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Fun fact, the airport was once the largest building in the world, and is still today in place 28 (source: Wikipedia) and the longest building in europe. What i
by mkreis 5y ago
Fun fact, the airport was once the largest building in the world, and is still today in place 28 (source: Wikipedia) and the longest building in europe.
What is also missing in the article: Its massive underground site. During WW2, the airport was used to build combat airplanes. For parts supply, it has its own subway station (not in use today) and even a water power plant to run off grid.
Source: https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/verein/forschungsthema-untergrund/grossbauten/flughafen-tempelhof.html https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/verein/forschungsthema-u... (in German)
- codethief 5y ago> What is also missing in the article: Its massive underground site. Not to mention the former NSA/CIA station upstairs from the Cold War days! I visited both the station and the underground site some years ago before they closed the airport. Not sure, though, if those places are now part of the public tours, too.
- jFriedensreich 5y agoand the station has an original american basketball court and bowling alley looking like in the 60s. feels like a timemachine.