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> functioning like a well-oiled machine and was loved by the city population You can’t possibly mean Tegel? I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t

> functioning like a well-oiled machine and was loved by the city population You can’t possibly mean Tegel? I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world. I used to literally avoid doing any business in Berlin because Tegel was so painful.

odiroot 4y ago
You have a very weird circle of associates. Schönefeld was always the bad airport and now the Brandenburg airport took over that title. Tegel was always the quick and convenient one.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  I thought Tegel was notoriously the very worst airport in the world? The facilities were atrocious. A security setup like cattle pens. It was like a bad bus stop - grim and dark and raw concrete. It didn’t even particularly have good routes did it?
  - jhugo 4y ago
    I used to fly between London and Berlin a lot, and absolutely loved Tegel then. LCY-TXL was a great route. From my apartment to sitting on the plane at LCY took 20 min; from my desk in Berlin to sitting on the plane at TXL took 40 min. Probably the best two airport experiences I've ever had.
    - com 4y ago
      LCY seems to have gone to the dogs recently too. I like the redevelopment they’ve done on airside, but it’s all so … full and unpleasant now. Food options seem to have gone downhill now that the ok airside restaurant only does burgers. I’ve had delightful meals there in the past, making delays more than bearable.
  - piva00 4y ago
    The facilities were atrocious looking, grim and raw concrete on the outside, nonetheless it was very easy to fly through TXL and get to the city. I always preferred going to TXL from ARN, felt like I was getting a flying bus to my destination, very close to the center so it was a matter of disembarking and getting to the center in 30 minutes or less. Flying to Schönefeld had the same atrocious facilities and another hour of a train ride to the city...
xcambar 4y ago
> I used to literally avoid doing any business in Berlin because Tegel was so painful. I don't believe you. No business owner is their right mind would believe that you avoided doing business anywhere based on airport opinions.
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- chrisseaton 4y ago
  Why? Invited to a conference in Barlin? Hmm no thanks really can’t be bothered with the airports. Conference in Frankfurt? Yeah no problem airport is easy.
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  Unless it should turn out that not every type of business in the world is like every other type, and there are significant enough differences in some branch of a business that you might structure your business based on airport options. Like a traveling salesman maybe.
pizza234 4y ago
> You can’t possibly mean Tegel? I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world. I've frequently used TXL and it was actually my favorite. However, I can see why at least some people hated it. While A-gates boardings were very fast (for which reason, I personally used to find it very convenient), they were also very crammed, which surely bothered a lot of people. The experience of A<>C was very different. I didn't have a particular bad memory of C, but it didn't have services, which can be annoying when there's lots to wait. It was also convenient for a two-legs connection (since one typically had to take a metro, then the bus), since the second leg (bus) was short. But again, some people may frown upon anything that is not directly connected like Heathrow.
- inferiorhuman 4y ago
  I liked Tegel as well, but it's too small for a busy capital. It's nice that Heathrow has the tube right at the one terminal but there's still way too much walking involved. The worst, IMO, by far was Madrid. It took me about 40 minutes of walking to get from the metro to the gate.
Tainnor 4y ago
People who grew up in Berlin tend to have become enamored a bit with Tegel. I moved to Berlin later and always hated Tegel (though never as much as I've hated Schönefeld which was a kafkaesque nightmare). It's true that Tegel was conveniently located and that boarding could be quite fast in terminal A. But if your flight got delayed after you were through security you would be stuck in a crammed space and your only opportunities for food would be overpriced Pretzels. And the whole thing was just outrageously ugly.
- m_fayer 4y ago
  Yeah terminal A was quick and easy if everything went perfectly. If security ever got backed up, as happened often with flights to the US, you'd have long lines spilling into the main circular hall. More amusingly, the lack of table space on which to unpack your computer/toiletries/etc resulted in people hurriedly extracting possessions in an awkward crouch and then clutching the unwieldy bundles to their chest while waiting their turn. Quite a spectacle.
TedShiller 4y ago
> I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world Well, you've met one (or actually, many) now. So you won't be able to use that line moving forward.
- ben_w 4y ago
  I loved how compact Tegel terminal A was, it was like London City Airport rolled into a ring. The other terminals I used (I never bothered memorising which ones) were generic and forgettable.
yc-kraln 4y ago
Hi, Tegel was my favorite airport ever, domestic and international.
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sneak 4y ago
Tegel was great but operating well beyond design capacity and it showed. It was always super crowded, and there is no good public transit to it (the busses to Alex don't count).

odiroot 4y ago

You have a very weird circle of associates. Schönefeld was always the bad airport and now the Brandenburg airport took over that title. Tegel was always the quick and convenient one.

chrisseaton 4y ago
I thought Tegel was notoriously the very worst airport in the world? The facilities were atrocious. A security setup like cattle pens. It was like a bad bus stop - grim and dark and raw concrete. It didn’t even particularly have good routes did it?
- jhugo 4y ago
  I used to fly between London and Berlin a lot, and absolutely loved Tegel then. LCY-TXL was a great route. From my apartment to sitting on the plane at LCY took 20 min; from my desk in Berlin to sitting on the plane at TXL took 40 min. Probably the best two airport experiences I've ever had.
  - com 4y ago
    LCY seems to have gone to the dogs recently too. I like the redevelopment they’ve done on airside, but it’s all so … full and unpleasant now. Food options seem to have gone downhill now that the ok airside restaurant only does burgers. I’ve had delightful meals there in the past, making delays more than bearable.
- piva00 4y ago
  The facilities were atrocious looking, grim and raw concrete on the outside, nonetheless it was very easy to fly through TXL and get to the city. I always preferred going to TXL from ARN, felt like I was getting a flying bus to my destination, very close to the center so it was a matter of disembarking and getting to the center in 30 minutes or less. Flying to Schönefeld had the same atrocious facilities and another hour of a train ride to the city...

xcambar 4y ago

> I used to literally avoid doing any business in Berlin because Tegel was so painful. I don't believe you. No business owner is their right mind would believe that you avoided doing business anywhere based on airport opinions.

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chrisseaton 4y ago
Why? Invited to a conference in Barlin? Hmm no thanks really can’t be bothered with the airports. Conference in Frankfurt? Yeah no problem airport is easy.
bryanrasmussen 4y ago
Unless it should turn out that not every type of business in the world is like every other type, and there are significant enough differences in some branch of a business that you might structure your business based on airport options. Like a traveling salesman maybe.

pizza234 4y ago

> You can’t possibly mean Tegel? I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world. I've frequently used TXL and it was actually my favorite. However, I can see why at least some people hated it. While A-gates boardings were very fast (for which reason, I personally used to find it very convenient), they were also very crammed, which surely bothered a lot of people. The experience of A<>C was very different. I didn't have a particular bad memory of C, but it didn't have services, which can be annoying when there's lots to wait. It was also convenient for a two-legs connection (since one typically had to take a metro, then the bus), since the second leg (bus) was short. But again, some people may frown upon anything that is not directly connected like Heathrow.

inferiorhuman 4y ago
I liked Tegel as well, but it's too small for a busy capital. It's nice that Heathrow has the tube right at the one terminal but there's still way too much walking involved. The worst, IMO, by far was Madrid. It took me about 40 minutes of walking to get from the metro to the gate.

Tainnor 4y ago

People who grew up in Berlin tend to have become enamored a bit with Tegel. I moved to Berlin later and always hated Tegel (though never as much as I've hated Schönefeld which was a kafkaesque nightmare). It's true that Tegel was conveniently located and that boarding could be quite fast in terminal A. But if your flight got delayed after you were through security you would be stuck in a crammed space and your only opportunities for food would be overpriced Pretzels. And the whole thing was just outrageously ugly.

m_fayer 4y ago
Yeah terminal A was quick and easy if everything went perfectly. If security ever got backed up, as happened often with flights to the US, you'd have long lines spilling into the main circular hall. More amusingly, the lack of table space on which to unpack your computer/toiletries/etc resulted in people hurriedly extracting possessions in an awkward crouch and then clutching the unwieldy bundles to their chest while waiting their turn. Quite a spectacle.

TedShiller 4y ago

> I’ve never met anyone who has used Tegel who didn’t think it was clearly the worst airport in the world Well, you've met one (or actually, many) now. So you won't be able to use that line moving forward.

ben_w 4y ago
I loved how compact Tegel terminal A was, it was like London City Airport rolled into a ring. The other terminals I used (I never bothered memorising which ones) were generic and forgettable.

yc-kraln 4y ago

Hi, Tegel was my favorite airport ever, domestic and international.

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sneak 4y ago

Tegel was great but operating well beyond design capacity and it showed. It was always super crowded, and there is no good public transit to it (the busses to Alex don't count).