Berlin was great.
Flew into Tegel, then was informed that the airport is in its last few months of operation.Quite disappointing, as Tegel is the most relaxing airport I've ever been through: check-in, security and your gate are all bunched together so there is very little to get confused about (with a walk of as little as 30m from airport entrance to aircraft boarding), and the shops are so unintrusive you hardly notice them. Of course those are the very same reasons Tegel has become financially untenable, because the airport is not designed to maximize waiting time in areas with lots of shops, and every new security guideline must be adopted at each gate's separate security checkpoint.
Tegel's last day of operation is schedule for June 2nd, 2012, which will be marked by a charter flight in which over 150 lucky golden ticket holders will be treated to a sightseeing tour of Berlin by air by night. This is also opening day for Berlin's new airport ("Willy Brandt"...yes, really).
Sad, indeed! Berlin also has another former airport, Tempelhof, which is quite central and is now used as a park with the name Tempelhofer Feld.
[HT for officemate: Tempelhof also doesn't have an English language wikipedia page.]
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