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Indoor Tropical Island
fons writes "The huge construction dome of the now bankrupt zeppelin maker CargoLifter, has been turned into an indoor tropical island. For about 20euro a day you can swim in the sea, take a walk in the rainforest or go to a beachparty. While it is snowing outside, it's a always a pleasant 25C on the island. And there are no tsunami's. It's bigger than Biosphere2 (it fits the Eiffeltower) but there's less sunlight. Would you spend your vacation in there? The Germans don't seem to be very eager."
Site is already really slow.. save them some bandwidth
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http://www.my-tropical-islands.com.nyud.net:8090/
If you don't mind the German descriptions you can get the same (and a few more) picturesh tm
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on the German site (has a different IP, so should work as a mirror):
http://www.thetropical-islands.com/fotos-opening.
(English version (with less pics) is also available:
http://www.my-tropical-islands.com/engl/fotos-ope
What in the fires of hell are you talking about? German's North Sea shoreline has some truly beautiful beaches, especially the islands. Admittedly, the weather is usually a tad chilly there, but in August the water temperatures sometimes approach 20 deg Celsius. And what's even better - you don't need a big towel, since the wind will blow you dry when you get out of the water ;-)