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You’ll Never Guess What’s Inside This Former Soviet Airplane Hangar

Feb. 22, 2013 2:11pm Liz Klimas

Would you believe this …

Germanys Tropical Islands Resort Situated in a Former Airplane Hangar

(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

…could be inside this?

(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Or that this freezing cold family…

(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

…will soon be doing this?

(Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

The giant airplane hangar turned resort called Tropical Islands is located on a former Soviet air force base in Brandenburg, Germany.

The main Tropical Island hall is 1,181 feet long, nearly 689 feet wide and 351 feet tall. According to the resort’s website, the Statue of Liberty could easily fit inside, as could eight football fields.

Attractions include a Bali Lagoon with cave and waterfall, sandy beaches, an African Jungle Lift, the tallest water slide in Germany, miniature golf, balloon rides and what it calls the world’s largest indoor rainforest.

The resort actually opened in 2004, but recent photos of it drew our attention. According to the company’s website, transforming from an airplane hangar into a tropical escape was “a huge challenge for the architects.”

“[The] construction needed to be able to withstand the volume of rain and snow that could accumulate on a 70,000 m2 roof, and the heating demands were also considerable. Almost 14,000 tonnes of steel were used for the building,” the company stated.

Here are more photos of the resort:

Watch this promotional video for Tropical Islands:

(H/T: NeatORama)

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Comments (143)

KEELHAULUM
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:14pm
@MALICIOUSDISORDER yeah, too bad it’s in California.

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KEELHAULUM
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 10:12pm
” I love those Bavarians,…so meticulous.” Garden of Allah by Don Henley

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AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 8:36pm
Cool!

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MALICIOUSDISORDER
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 8:32pm
Looks like a nice place, IF you don’t live in San Diego where the sun is real and the ocean is the Pacific.
love,
San Diego
76 and sunny

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gary kilmer
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 7:12pm
wow! this is a great idea

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Xanderson
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 6:50pm
YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT’S INSIDE THIS FORMER SOVIET AIRPLANE HANGAR

So close! I guessed naked Russians. But it was actually naked Germans! Dang!

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Ironeagle
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 6:47pm
Now thats taking a lemon and making into lemonaide!

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The_Fifth_Column
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 6:34pm
Cool. Good use for the old Blimp Hanger. Money maker too I’ll bet.

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Beachmastermax
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 6:04pm
That used to be reserved for the politburo only. And a few hot chicks.

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froggy19510
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:51pm
The pool has a ring around it.

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CowboyExpat
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:35pm
Daily Mail …. C’mon Blaze, you’re republishing stuff from another rag…be original, out front…

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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:31pm
Built with United States Stimulus Money given by Obama……………..

Let face it! This is the only thing Obama spent U.S Taxpayer dollars on that actually worked versus just ending back up in Obama’s and his criminal friends pockets.

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ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:17pm
Happy slaves make good citizens and tax payers. Free rangers!

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rlimike
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:07pm
Those ruskies sure know how to live !

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ColoradoMaverick
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 5:01pm
Cool, seems the move from a completely communist country to one that is more capitalist was the right move. Pay attention to this Obama.

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KP74
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 4:42pm
The hangar was completed in November of 2000 and was a commercial building (for construction of airships called CargoLifters). It was not Russian, Soviet, or Nazi.

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FLOWNOVERandFORGOTTEN
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 4:13pm
What kind of airplanes did the Russians keep in that thing? All of them?

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BlazingPatriot
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 4:05pm
So what? We have amazing resorts like this right here in the U.S. and it’s territories known as:

Hawaii, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico

Not to mention Disney World.

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Gargent_Furball
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 4:03pm
Lets put one over the White House and invite everyone in.

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V-MindMeld
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:52pm
Thats pretty cool……..our hangers here in the US will just decay and rot like everything else under Obama,,,,,,along with our decaying society under him.

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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:52pm
Impressive! Looks Fun! :)

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Big Media Bias
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:47pm
STOP using the Statue of Liberty as a size comparison in these stories. That is just unAmerican. Start using Michelle Obama instead.

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- Big Media Bias
  Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:58pm
  Love the promotional video at the end of the story. The Germans really know how to sexualize a family weekend resort. Don’t ever go to Germany. Everything looks sterile and bland. Even this resort uses only two colors; yellow and blue. No tropical flowers. The first photo shows a giant canvas painting of clouds… Germany is so sterile it’s not funny. Germans don’t laugh either.
  
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tightline
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:40pm
Very, very cool..Dubai has a indoor ski resort that looks cool also, Ski Dubai I think thats the name..

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LeadNotFollow
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:24pm
Wow! I want one in my back yard.

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AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 3:22pm
Oh look, Russia has a place for the rich and famous to go to! I can guarantee you your average everyday Russian would not be allowed!

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