3 Extraordinary Things You Only Can Do In Berlin
Maybe you do live in Berlin and wanna do something special. Maybe you’re visiting the city and already did all the typical tourist stuff. Either or, I do have three suggestions of things you only can do in Berlin and nowhere else in the world like this.
Top three things you only can do in Berlin
Stay a day at the airport
Uh, how boring. NOT AT ALL! Cause I’m talking about the closed airport Tempelhof. Once one of the largest buildings of the world and legendary monument for the Berlin airlift after World War 2, it’s airfield is now a place to chill, a place to ride your bike, a place to have a BBQ… you get the picture. The easiest way to get there is taking the subway U6 to “Platz der Luftbrücke”.
Jump from one of the highest buildings in Berlin
OK, you’re not REALLY jumping. You gonna FLY. Yes, right. Base Flying is the best way to thrill yourself in Berlin. 125 meters free fall. 8 seconds.And an extraordinary view of the Berlin TV tower, head over heels.
And if you’re up there don’t forget to take a picture as this is one of the best places to get an amazing picture of the TV Tower.
Fly in a real WWII-era Candy Bomber
Update: the red seaplane that used to take off from the Spree right in the city center left Berlin for good after the 2016 season — the operator couldn’t find a safe spot for it anymore as river traffic on the Spree picked up. But there’s something even more fitting to replace it with, especially given the Tempelhof connection above: Air Service Berlin still flies an actual restored 1944 Douglas DC-3 — a real “Rosinenbomber” (Candy Bomber), the same aircraft type that kept West Berlin fed during the Airlift. You board in period uniforms, listen to swing music, and watch a short film about the Airlift before a roughly 25-minute flight over the city from Schönefeld. Genuinely one of the few ways left to experience a real piece of that history in the air.
