Tropical Islands Resort

Tropical Islands
Tropical Islands Resort
Tropical Islands Resort inside the dome
LocationKrausnick, Germany
Coordinates52°02′15″N 13°44′55″E / 52.03750°N 13.74861°E / 52.03750; 13.74861
OwnerParques Reunidos
Opened19 December 2004
Websitetropical-islands.de
Former airship hangar, now housing the resort
Interior of the hangar. Note people at the lower left for scale

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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ Scott Vogel (15 March 2009). "In Germany, a Fantasy Island". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "Germany's Pleasure Dome". Damn Interesting. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Parques Reunidos acquires Tropical Islands for €226m". 12 December 2018.