Berlin Tempelhof Airport closed in 2008 and the airfield now provides a wide range of sport and leisure opportunities, including running and cycling the runways.
Wandering the runway and airfield at Tempelhof, Berlin, August 2021
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Copyright Debbie Smyth, 19 September 2021
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
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Travel with Intent 
Beautiful images Debbie… so pleased that it is still being used instead of just becoming waste ground.
Here is my contribution for the challenge
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hi debbie wonderful idea, i like the two photos very much. It is not very easy to find interesting pictures, here is my contribution to the challenge, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-3Ue.
many greetings robert
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Oh gosh, I love the theme this week. Gave me a chance to do a gallery of places closed since/because of the pandemic.
GREAT gallery of the old Tempelhof Airport, too!
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I love our idea for the week. Great inspiration.
Here is my entry, I choose flowers buds. Probably no surprise.
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I liked your airport closed theme so much I followed suit a little bit. Here is my post.
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Tempelhof was the one in use when we lived there in the 70ties. – strange idea seeing it closed. Now since 2020 they have the Brandenburg airport in use.(Hubby looked it up, it’s the 5th place for a Berlin airport). A fitting name since the Brandenburger Tor used to be the dividing line between East and West Berlin, when communism (Russia) occupied East Berlin and East Germany.
Here’s my closed – not a far reaching of an effect as yours, in Nice, France.
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I don’t think I ever flew into Tempelhof. I used Schoenefeld a lot (now terminal 5 of the new Brandenburg airport) and also Tegel. which closed once Brandenburg opened. A loot of change, but I think the city found it too expensive to run so many airports after reunification.
And I enjoyed your closed image – a very physical closure
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We used Tempelhof, probably because it was closest to where we lived:):) It’s fun to talk to you, because most others don’t know about these kind of things:):)
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🙂
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It’s a big area for ‘playing’.
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Wonderful photos, Debbie. It certainly looks closed and derelict. Here’s mine: https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2021/09/19/one-word-sunday-closed/
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Happy Sunday, Debbie!
Here’s mine: https://outofmywritemind.com/2021/09/19/closed-up-tight/
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One of the towns I missed out in my life was Berlin. I would love to visit. I did not know they had closed Tempelhof. Somewhere in my photo collection I have a photo of the old Gatwick Airport before it became a international airport. I must search for it. It, of course, is completely different to the new airport. I had a friend that lived near Reigate and Redhill which was quite near.
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Hard to fit everything in. Would b fascinating to see your old Gatwick shot – hard to imagine it being anything other than huge!
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I will see what I can find with the old Gatwick photo 😃
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I like the POV in that first shot, Debbie.
janet
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I remember passing by this airport.
https://junkboattravels.blogspot.com/2021/09/closed.html
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A different take on the word CLOSED….
https://hopsskipsandjumps.com/2021/09/19/closed/
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A very clever interpretation – great choice, Marie
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Excellent words
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Flew into Tempelhof many times, good to see they’re using the space for something useful https://alondonmiscellany.wordpress.com/2021/09/19/closed/
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It was great to see the open space coming to good use – some impressive cycles flying around
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Ah, Tempelhof….I never got there when it was abandoned. Here’s my closed: https://suejudd.com/2021/09/19/closed/
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Not a huge loss 🙂 The open space was great to see but couldn’t get close enough for a good view of the terminal building and it seems to be being used for warehousing
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Story of my life….places I didn’t get close to…
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A different take on closed from me:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2021/09/19/closed/
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I like the way that this area is not just abandoned but reclaimed. I particularly liked the middle shot with the focus on the old weathered sign.
I was tempted to use old photos of Frankfurt’s long closed Bonames airport (now a nature reserve but still recognisable as an airport) but then I went for this: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2021/09/19/white-pink-or-purple/
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I like your tantalising approach, Elke.
Also interesting to know that Frankfurt has treated its old airport in a similar way.
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I don’t have any new photos of Bonames. But I try to sneak some in in future posts.
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Looks like a remarkable place to be 🙂
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Full of people – great to see them enjoying the place. And plenty of wildlife too
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and no wildlife photos to make me happy Debbie 😥
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Nice to see that it gets a new lease on life now that all the planes are gone.
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I don’t think it was the initial intention, but the people won 🙂
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😀
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Hi Deb….interesting topic this week….all I could think of were closed gates or doors….so I went a different tack. Thanks for making me think outside the square!
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