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I lived next to the runway for about an year. I can actually seem the apartment from some of the photos. It was an interesting place. It's really just after th
by duiker101 5y ago
I lived next to the runway for about an year. I can actually seem the apartment from some of the photos. It was an interesting place.
It's really just after the border with Spain so if you stay in the country you don't need to cross it every day, but more people work in Gib than live so there is quite a good amount of traffic.
As with most things, you get used to it and it just becomes normal very quickly. The best thing was probably the fact that "I'll pick you up at the airport" is a 5 minutes affair rather than a few hour.
Another interesting sight of Gibraltar is the Sunborn Hotel, which is pretty much ship without motor that acts as hotel/casino.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoWas it not super loud?
- philjohn 5y agoNot OP but there are only a handful of scheduled flights per day. I used to fly into there fairly regularly as it was easier to get to my parent's place half an hour up the coast than if I flew to Malaga.
- hopfog 5y agoI also used to live in an apartment right next to it (white building with red roof on the left in second picture) and yes, it was loud. The first times it felt like an earthquake but I quickly got used to it and the view was worth it.
- duiker101 5y agoYou felt it a bit if you left the windows open but I was never woken up in morning. Also, there were no night flights except for the occasional huge military plane.
- Hallucinaut 5y agoSunborn is relatively affordable too! I believe it claims 5 stars, which is overselling it, and the noise from the bars on the landward side isn't great but it's nice all the same
- duiker101 5y agoI got to stay there only once when an employer invited me over for an interview and it was indeed very cool!