This podcast is outdated, right? It talks about the Brandenburg airport as if it had not finished. The deeply troubled airport is in fact open and in full service since 2020.
It’s in fact not finished. If you go to the website you will find out they have only opened three of the five terminals. They took the old neighboring airport and have temporarily named that “Terminal 5.”
I was just there on Friday and it was amazing how unfinished things are. Panels missing, no seating near some gates.
It’s a very nice mall that happens to have airplane gates.
Really though, the airport’s homepage sells it the best.
> Shopping Therapy at Berlin Airport
Both Terminals 1 and 5 (Terminal 2 is not operational yet) offer a “shopping heaven”, large shopping areas where you can find whatever you may look for. Last-minute presents, famous brands, local stores, BER airport has all the answers depending on your desires! Are you travelling on a budget and want to avoid unnecessary expenses? Take a walk and go for window shopping. Still a pleasing and relaxing experience!
What surprised me, given it's meant to be a shopping heaven, is how few food shops there are. At BER to get food we had to queue for a long time because every single food shop (there were only ~4-~5) had giant queues and there were nowhere near enough seats. Large areas remained panelled off. It seems like they struggled to get enough shops. The food places that did exist were real basic e.g. one was a currywurst shop.
