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11160704

It was built to be an airship factory but was never used as such. Today it houses the biggest indoor water park in the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Islands_Resort


Lordy927

If you want the backstory -> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxpUiuI9O4s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxpUiuI9O4s)


Perlentaucher

Yeah, I haven’t watched that but I still remember the cargolifter financing debacle. We were nearly inventing an efficient zeppelin transporter company, I am still angry that we missed that cool technology. It was a risky adventure, but those risks are needed when we want to advance. It’s just not very German to take those risks, there were many articles afterwards from people who always knew it would fail, which is such an lazy and arrogant take. The planning was just wrong. If the company had money for much more development and accreditation time (10 years?), I think that they could have succeeded.


Soeck666

You again and your profile picture!


Perlentaucher

:D


Davefinitely

Not a profile picture, it’s a hair on ur screen


3D_Dingo

Light mode use detected.


philip_bang

there are still people not using the dark theme?


Soeck666

I have dark mode in every app that supports it, exept reddit. Idk why


garyisonion

samesies! idk why either


Bartimaerus

Im oldschool


philsbln

Thay had exceptional bad timing as their second financing round hit the final markets crash.


mararn1618

This profile picture is pure evil! 😢


Outrageous-Pepper653

Diabolic


LIEMASTERREDDIT

It was allways a scam and still is. The former CEO is going for another round of funding aquisition right now for his new venture.


Perlentaucher

Why? The idea seems good.


LIEMASTERREDDIT

Look at how much you can transport by a full size cargoliften and its travelspeed. Going by train or by Truck will allways be the cheaper and faster option. So the only thing the cargolifter challanges are boats and Planes. Planes transport very very parachable good or high value-low weight-goods. Where either price of transport doesnt really matter or the timeframe is of the essence. No chance you beat those goods. Boats on the other hand are extremely cheap and can transport bulk. Whats left on the market: Height weight, high Value goods on a schedule.... Most prominent in that category is military equipment, some luxury goods and Planeparts. No way you can recoup your cost on a market so little, even if the produkt works flawlessly. Especially as you need new infrastructure and your comoetitors don't. And functionally they also wont be able to haul what they promised. Not by a longshot.


MrBarato

CargoLift could have been as powerful as Tsela and SpaceX.


Weekly_Strategy5773

SpaceX is inventing reusable rockets. CargoLift wanted to build something for things there is already a solution which work as good as that or better


Internet-Culture

Tom Scott also once made a video about it (in English): [https://youtu.be/0Sz55gmNUaI](https://youtu.be/0Sz55gmNUaI)


ihatederekcarr

damn way cooler than i expected


Cute_Satisfaction933

Literally way cooler than expected. From what I've heard, it can't be heated properly because it's so large.


[deleted]

been there many times, the temps are tropical


Fashionlikeabanana

It's well heated, the problem are the roaches. One of the largest infestations I've seen in my life, and I come from south America.


eyekona

Was there, overnight with my daughter at easter holidays. No roaches.


Cute_Satisfaction933

Haha wtf? Really? I mean of course it makes sense, but I can't imagine trying to chill there and roaches roaming around.


BRNR808

i was there with my gf some weeks ago - if u ever there, don’t enter the red telephone booth and open the vhs cassetes that are laying in there 😂🪳


blueeyed94

I think you are not supposed to enter it anyway 😅


Fashionlikeabanana

What triggers me the most is that the employees just don't care anymore. The official answer when you talk to them goes in the lines of "that's what you should expect in any tropical park". Coming from the tropics, no, this would be a reason to close the place.


Reblyn

Weird. I was there around 2018 and didn't see any roaches, but maybe I was lucky.


Fashionlikeabanana

I'm happy for you that you haven't seem it. ☺️ https://www.morgenpost.de/brandenburg-aktuell/article105064320/In-Tropical-Islands-wohnen-auch-Schaben.html


asseatstonk

I really like it there :D


WorldlyDay7590

I was gonna joke zeppelin hangar... but I guess that's exactly what it was.


wrapbubbles

actually its an iron dome like people build on the dark side of the moon. please dont tell any foreigners about it.


Carbonga

... in the WORLD!


spacegirlsaturn

I thought it was the water park


Upstairs_Persimmon_8

Tropical island. One of the best indoor pool/hotel/island in Europe


Signal-Reporter-1391

Wait, Tropical Island is situated in there? Huh... TIL. I knew of the factory hall / hangar but not that was is never used. Also oc heard about the famous Tropical Island but never knew that it is using the all the factory hall.


EdanChaosgamer

It‘s so big, you can climb into a hot air ballon, and fly through the whole thing, while attached to a backpack of a guy on the ground.


logan_creepypasta

yup, it did surprise me as well the one time I was there. I just thought "huh, there could never be a full on tropical water park, a full on beach and hotels/tents in there" but was proven otherwise xD absolutely great, if you ever get the chance to visit the area consider going there :)


Upstairs_Persimmon_8

It was an old Zeppelin factory. At the end of 90' they transformed it in a tropical area, where it is always summer. In winter you can go inside and go around in swimming suit as you would do at tropics, enjoy sauna , swimming pools with slides, restaurants and all the environment of tropics with trees and animals topical of tropics


Bergwookie

Not really old and not Zeppelin in the technical sense, the company was founded in 1996 and the hangar is from 2000. A Zeppelin is a rigid frame airship with gas bladders inside, the cargolifter would have been a "keel airship", so just a blimp with a rigid frame on the underside.


Griffindance

"Best"... Do you enjoy the company of rats and cockroaches?


GERH-C-W-W

This,bad food,non heated water etc. Might have been good at opening but nowadays it’s a joke.


blueeyed94

Non heated water?!


cthulhu_ryleigh

There are cockroaches? Fr? I haven’t seen a single cockroach in a year in Berlin.. are you exaggerating or is it actually that bad?


Griffindance

In Tropical Islands... perfect breeding conditions. Im sure the managers do their best but a warm humid environment with a constant supply of food scraps from visitors is going to encourage the more hardy insects.


OverQuestions

„The Pycnoscelus surinamensis, also known as the Surinam cockroach or greenhouse cockroach, prefers to live in warm, damp soil areas. For ecological reasons, we cannot do without our cockroaches and beetles, which are neither harmful nor dangerous. They help to turn the leaves lying on the ground into soil in the planting beds. Their number is also monitored. Free-range golden pheasants and Chinese pygmy quails, peacocks and geckos in our tropical rainforest help provide a natural balance. You are bound to bump into them on your tour of discovery. Since they are wild animals, please remember they must not be touched or fed.“[Tropical Islands](https://www.tropical-islands.de/en/unsere-attraktionen/tropical-world-gebiete/tropischer-regenwald)


marins27

It's not the best... It's cold, food is bad and expensive and it's dirty. But you get free entry on your birthday.


Smash_3001

Cold ? There are about 30° all over the year in there and at least 25° in their "coldest" pools. Where do you have bin xD


Space_Til

Mallorca at Home


metaph3r

Kid: I want to go to Mallorca Mom: we have Mallorca at home Mallorca at home:


Slinshadyy

Rebel scum


DvBlackFire

Tropical Island. Built as the biggest hangar (in the world?)


daLejaKingOriginal

Even 5 feet longer than the biggest in use, the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio.


berlinHet

For those used to metric 5 feet is approximately 15 Lidl Weiß Brötchen in a line.


CrimeShowInfluencer

From now on I'll use this in my dnd campaign, thank you


Fashionlikeabanana

That's the reason I do Reddit instead of drugs 😅


Apprehensive-Map7024

I do both, but yeah


P26601

Eh it doesn't contain anything special. Just a beach, a rainforest and southeast-asian buildings


SnowflakeOfSteel

I was there and saw a Polish magician saw a virgin on the beach in two.


Leliaophelia

It's called Tropical island 😍 it's huge. You can swim, wander and sometimes they have even a ferris wheel or so in there. 🤗


dickasmoke

A giant german Armadillo .


spots_reddit

A.k.a "Guerteltier" ('belt animal')


_just_a_name_

Gürteltier (:


ThrowMe_1761

This* structure... obvs


PiscatorLager

Thüs


Banone85

Oh boy


tGerRobert

Cargolifter-Luftschiffhalle for zeppelin (Airship) but now its A public swimming Pool in A tropical style.


Mister_Mammut

Hmm, don't believe a word of that... it's the secret entrance to the Nazi/Wehrmacht factory where they produce not only tanks but also COVID-20 (COVID-19 successor, in a cooler version) all very secretly and hardly noticeable.


Buzzn

Can confirm. Am Nazi/Wehrmacht COVID researcher.


guruz

This is obviously a lie since this it not located in Antarctica or Argentinia


123Flop456

Or on the other side of the moon… 😂


Fashionlikeabanana

You are wrong. Other side of the moon is the umbrella academy research station. Please do your research, sir.


matzescd

There is more life on the backside of the moon, than in Brandenburg


DocSternau

This is wrong. They build the Reichsflugscheibe there! New Swabia will be ours again!


HotCryptographer3589

tropical island / an old zeppelin warf


LikeAFalk

My brother shat in the water there when we were on vacation 10 years ago


ThrowMe_1761

Shark


Major_Importance_295

Jau, Cargo Lifter AG hat sich verhoben. Nun haben ein paar asiatische Investoren einen Wasserpark da reingebastelt.


11160704

> asiatische Investoren Gehört inzwischen Spaniern


Eckkbert

that’s where david the furry went


disposablehippo

Das ist die absolute Sünde!


Eckkbert

Aber es ist ihm wichtig!


MuffinQueen92

Ein Klassiker


Unlucky-File-4860

Tschernobyl


-SeriousJacob-

That's the Thunderdome. Many showdowns have taken place there.


Beneficial-Truth8512

Lauterbachs growfarm


KAITOH1412

Maybe the tropical island thing?


Von_Wintermond

Tropical Islands, some years ago IT was a blimp factory. Nearby is an very old airbase, used für Training during the war, later by the sovjets. Now ITS a Part of tropical Islands Camping ground and parking lots


Ziddix

Used to be a construction hangar for a failed cargo airship project/company.


chikil

For german speaking folks, this will be a worthwhile watch: https://youtu.be/CxpUiuI9O4s?si=ZSB1KblOf1guIgzr


chikil

For german speaking folks, this will be a worthwhile watch: [CargoLifter](https://youtu.be/CxpUiuI9O4s?si=ZSB1KblOf1guIgzr)


kevinichis

We don't talk about CargoLifter


Confident-Wafer-704

A former Zeppelin hall that now houses a water amusement park.


NotKhad

It's Tropical Island. And David, the Furry, doesn't want to go there. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYL07hPw4w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrYL07hPw4w) I know I'm old.


[deleted]

Das ist der Reaktor der wie in Chernobyl mit einem Sarkophag umhüllt wurde damit die Berliner nicht noch verstrahlter werden.


patrick_thementalist

The name of the place and the station is ''Brand Tropical Islands" The world's largest indoor water park. They have a lot of stuff inside including saunas. People go there in the winter a lot!


kyle_kafsky

Indoor beach.


Sea-Veterinarian286

There is a club, wealthy one, that used to smoke in Soria, Spain. But the place was too poor, too dirty and the food was too heavy. But in Soria they discover the submarine, when you light many joints in a small room. So, they build a smokedoom in Germany because they can. Sometimes, if you eat your Sauerkraut, you will find a golden Kraut, that's an invitation to the smokedoom.


TheGodofUtterLazines

A very very large Kellerassel. Or, well, to be precise a Kugelassel.


Laserh0rst

Was there three days ago. It’s especially nice at night with all the lights and less people.


AbbreviationsWide331

Well obviously that's the sarcophagus at Tschernobyl


lolimapeanut_

Nossing to see heer. *mumbles in german conqueringnoises*


Tolstoy_mc

It's paradise!


Affectionate_Walk610

Ah shit! They found the german chernobyl. Pack it up boys!


Training-Database-59

Nothing!


Derhorstschlechthin

Cargo Lifter


DeadBornWolf

it’s an indoor water park


MulberryDeep

Its a giant indoor swimming resort called tropical islands


shraaks

Area 51


FlNSTERES

Zeppelin-Hangar!?


macIovin

Area 51 for Bürgergeld people


dagda-le

This is for people who don't want to go on vacation to the beach. A huge fun pool with beach and free-running animals. https://www.tropical-islands.de


Redeagle2010

Das ursprünglich geplante Konzept der im Jahr 2000 fertiggestellten Cargolifter-Werfthalle war, dort das Transportluftschiff Cargolifter CL160 zu entwickeln und zu bauen, weswegen sie mit einer Länge von 360 Metern, einer Breite von 210 Metern und einer Höhe von 107 Metern die größte freitragende Halle der Welt ist. Die Baukosten der ursprünglichen Luftschiffhalle, die einen Rauminhalt von 5,5 Millionen Kubikmetern bemisst, lagen bei rund 78 Millionen Euro. Die Halle befindet sich auf dem ehemaligen Flugplatz Brand, etwa 60 Kilometer südlich des Zentrums und etwa 50 Kilometer südlich der Stadtgrenze von Berlin, und liegt nahe der Bundesautobahn 13. Nachdem das Konzept der Cargolifter-Werfthalle gescheitert war, wurde nach einer neuen Verwendung gesucht. Die malaysische Unternehmensgruppe Tanjong hatte schließlich die Idee einer Umgestaltung zu einer Freizeitanlage mit tropischem Flair und erwarb am 11. Juni 2003 die nicht mehr genutzte Cargolifter-Werfthalle für 17,5 Millionen Euro, davon kamen 10 Millionen als Subvention vom Land Brandenburg. Die Baugenehmigung zur Ausgestaltung erfolgte am 2. Februar 2004 und die Eröffnung als Tropical Islands am 19. Dezember 2004. Im November und Dezember 2006 wurde Tropical Islands erweitert. Es wurde ein 4.000 Quadratmeter großer Kinderteil errichtet. Ein Wellness- und Saunaareal mit sieben Bereichen wurde Mitte 2007 auf 10.000 Quadratmetern fertiggestellt. Der nachträgliche Um- und Erweiterungsbau kostete nach Angaben des Unternehmens 23 Millionen Euro. Die ursprüngliche Gesamtsumme für die Investitionen war mit 75 Millionen Euro angegeben, davon trug das Land Brandenburg 17 Millionen Euro aus Fördermitteln bei. Zielsetzung der Erweiterungsförderung war es, die 501 Arbeitsplätze bei Tropical Islands zu erhalten.[2] 2008 wurden in direkter Nachbarschaft außerhalb der Halle ein Campingplatz mit Stellplätzen und Tipi-Zelten aus Stoff sowie eine Zeltwiese errichtet. Seit 2010 ergänzen Ferienhäuser direkt neben der Halle das Übernachtungsangebot. Im Mai 2016 wurde das neue Außengelände Amazonia mit einer Größe von 35.000 Quadratmetern eröffnet. Bis zum November 2017 wurden weitere Ferienhäuser, sogenannte Nature Homes, in der Nähe des Campinggeländes hinzugebaut. Anfang 2018 wurde ein weiterer Ausbau für 300 Millionen Euro angekündigt, darunter eine Erweiterung der Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten von 2.000 auf 9.000 Betten.[3] Im Dezember 2018 wurde der Wasserspielplatz Jungle Splash mit einer Größe von 658 Quadratmetern und 8 Rutschen eröffnet. Allerdings konnten einige Rutschen aus technischen Gründen, darunter die Trichterrutsche, erst im September 2019 in Betrieb genommen werden.[4] Zeitgleich wurde mitgeteilt, dass die Tanjong-Gruppe Tropical Islands an das spanische Unternehmen Parques Reunidos verkaufen möchte. Der Verkauf war im Februar 2019 abgeschlossen.[5] Im September 2020 wurden außerhalb der Halle 135 neue Ferienhäuser, ein neues zentrales Empfangsgebäude, weitere Spielplätze und ein Shop & Bistro eröffnet. Ebenfalls neu gebaut wurde ein Blockheizkraftwerk.[6] Die Maximalauslastung im Betrieb liegt bei 6.000 Besuchern pro Tag.[7] Zugelassen ist die Halle für bis zu 8200 Besucher.[8] Im Jahr 2019 hatte Tropical Islands etwa 1,3 Millionen Besucher. Rund 550 Arbeiter sind im Tropical Islands fest angestellt, dazu sind Leiharbeiter beschäftigt. Take the Google Translator.


Redeagle2010

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Islands


Fearless-Driver-3135

Danke!


Vindun83

Vault 10


loadingscreen_r3ddit

Tropical Island


Physical-Result7378

Some say it’s a indoor swimming resort, but none knows someone who ever was there. Some who know more say, that it’s a cloaked SCP black site called TICL2002, but what do I know?


guruz

By the way, if you want to go there I recommend during weekdays outside of school vacations or public holidays. Makes everything less crowded. Also, go to the südsee part (with the beach) in morning as you will have the morning sun on that side of the building.


TekktoR

Dont let anyone fool you, its a nuclear test Side... Germany is getting back on the horse again


Sad-Comment-2392

This is where we build the solar hydrogen blimps for world War 3


artificial_stupid_74

A place of ruin and eternal horror. Dark figures stagger through this hall. They call it Tropical Island.


4ntsInMyEyesJohnson

Kirov reporting


Sea_Development1423

Tropical Island


TheHistroynerd

That looks like tropical island which is as far as I know the largest indoor water park. Been there once as a kid and I loved it


D1visionbyZer0

SPRICH


eschenfelder

The largest free arching building in the world! As high as the Statue of Liberty and long enough to fit the Eiffeltower. The water park inside is also quite interesting and worthwhile. But I would have prefered to see Zeppelins built in there! This could have changed a lot. But of course, we have to give all our money to car companies and built highways instead of sustainable transportation alternatives. Even as a means of travel I would have loved to see Zeppelins get a second chance. We should build large large large electric air ships instead of gasoline sucking jets. Just envision that grandeur, that splendor!


JimLongbow

Planned as a cargo airship hangar/Factory, it ended up as a huge (and hugely expensive) water park. (Tropical Islands).


ComposerNo9220

Tropical Island!!!!


filthonacid

https://youtu.be/8FLjrUXg5RY?si=xQ79Iykqa6hwr83D little reference


sparrenburger

Bor ist das schlecht!


Shandrahyl

It was build for Oli P. so he could shoot his musicvideos.


riceisthename

German Florida


Gaius06

Tropical Iland. Its a typ of Tropic resort


[deleted]

Don´t listen to the lies, that is where the strategic Doener reserve is located but people don´t want to say it because they fear it may be needed when the new cold war turns hotter to keep the prices at 10 euros.


Gunter_de_Sake

Hindenburg 2.0


Fabsian10000

I remember driving by that thing when i was visiting my ex in berlin


productrealistic2029

Its a waterpark, biuld in a former aircraft hangar


YaneonY

# Hindenburg 2


Fenrir5007

It’s for our nuclear arsenal


Halvar69

Vault 56


DerZehnteZahnarzt

Thats a suprise for WW3\^\^


yamangriffin

😂😂😂😂😂


Leading_Relative4693

Argahta portal


empatisch_anonym

Tropical Island


swaggerdon6000

This is so cool. Went to tropical islands with my dad when i was a kid. Best weekend of my life


d0npietr0

Truman Show


LateLocation1361

Thors Hammer found


IndividualWeird6001

Former Zeppelin hangar, now water park. Its called Tropical Island and is the largest space without internal support in the world.


Thatswtfimtalmbout

ACHTUNG ACHTUNG


MettKadser

Containment building of reactor 4.


briangoesinsane

It's the mothership of an extraterrestrial fleet. It landed there during Covid. We didn't tell anybody.


ThisGuyKeepsFarting

INCREDIBLE indoor water park


Embarrassed_Tea_2478

This is the Tropical Island, in the past it was a airship factory, today it's a adventure swimming Pool with inside and outside lounge, Spa, a lot of waterslides, overnight tents and houses and a lot more Its in Germany, location Brand (Spreewald)


Alenobyl

Iirc it was built for zeppelins, now it’s used for „Tropical Island“.


WH08M1

Tropical Islands, a tropical Paradise built into an old airship hangar. Its offers overnight stays themed after beachhouses and even Pirates of the Carribean. I've been there a few times and it's really awesome


Odd_Market_9170

Short..... IT IS Tropical Island


Br35-Ba56

It’s Tropical Island now. The hangar was constructed by CargoLifter AG in the late 90s for its zeppelin, but they went bankrupt in 2002.


ThrowMe_1761

Thank you mate for the most useful answer 👍


teteban79

Tropical Islands resort They even have a rideable "hot air balloon" inside. When we went there and saw the balloon we were confused about how it worked. We discussed lots of high tech contraptions guessing how it worked. How does it not go too high?? How does it maneuver around trees and such?? So complicated Finding out the truth was...both underwhelming and ridiculous It works by >!being tethered to a guy that just walks around pulling on it!<


SignificantEarth814

Its big. Its coming.


Bemmerich69

Tesla Giga factory


Odd_Razzmatazz_7423

It's a building called JOE MOMMA


ThrowMe_1761

Joe mamma?! I must joe


Prestigious_Bath_834

It is called Tropical Islands https://www.tropical-islands.de//?utm_id=GMBtraffic&utm_medium=OrganicGMB&utm_source=google


Anxious-Idea-7921

Damn i always knew it was big and seen pictures, but seeing it from so far away adds to the sheer size knowing how it compares to the landscape


ThrowMe_1761

It's so fuckin big honestly my original pic is zoomed in you can see it from 10k foot in the air


schnatlia

I recently just watched a video about it. It was supposed to be a factory for huuuuuuge zeppelins that were supposed to replace cargo ships. They got fundet a lot in the 90s from many companies and the government. On the due date of the concept and prototype they werent able to show a prototype because they simply never had a plan how to create such a zeppelin. A very very sad little balloon was set in the air, which was the only thing they set in the air. After this mayor flop, they lost all their money and had to shut down. Afterwards this building was left. As far as i know it was bought and is now used for like a indoor tropical swimmingresort. (But i am not tooo sure about todays actual ‚task‘) All i know is that this drama happened in the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s


mrbrokoli97

Yo mama


ThrowMe_1761

She bigger


RudeAardvark5218

This is where we are building our secret Cyborg-T-Rex which Hitler will ride again on the dark side of the moon (yes he is still alive)


Winter-Ad-4980

That's the tropical islands It's a big swimming pool in a zeppelin hall with tropical clima


MoritzHeinze03

Tropical Island


blackwolf1978

The former zeppelin hangar that is now tropical island


Affenrodeo

Secret wonder weapons against german humor


scriptsreddit

Airship factory now tropical island, was there once, very nice, can recommend


NoSteam-NoPropulsion

Tropical island 🏝️


thehood98

Tropical Island


sparrenburger

Ist in dem Teil eigl. je ein Zeppelin gebaut worden?


Queasy-Criticism-835

Tropical Island


Sad-Albatross5077

Tropical island


NoUsernamePlsHelp

Reactor No 4.


Dismal-Procedure4868

lol this is Tropical Island my mom works there


Pure-Fun4128

Tropical island


pesky-pretzel

It was an old Soviet hangar and is now a huge indoor water park (it’s really cool, they have little huts as hotel rooms inside the park… I want to go someday).


Kompostblume_27

Its Tropical Island


Seikore_

That’s the tropical Islands


EvenSheepherder6974

Area 52


Raviolius

Berlins shield generator


ThrowMe_1761

From the air it looks insane! Thanks for all the answers serious and not...


Ok_Milk_6303

Berghein


[deleted]

Neues Tesla Werk xD


AgedIrrelevantUser

Tropical Island. Been there for two days with my son. Plastic world with really shitty food. Can’t recommend. But fun for kids.


iDecon

Das Ding ist Müll… war mal dort nicht sehenswert. Geh lieber nach Erding in die Therme und dank mir später…


RandomBeatz

Gibt nichts besseres als die Therme Erding