Video: how Schiphol airport has grown over 100 years

The airport is one of Europe's biggest freight hubs. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport is celebrating its 100th anniversary and the city’s archive has produced a video animation of how the airport has grown over the years.

Today, Schiphol has five runways and processes 58 million passengers a year.

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