17 Airports with Unusually Strange Amenities

Rooftop swimming pools, whiskey distilleries, museum branches, and ice skating rinks.

Forget simple charging stations and duty-free perfume. These 17 international hubs feature amenities that challenge the very definition of a transit terminal.

17 Airports

4 Swimming Pools

2 Breweries

Rooftop Swimming Pool & Jacuzzi

Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) · Terminal 1

Rooftop Pool

An open-air swimming pool located on the rooftop of Terminal 1, where passengers can watch Boeing 777s and A350s take off on runway 02L while swimming in balmy tropical heat.

Airside Rijksmuseum Art Annex

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) · Holland Boulevard

Museum Exhibit

The world's first museum exhibit located past passport control, showcasing authentic 17th-century Golden Age paintings on rotating loan from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Operational Airside Brewery (Airbräu)

Munich Airport (MUC) · Terminal 1 / Central Area

Live Brewery

Airbräu is Europe's only airport brewery, brewing unpasteurized Bavarian beers according to the 1516 Purity Law right between the terminals with a 600-seat outdoor beer garden.

Modern aviation architecture is competing fiercely to capture transit layovers. Here are the most unexpected amenities found inside active airport terminals worldwide.