16 Locations
The airport is more than a gateway in Berlin, a city where former runways have become parks and cultural spaces. Beyond catching a flight, the airport story here takes in the historic terminals of Tempelhof and Tegel alongside the modern BER. This overview gathers Berlin locations connected to the city's aviation past and present.
Tempelhof's vast former airfield is now a beloved public park for cycling, skating and picnics, while its monumental terminal hosts events and tours. BER out to the southeast handles today's flights, and aviation themed exhibitions trace the history. The sites make surprisingly rewarding destinations in their own right.
Browse the venues below to explore the airport side of Berlin, from historic terminals to open airfields.
Currently, BBQs are not allowed at Tempelhofer Feld. It's worth a visit anyway - a few food stands are waiting for you. Tempelhofer Feld or "on Tempelhof" for short like many Berliners say, normally has the luxury of having three designated BBQ area. They are located near the entrances on Oderstraße, Columbiadamm and Tempelhofer Damm.
The Silverwings is located on the grounds of Tempelhof Airport and its history is closely linked to it.
One of the most frequently used filming locations in the city is the already notorious Tempelhof Airport.
Lollapalooza Berlin is the ultimate summer event in the city: for two days, the Olympic Park in West Berlin transforms into a massive stage for world-class acts, fashion, sustainability, and great food. If you want to experience Berlin's summer in its loudest, most colorful form, you absolutely have to check it out.
A bike tour through Tempelhof and Schöneberg starts at the town hall of Berlin-Schöneberg where Kennedy held his famous speech back in 1963.
The Tempelhofer Feld is the largest city park in Europe with enough space for inline skaters! The 4.5 km circular route for skaters leads amongst others over the runway of the former airport.
Tempelhofer Feld in Tempelhof is Berlin's legendary open space, where former runways have become a skating track. On a 4.5 km circular route between wide skies and the old airport building, inline skaters roll with a good tailwind through one of Europe's largest city parks.
Learn salsa inside the former airport Berlin-Tempelhof at the dancing school Tanzschule Traumtänzer where social encounters are almost as important as dancing itself.
Right on the outskirts of Berlin, the Hurricane Factory offers one of the world's largest wind tunnels for body flyers.
In the heart of Tempelhof lies one of Europe's most significant architectural monuments. Tours of the former Tempelhof Airport take guests on a journey through Nazi history, the Berlin Airlift, and the Cold War. All tours start at the CHECK-IN visitor center at Platz der Luftbrücke.
Cycling, jogging, skating, miniature golf, kiting, BBQ and growing your own veggies with urban gardening - the airfield of the former airport Tempelhof has enjoyed great popularity with the Berliners ever since its opening on 8 May 2011.
Dancing for breakfast: The Traumtänzer dance school at Tempelhof Airport in Tempelhof invites you to a waltz breakfast on Mother's Day, May 10, 2026. Lively music, a rich breakfast buffet, and a good mood on Sunday morning.
The old airfield of the former airport Tempelhof may be a more recent concert location but it's gaining renown step by step.
A truly special wedding anniversary can be celebrated with a Candle Flight Dinner in a helicoptre of Air Service Berlin.
Feeling as if you were in Saint Tropez? In the middle of Berlin? No problem with HimmelBlauBerlin – a guided city tour with classic vehicles and a tour guide with lots of insider knowledge of the city.
Board, throttle up, and take off with an Airbus A 320: the JetSim flight simulation in the Tiergarten district now makes this dream possible for amateur pilots too.