Flughafen Tempelhof

Flughafen Tempelhof is an imposing building that fills the whole side of Platz der Luftbrücke in Berlin. This stone air terminal building stretches out over a kilometre long but hasn't handled a flight since 2008. It was originally built it for the Nazi air ministry in the late 1930s, and it's now the largest historically listed building in Europe. ZENTRALFLUGHAFEN still runs in neon above the main doors. The courtyard is wide and usually empty, so you can set up dead centre and capture the whole entrance block in one frame. Ideally plan to come at blue hour when the neon really pops against a sky that still has a bit of colour, and the stone keeps some of its warm tones instead of going black. Tall floodlight masts stand around the courtyard and give you vertical anchors if the symmetry feels too clean. Putting a single person in the frame will give you a sense of the building's scale. Tours run from the visitor centre at the main entrance, and those are the only way to access the inside. The courtyard is a public space and open all year round. If you go on a weeknight, you will most likely have the square to yourself. (Berlin, Germany)