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Leslee's avatar

Can someone please explain to me the allure of Tempelhofer Feld? I sincerely do not understand it. This isn't New York's Central Park. It's just an empty airfield in the middle of the city. There's no benches. There's no picnic tables. There's no trees!

Several years ago, during my one (and only) visit, I was sitting on the ground with friends thinking, "Why am I sitting out here in the dirt and hot sun? Why are all of these other people just sitting out here in the dirt? Why is that man over there taking a piss in the middle of the field? How is this fun???"

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Maurice Frank's avatar

Sitting around in dirt is an integral part of Berlin summer fun!

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Andrew Bulkeley's avatar

Tempelhof is like Berlin: It's about the possibilities. You could inline skate. You could grill. You could figure out how to join the community garden. You could wonder what bird species they're protecting. You could go to a bar that feels like a rave. You could go up on the viewing terrace. You could imagine what it was like to fly in or out of there. You could think about the history. You could do your daily run. You could even play baseball. Also the fact that it isn't developed or controlled makes it feel like ours rather than theirs. Whoever we and they are.

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Kurt's avatar

5000 Apartments for Rich assholes in exchange of destroying the one big green area in Berlin? We already voted no to that, stop trying to make this bullshit Happen

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Maurice Frank's avatar

hehe, don't worry, it's never going to happen.

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Cheryl Howard's avatar

Serious question. :) Are they just sending notices to our phones again or are they testing actual physical air warning sirens? I recall when they did started doing the annual test in Germany that Berlin was the only state that didn't actually have physical systems. Maybe I am wrong? Like did we suddenly get systems?

On a side note, I got a NINA warning today about the emergency system number being down. If that's related to the power outage, I am terrified (but also not surprised) that they don't have a backup generators for such events.

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Maurice Frank's avatar

Thanks for the reminder, Cheryl. You're absolutely right. Phones will receive texts at 11 and 11:45 and probably vibrate in a disturbing way. Interesting about the NINA warning. Do you live in the area affected by the outage?

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Cheryl Howard's avatar

I hope they will build systems in Berlin if they truly think that war is a near serious threat. Being we‘re the capital and all. No, I am not in the affected area. But I’m curious! Sadly I can’t add attachments of the warning. Seems to be for the Kopenick and Schonefeld areas.

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