{"id":240643,"date":"2023-11-07T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240643"},"modified":"2023-11-07T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:50:14","slug":"inside-worlds-best-airport-following-three-year-renovation-with-45ft-waterfall-indoor-garden-robot-bartender-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/inside-worlds-best-airport-following-three-year-renovation-with-45ft-waterfall-indoor-garden-robot-bartender-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside 'world's best airport' following three-year renovation – with 45ft 'waterfall,' indoor garden & robot bartender | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
AN AIRPORT which is often named the best in the world has revealed its 3.5 year renovation – with some very bizarre new additions.<\/p>\n
Passengers trying to kill time at the airport will now be able to walk through an indoor garden and even buy drinks from a robot bartender.<\/p>\n
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Changi Airport in Singapore is often named the best airport in the world, and is known for having the largest indoor waterfall.<\/p>\n
And the airport recently revealed it's huge renovation of Terminal 2, with another 226,000sqft added to the building.<\/p>\n
The new designs include a 45ft digital waterfall, called The Wonderfall, created with 900 tiles and is surrounded by a vertical garden.<\/p>\n
There is also the Dreamscape Garden, with 20,000 plants and a "digital sky<\/span>" which changes colour throughout the day.<\/p>\n Passengers can also head to the two-storey Lotte Duty-Free Wine<\/span> and Spirits\u00a0store, which has a robot bartender to serve you underneath a "moon" created by LED lights.<\/p>\n Passengers can also head to the upper lounge Forest of Li Bai with 18 types of whiskey, or dine at the Gourmet Garden with classic Singapore dishes.<\/p>\n Lye Teck, the airport's program director for the Terminal 2, said: "With T2, we sought to enhance the passenger experience, bringing together a modern terminal inspired by nature, with immersive digital experiences, innovative technology, as well as transformative retail<\/span> and dining concepts that create a sense of place."<\/p>\n Airlines currently operating from the terminal include Singapore Airlines and Lufthansa.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Changi Airport currently welcomes 90million passenger per year, with the new renovation expected to bring another 5million.<\/p>\n It was named the best airport in the world by SkyTrax for eight years in a row – although lost out in 2021 and 2022 during the pandemic<\/span>.<\/p>\n It has since been named the best again in the 2023 Skytrax Awards.<\/p>\n The airport is home to some of the best amenities for passengers, including a huge cinema and sports arena, which were added in 1998.<\/p>\n And it built the first transit-side swimming pool in the world in 1995.<\/p>\n The airport opened their new Terminal 4 in 2017, which included new facial scanning systems and drone play areas.<\/p>\n This was followed by the huge 135,700sqm lifestyle hub Jewel at Singapore Changi Airport in 2019.<\/p>\n Connecting all the terminals, inside are hundreds of shops, restaurants, and a forest.<\/p>\n And it is home to the world's tallest indoor waterfall, with the 131ft\u00a0Rain Vortex.<\/p>\n A huge slide, hedge maze, butterfly garden home to over 1,000 tropical butterflies and forest walkway are also found at the airport.<\/p>\n If you can't quite go as far as Singapore, a huge \u00a37billion airport could soon open in Europe, with hopes to start flights from 2028.<\/p>\n Warsaw\u00a0Solidarity Airport, also known as Central Communication Port, hopes to start construction by the end of the year, and could rival Heathrow and Dubai for long haul flights.<\/p>\n And a train station in the UK nearly became a huge airport.<\/p>\nRead more on airports<\/h2>\n
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