Tempelhofer Feld

One of my favorite spots we made during our Germany trip. Having a beer out in the field was a really neat experience

The former Tempelhof airport is now a public park. We came here in the evening when it was not too hot and picnicked in the grass. There were a lot of people making use of the open space- cycling, flying kites, etc. Even so, it was not crowded. We had a nice time and it was cool to walk the on the runway.

An abandoned airport turned into a public park. Really chill spot to go visit. I see people would ride their bikes and roller-skates there for fun. Last time I was there they had temporary housing for Syrian refugees. It didn't sit well with me seeing that they put a fence around the temporary housing, I guess it's to prevent them from roaming freely. I was actually able to sit down and talk to one of the refugees and he offered me and my friend some tea from their country. It was such a beautiful bonding experience I had with someone coming from a different world.

An absolute great spot to visit.

I always wonder what people will do with an abandoned airport. Tempelhof is one of the good example what people can do with it. This old airport located quite near the center of the city. It isn't difficult to get here at all. Serval U-Bahn stations around.

This old airport is very big. I usually come here for bike tour or some walks. Although it is just an old airport, not much left around this place. It really great to have a bike tour here. There are no traffic lights or cars around, feel so free even still in the city. The roads are wide here. No worries, even you go a bit faster than usual. You can see lots of people come here for different thing. Skating, training, joging and so on. For me, I found the view of this place is fantastic. I mean how cool is that wander around on the airport track.

there is one part use as a garden inside. You can see some locals come here just have their very own garden experience. I found the idea is really nice. I guess I might get one spot as well in the furture. The remain building of Tempelhof sometime be used as exhibitions or studio for some TV show. You can also have a segway experience tour here. It's a bit pricy though.

There are serval projects still on a go. But this didn't shack the place of it in the locals now. No doubt, this is one of the popular places in Berlin. And I am one of those who like this place a lot. Just don't forget to take something to drink with you, if you decide to go there for jogging, biking or other exercise. It's not easy to find a convenient store there.

This is a very large venue for a variety of events. The Berlin Marathon had the expo here and it was definitely large enough. It was sort of cool walking through and then going outside as well.

Truly wonderful and unique recreational park in the grounds of the former Tempelhof airport.

I visited for a skate around the park on a sunny Sunday morning a couple of weekends ago and the park was busy with other skaters, walkers, cyclists, kite boarders and all sorts of other activities going on. The open space and long flat surfaces of the runways and surrounding paths make this an ideal place to do something active and fun!

There are maps near the entrances indicating that the runways are suitable for skating, running and cycling and the outer paths are suitable for cycling and running. I'd agree with that as the runways are smooth and perfect for skating whereas the paths are a bit bumpier and rougher with loose gravel in parts.

It's a nice place to just chill as well. I sat for a while at the eastern end of one of the runways and there was a guy singing and playing guitar, and people eating food they'd brought in from nearby cafés and food trucks. Coffee lovers didn't even have to leave the park for a caffeine fix as there was a vendor with a coffee cart on one of the runways. There are also several BBQ areas.

There are various other interesting things dotted around the park. Obviously, there is the vast airport terminal building itself (which you can take a tour of), an old plane, a 'mini art golf course' (seemingly part mini-golf, part interactive art installation), an allotment garden, etc. There are also several fenced dog parks within the park for dogs to have a run around too.

You need to go here.

Rent a bike, grab a friend, stuff your backpack with picnic things, and make an afternoon out of it. I especially liked the garden and people watching.

It's pretty amazing what they did with the space and how people are using it.

A can't miss sight, that I somehow managed to miss the first two times I visited Berlin, Tempelhof is something you won't find anywhere else. Formerly the East Berlin airport, rather than renovate or tear it down, it's been largely converted to public and park space. It hosted the marathon expo, and is the perfect space for events. The main arrival hall is still there as are baggage claims, passport control, and of course the runways. The hangars host massive event space and the grounds are perfect for exploring green spaces and maybe even taking a picnic.

To give Tempelhofer only 3 stars is a bit upsetting for me, but I wanted to share our experience of the tour we did. We visited and did the 2 hour tour through the airport building which was around €13 pp.

Firstly, the website is not very helpful in telling you where to go for the tour. Tempelhofer itself is massive and thankfully we ended up at the right spot - you are best getting off the underground at Platz der Luftbrücke as the tour starts nearest to there from the General Aviation Building.

We started the tour and there was a group of about 15 of us. The tour guide had good information about the construction of the building and I can't fault his knowledge. We were in a side room looking at the boarding part of the airport which was interesting, but on a hot/muggy day it felt a little like being in a sauna which made me feel really sick - we stayed in there for ages which I thought was unnecessary.

We saw bunker areas, meeting rooms and walked up something like 18 (?!) flights of stairs to the main ballroom which had been converted to a basketball court, so it really wasn't worth going up all those stairs. Unfortunately I thought the tour was far too long for the content they had to tell us, and it could have been presented in a much more interesting way. It was repetitive in parts and some more interesting areas of the building weren't accessible or the doors were locked which was a bit weird.

What I was interested in seeing (inside the terminal) we didn't actually get to see, and were instead seeing underground bunkers/sports courts which I don't really think is that interesting to the general public. What others rave about at Tempelhof is use of the green space and it would have been nice to be directed how best to see that after the tour finished. We ended up leaving before the end (as did quite a few other people) as it was just too long and uninteresting. I tend to really enjoy doing tours, no matter what the content so I am sad to say I wouldn't recommend this one.

After days of booking it around Berlin, Tempelhofer Feld was a delightful respite. We took a whole afternoon to walk through the park and were so impressed by the amount of green space and the many options for activities (old plane, old airport, drink beer, eat food, sit in chairs, people-watch, dog-watch, picnic, walk, bike, skateboard, rollerblade, etc.). There was even a Little League game going on! It was one of our favorite places we visited in Berlin. What an creative and generous use of previously unused land.

I would recommend thinking very carefully about which entrance you want to use; the transport options vary greatly according to which one you want. The park is ENORMOUS and picking the wrong entrance (as we did) will set you back quite a bit.