Tempelhof became really famous because of the aforementioned Tempelhofer Feld. The former airport site, where air traffic was stopped in 2010, has now become an ingenious leisure and recreation park on an enormously large area. Skaters, joggers, cyclists and even kite surfers cavort here, and the many green spaces invite you to take long walks and, in summer, to barbecue and sunbathe.

Tempelhof is centrally located in the south of Berlin, bordering Kreuzberg to the north, Neukölln to the east, Schöneberg and Steglitz to the east, and the state of Brandenburg to the south. The districts of Tempelhof are the eponymous Tempelhof, Mariendorf, Marienfelde and Lichtenrade.

The borough of Tempelhof is urban, with apartment buildings and also many beautiful Gründerzeit old buildings. Depending on the area, there are also housing estates with duplexes and row houses or 50s tenements. In the other districts, it is sometimes almost village-like, because there are also many single-family housing estates.

In Marienfelde there are extensive industrial areas, but at the same time there is also an old village center with a church, villas and farmhouses. A varied mixture that is so typical of many Berlin districts and once again demonstrates this proximity of big city and village idyll.

The Mariendorf area is generally quiet and in some parts conveys a certain suburban idyll through the open single-family house development in southern Mariendorf. Otherwise, you'll find a mix of all architectural styles here. Especially nice for history buffs: the old village church from the 13th century is located at the Alt-Mariendorf subway station.

In the very south of Tempelhof is Lichtenrade, where you can find single-family and two-family houses as well as a few high-rise housing estates from the 1960s and 1970s. By the way, you don't have to go far to go shopping: Lichtenrade has its own well-stocked shopping street, Bahnhofstraße.

If you want to let your gaze wander far and wide over Berlin and Brandenburg, then a visit to the Marienfelde amusement park is recommended. There used to be a garbage dump here, but today the area is greened and is also called the Marienfeld Alps. Why the name? Because from the highest point you can enjoy a wonderful panoramic view over the capital on one side and parts of the state of Brandenburg on the other.

Horse lovers should pay a visit to the trotting track in Mariendorf on Mariendorfer Damm. The special thing here are the buildings, some of which still date from the inauguration year of 1913. There is also an art nouveau grandstand from that year, which is a listed building.

In all of Tempelhof's neighborhoods, you can enjoy a wide range of restaurants, with good home-style eateries being particularly popular. If you are in the mood for pubs and bars, you should take a look around Platz der Luftbrücke or around Attilastrasse, where there are many interesting gastronomic concepts.

When it comes to shopping in Tempelhof, there is one place you can't avoid and that is Tempelhofer Hafen. Here, on the Teltow Canal, is a large shopping center where you can store to your heart's content at all the major retail brands and relax outside with a view of the small inland harbor.

There are also shopping streets - in Tempelhof these are Tempelhofer Damm, in Mariendorf Mariendorfer Damm and in Lichtenrade Bahnhofsstraße. Here you can stroll past many different retail stores and explore the diverse range of products on offer.

Tempelhof is well connected to the public transportation network. From Alt-Mariendorf, the U6 subway runs right through the middle of Tempelhof, so it takes about 28 minutes to get to Berlin's main train station, for example, or to go shopping on Schloßstraße in Steglitz. There is also an S-Bahn and a bus line. For motorists, the B96 is considered the most important traffic axis. The A100 city highway also runs through Tempelhof, with two on-ramps that provide quick access to other Berlin districts,