#tempelhof

Cycling through Berlin 2026-05-29 by Pascal Volk

Häuserfront in Berlin-Tempelhof - Aquarellskizze

BERLIN TEMPELHOF -> GERMANY

Tempelhofer Feld Berlin – Joggen, Sport und Freizeitmöglichkeiten am früheren Flughafen

down to U6 By d0gwalker https://flic.kr/p/2s89rhw

30° in the shade and we brave it, this second-to-last summer, the former- family of us, foursquare as a quadrat – Father, Mother, Daughter, Son – foursquare as a Roman atrium. The Protect & Survive government pamphlet – printed but never sent – rings the featureless nuclear family on the front in a thick white circle. How not to vanish. How not to effervesce. The runway, an immensity of permissible trespass, is performing its own apotheosis as Berliners hardier than us pound round its lots. Building a shelter is not difficult. Start looking now for materials for your Inner Refuge. Our rented red plastic quadracycle simmers on the tarmac as we pose for photographs by the perimeter fence, my hair a sort of levitating fretwork, my two hands crammed with my children’s hands. We are all smiling as bits of the terminal canopy collapse behind us. Here are some ideas. Make a lean-to with sloping doors. Add further protection with bags or boxes of sand or earth or books or even clothing. Anchor these against slipping. Bitumen into steam: hard to tell if the heat- shimmer on the horizon is just smoke from the barbecue pit or the crux of this instant evaporating faster than I can guess. Remember. Even the safest room in your house is not safe enough. Balloons drift up, untethered. Birds.

TEMPELHOF -> part of BERLIN / GERMANY