CINEMA CLASSICS
Michel Hazanavicius’s 2011 Oscar-winning
ilm The Artist proved there’s still plenty of
life in silent movies, but in Berlin, cinema-
goers hardly needed convincing. Since 2001,
Kino Babylon has shown arthouse movies in
its revived 1920s cinema, with a programme
that includes a selection of silent licks every
Saturday. Visitors can relive the golden age of
cinema, with an experience far removed from
the modern world of monthly memberships
and unrelenting adverts; there’s even an
original cinema organ, too. babylonberlin.de
URBAN OASIS
Berlin is blessed with plenty of green
spaces but perhaps the best of the bunch is
Tempelhofer Feld. Originally constructed in
the 1920s, the former Tempelhof Airport in the
south of the city ceased operations in 2008.
The 386-hectare open space and terminal
— once one of the largest structures in Europe
— have since been reclaimed for use as a public
recreation area. Today, the vast site features
a four-mile cycling, skating and jogging trail,
a six-acre barbecue area, a dog-walking ield
and an enormous picnic area. thf-berlin.deRETRO CAR RIDE
The Trabant is an icon of the former German
Democratic Republic. More than 3.7 million
of these plucky little cars were made in
East Germany but, owing to their mechanical
shortcomings, they were oten diicult to love;
in 2016, Autotrader described the Trabant as
“an awful car made by communists”. Visitors
feeling a sense of nostalgia can, however,
embark on a Trabi Safari tour around Berlin.
A maximum of three adults are allowed in each
Trabant, many of which have been painted in
eye-catching animal patterns. trabi-safari.deCycling through Tempelhofer FeldOctober 2019 97BERLIN