Berlin Trip : Berlin Tempelhof Airport Tour (Part 3)

The next part of the tour around Tempelhof took us to what I considered to be the heart of the building, the old check-in area. It’s preserved pretty much as it was when it closed to passengers on 30 October 2008.

Absolutely no imagination is needed to picture this as as working airport as it still looks ready for action.

The signage to the restaurant which was located on the first floor.

Inside the restaurant.

The airport’s bar.

The arrivals board.

The baggage belt.

Empty retail units.

Check-in desks.

The display showing how much bags weighed.

I’m not sure I understand this as Air Bourbon did’t last long, it had one plane and it didn’t routinely fly from Berlin.

The empty terminal. I very much enjoyed this part of the tour as it’s rare for an airport to be mothballed like this, stuff is usually just ripped out and buildings demolished.

The guide mentioned that the floor was designed with a stone floor, but for cleaning purposes a lino type flooring was put in after the building was ‘denazified’, although more on that in a later post. The stone floor has remained in the entrance area.