This week was closed the German airport Tempelhof. The airport had interesting history and now, when it shut down for ever, my main wonders are what they are going to construct there?

Tempelhof had its own trace in history. In the beginning of the century it was one of the busiest airports. Lufthansa was founded in Tempelhof in 1926. Then during WWII the airport continued to play important role for the local people and the war tactics.

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The idea airport to be closed dates back to 1996 when the local government took the decision that the entire planning should aim at concentrating domestic and international air traffic in Berlin and Brandenburg at one airport: Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport. To ensure investment protection as well as to fend off opposition to Schöenefeld International’s expansion, it was mandated that first Tempelhof and then Tegel must be closed.

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Every day 93 000 flights are starting from approximately 9 000 airports.
At all time there are between 8 000 and 13 000 airplanes in the air.
See them on the video below 3D-Globe “Orbitarium” in Technorama - The Swiss Science Center.

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Boston’s International airport suffered a poodle-caused delay last weekend. The dog’s airport jogging took more than 17 hours and thanks to this at least 8 flights were delayed.

The runaway is called Choochy and was traveling from Detroit. It seems that the Saturday night is still a good time for going out because the animal evaded taxiways and long halls. Police, firefighters and even electricians were chasing it until Sunday afternoon when the dog surrendered.

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Okay, I should admit that this posting is one of those you need but definitely it is not curious or funny. However I believe that knowing the visa regulations might come handy in some cases. Imagine that you’re American and you travel to let’s say Slovakia. There you meet amazing someone, such fabulous boy/girl that you decide to invite him/her home. In cases like this and the strict American immigration policies it is always good to check the visa requirements. Otherwise your amazing someone can land and stay in this no-man’s land at the airports without being allowed to enter the country.

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Do you think that you know Europe good? I mean Europe, not only the EU. Think twice!

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