Berlin Sights

Flughafen Tempelhof

#118 of 814 things to do in Berlin

#262 of 3295 things to do in Germany

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    • Platz der Luftbrücke
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    • Platz der Luftbrücke

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Aviation pioneer Orville Wright flew over its grassy field in 1909, Lufthansa ran its first scheduled flights from here in 1926 and in 1948–49 it had its finest hours during the Berlin Airlift. Lord Norman Foster called it ‘the mother of all airports’. Imposing and foreboding, the massive compound you see today was the brainchild of Nazi architect Ernst Sagebiel and is reportedly the world’s second-largest building after the Pentagon. Although a place of legend and mythology, Tempelhof airport finally closed amid much controversy in late 2008.

 

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