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This article was entirely too negative, and neglected to mention some of the best outcomes from this project. Like the fact that BER is the world's most environmentally friendly airport: https://www.der-postillon.com/2019/06/ber-oeko.html

EDIT: </satire>

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It's good to mention that this is satire. Especially for our non-german speakers.

There's also a satire page "Ist der BER schon fertig?" (Is BER already ready?) that follows up major items in development.

http://www.istderberschonfertig.de/

Doesn't look like satire to me. I would have expected a page that just says

  <h1>No.</h1>

but it appears surprisingly detailed and well-researched.

How is that satire? There are only exact and provable facts there, edited by a major Berlin newspaper, meant to be educating/informing, not funny.

But it IS a pretty good summary of the (publicly known) status.

In this case, the presentation of exact and provable facts creates a satisfactory satirical outcome.

Most Berliners do not have the sense of humor where a satire could be applicable.

Isn't environmental friendliness a ratio of production over impact? If it is not open you have environmental harm without human benefit.

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