Tempelhof Freiheit

One of the most significant examples of Nazi architecture is the massive Tempelhof airport built on the edge of Berlin in the 1930s. After World War II, it was also the site of the Berlin Air Lift drops. The airport was closed in 2008, and today, it is being transformed into a giant park and recreation site for city residents. You can rent Segways, bicycles, electric bikes, scooters, skateboards and even mini cars for kids to explore the more than six kilometers of former runaways that now encircle fields. On warm days, locals fly kites and parasails and come for picnics and jogging. In addition to being home to some old abandoned planes, the area now contains a mini-golf course, a beer garden, a public barbecue zone and a series of community vegetable gardens that are eccentrically decorated in typical Berlin fashion; one uses boots as pots and another has a musical theme.