A Day at Tropical Islands Berlin | Bon Appétit
"T.I. fills an airfield hanger originally built in 1938 for the Nazi Luftwaffe. The Red Army overtook the site in 1945 and the Soviet Air Force stayed until 1992. A Malaysian company purchased the hanger at a steep discount in 2003, after some kind of German cargo-blimp enterprise went bankrupt. T.I. opened a year later. T.I.'s sandy beaches, complete with lopsided palm trees. At some point after I moved to Berlin in 2015, I learned of the gigantic and easily accessible bubble. T.I. is a labyrinth of superlatives—it’s one of the largest self-supporting halls on the planet and features the world’s largest indoor rainforest; T.I. is Europe’s largest tropical island resort and has the continent’s biggest wellness and spa complex; the park also holds the record for Germany’s highest water slide tower." - ByAlex Ronan
