is an exploration of the concept of 'topophobia' i.e. the fear or aversion to certain places, through a student-led field excursion in Berlin’s Görlitzer Park, conducted as part of the seminar “Space and Territory in Times of Multiple Crises...”. Once a symbol of countercultural resistance and urban openness, Görlitzer Park today embodies the spatial tensions of contemporary urban crises: securitization, gentrification, racialized policing, and contested publicness. Through site observation, mapping exercises, and reflective discussion, students engaged critically with the material and symbolic layers of the park. The contribution will highlighted how certain urban spaces become imbued with fear, stigma, and surveillance, particularly for marginalized communities. At the same time, it revealed how sites like Görlitzer Park remain active arenas of negotiation and resistance. The contribution provided a powerful lens to analyze the emotional geographies of urban territory meaning how feelings of fear, control, and exclusion are spatially produced and politically charged, reflecting on the pedagogical and analytical value of engaging with contested spaces, and how experiential methods can deepen our understanding of space in times of social, ecological, and political crisis.