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Biggest free-standing hall in the world |
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Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical theme park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Krausnick, in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany. It is housed in the former CargoLifter airship hangar (known as the Aerium), the biggest free-standing hall in the world.
With the reunification of East Germany in 1989/1990, the Soviet Army agreed to return all military bases by 1994. Returned to the Federal Government of Germany in 1992, Cargolifter AG bought the former military airfield to construct airships. They began development of a new construction hall, 360 metres long, 210 metres wide and 107 metres high, which cost €78 million.
Tropical Islands has a number of different themed areas:
- The Tropical Village, featuring accurate copies of traditional buildings from Thailand, Borneo, Samoa and Bali.
- The Rainforest, with around 50,000 plants and 600 different species, including some rare plants.
- The Tropical Sea, a 140 metres (460 ft) pool with an area of 4,400 square metres (47,000 sq ft) and a depth of 1.35 metres (4 ft 5 in) designed to look like the waters of a coral island, a 200 metres (660 ft) sandy beach and 850 wooden sun-loungers; water temperature 28 °C (82 °F).
- The Bali Lagoon, with an area of 1,200 square metres (13,000 sq ft)and a depth of less than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in places, fountains, a current canal, whirlpools and two water slides; water temperature 32 °C (90 °F).
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Posted by: 3D-Archive | 14/03/2014 03:49 |
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