This week, millions will take to the airways for Christmas travel. As families slog through the mundane reality of contemporary air travel, we might pause to reflect on the ghosts of airports past, ...

BERLIN — Gabriele Leech-Anspach was a young mother with a toddler when Soviet authorities suddenly imposed a blockade on West Berlin in 1948, cutting off all road, train and boat access and leaving ...

If you only do one thing in Berlin, there is no better place than here to feel the weight of history and the addictive energy of one of the world's most vibrant and libertine cities. There are few ...

Once one of the largest buildings in the world, the terminal at Berlin's former Tempelhof Airport played many roles in history, from symbol of Nazi power to vital link in the Berlin Airlift. Kent was ...

After its closure, the airport famous for its Nazi and cold war history became a green public paradise. When developers smelled blood, Berliners fought back It’s never easy to ask someone to give back ...

Berlin has a new public park, and it’s bigger than the Tiergarten, closer in size to Central Park in New York. The opening of the Tempelhof Park on the grounds of the former Tempelhof Airport comes a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Angela Merkel has urged Berliners to use a referendum this week to keep open the city’s famous Tempelhof airport, arguing the airline hub is an “historic symbol” that must be preserved. The chancellor ...

As a U.S. Army Infantry sergeant, I arrived in West Berlin in 1956 on a troop train, but the divided city was open to commercial air travel almost as soon as World War II ended. American Overseas ...

Berlin’s legendary airport Tempelhof closes today. In losing the airport, Berlin loses a political symbol, but also one of the few advantages of its location. The Berlin state government is hurting ...