AquaDom
The AquaDom in Berlin district of Mitte is the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world. It has been in the CityQuartier DomAquarée since May 2004 .
It consists of an acrylic glass container 16 meters high and 11.5 meters in diameter. Overall, the construction is 25 meters high. In the middle of the cylinder, visitors can take an elevator through the interior of the aquarium. Around 1500 fish from around 97 different species live in one million liters of water in the aquarium . At the same time, the AquaDom is the exit from Sea Life Berlin. Here visitors can experience an extraordinary journey through the coral reef habitat.
The AquaDom was opened on December 2nd, 2003 after several years of construction. The general contractor was a cooperation between the companies ICM and Müller-Altvatter . E. Sander supplied the system technology, Reynolds Polymer supplied the acrylic glass, and Hydro Sight provided parts of the project monitoring and the maintenance that followed the construction phase. The elevator was built by GBH-Design Vierkirchen . The costs amounted to 12.8 million euros.
Union Investment Real Estate GmbH realized this project and the biological management is the responsibility of the Berlin Society for Large Aquariums (BGG). The aim of the BGG is to transform the AquaDom into an artificially created coral reef in order to create a common habitat for fish and corals in the cylindrical aquarium.
Web links
- AquaDom facts Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin
- Official website of the Sea Life Center
- Sea Life Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Aulich: In the panorama lift through the fish basin: Today the Sea Life Berlin opens with the world's largest aquarium: Five minutes of the Caribbean. In: Berliner Zeitung , December 2, 2003
- ↑ SEA LIFE: AquaDom & SEA LIFE Berlin . ( visitsealife.com [accessed March 30, 2017]).
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 '10.8 " N , 13 ° 24' 9.6" E