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Tropical Islands Resort
Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical-themed indoor water park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Halbe, a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany, 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the southern boundary of Berlin. It is the largest indoor water park in the world, bigger than Canada's World Waterpark at West Edmonton Mall, and is housed in a former airship hangar (known as the Aerium), which is the biggest free-standing hall in the world and the fourth-largest building in the world by usable volume. The hall belonged to the company Cargolifter until its insolvency in 2002.
Tropical Islands has a maximum capacity of 8,200 visitors per day. Approximately 600 people work at the park. Spanish entertainment group Parques Reunidos acquired Tropical Islands in December 2018.
Tropical Islands can be reached by taking the A13 autobahn, or by taking a train to Brand Tropical Islands station, followed by a free shuttle bus.
In 1938, German Luftwaffe began development of Brand-Briesen Airfield. The Red Army took the site in May 1945 and occupied the site after World War II, adding a second runway and nuclear-resistant command and control facilities for the fighter aircraft regiment.
With the reunification of Germany in 1989/1990, the Soviet Armed Forces agreed to return all military bases by 1994. Fully owned by the Federal Government of Germany since 1992, Cargolifter AG bought the former military airfield to construct airships. It began development of a new construction hall, 360 metres (1,180 feet) long, 210 metres (690 feet) wide and 107 metres (351 feet) high, which cost €78 million. At 5.5 million m³ (194 million ft³), it is one of the largest buildings on Earth by volume, and is the world's largest single hall without supporting pillars inside. The hangar was commissioned as an airship hangar named Aerium in November 2000, but the airship it was intended to house – the CL160 – was never built. CargoLifter went bankrupt in mid-2002, at which point usage of the hangar was abandoned. It was open for visitors, though.
The former airship hangar was purchased by the Malaysian corporation Tanjong with plans to renovate it into a theme park resort on 11 June 2003 for €17.5 million, of which €10 million was a subsidy from the state of Brandenburg. The building permit for constructing the theme park inside the hall was granted on 2 February 2004, and Tropical Islands water park officially opened on 19 December 2004.
Inside the hall, the air temperature is maintained at 26 °C (79 °F) and air humidity at approximately 64%. It is open every day of the year except Christmas Eve.
Tropical Islands has a number of different themed areas:
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Tropical Islands Resort
Tropical Islands Resort is a tropical-themed indoor water park located in the former Brand-Briesen Airfield in Halbe, a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg, Germany, 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the southern boundary of Berlin. It is the largest indoor water park in the world, bigger than Canada's World Waterpark at West Edmonton Mall, and is housed in a former airship hangar (known as the Aerium), which is the biggest free-standing hall in the world and the fourth-largest building in the world by usable volume. The hall belonged to the company Cargolifter until its insolvency in 2002.
Tropical Islands has a maximum capacity of 8,200 visitors per day. Approximately 600 people work at the park. Spanish entertainment group Parques Reunidos acquired Tropical Islands in December 2018.
Tropical Islands can be reached by taking the A13 autobahn, or by taking a train to Brand Tropical Islands station, followed by a free shuttle bus.
In 1938, German Luftwaffe began development of Brand-Briesen Airfield. The Red Army took the site in May 1945 and occupied the site after World War II, adding a second runway and nuclear-resistant command and control facilities for the fighter aircraft regiment.
With the reunification of Germany in 1989/1990, the Soviet Armed Forces agreed to return all military bases by 1994. Fully owned by the Federal Government of Germany since 1992, Cargolifter AG bought the former military airfield to construct airships. It began development of a new construction hall, 360 metres (1,180 feet) long, 210 metres (690 feet) wide and 107 metres (351 feet) high, which cost €78 million. At 5.5 million m³ (194 million ft³), it is one of the largest buildings on Earth by volume, and is the world's largest single hall without supporting pillars inside. The hangar was commissioned as an airship hangar named Aerium in November 2000, but the airship it was intended to house – the CL160 – was never built. CargoLifter went bankrupt in mid-2002, at which point usage of the hangar was abandoned. It was open for visitors, though.
The former airship hangar was purchased by the Malaysian corporation Tanjong with plans to renovate it into a theme park resort on 11 June 2003 for €17.5 million, of which €10 million was a subsidy from the state of Brandenburg. The building permit for constructing the theme park inside the hall was granted on 2 February 2004, and Tropical Islands water park officially opened on 19 December 2004.
Inside the hall, the air temperature is maintained at 26 °C (79 °F) and air humidity at approximately 64%. It is open every day of the year except Christmas Eve.
Tropical Islands has a number of different themed areas: