Best view of Berlin? View from the Rooftop Terrace at Week End Nightclub
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Radisson Blu Berlin, AquaDom
The AquaDom in Berlin, Germany, is a 82ft tall cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium with built-in transparent elevator. It is located at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Berlin-Mitte.The DomAquarée complex also contains a hotel, offices, a restaurant, and the aquarium Sea Life Centre.
Aquarium Facts:
- The aquarium is habitat to more than 1,500 tropical fish and over 50 different species, including trigger fish, hogfish, humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), blowfish (Tetraodontidae), surgeonfish (Myripristinae), soldierfish (Tetraodontidae) and swarm fish, like Cero mackerel (Scomberomorus regalis) and Silver moonfish (Monodactylus argenteus).
- The height of the AquaDom is 25 metres.
- The aquarium is made of acrylic, with a thickness of 16 cm on the top and 22 cm at the bottom.
- The acrylic cylinder has a height of 16 metres and a diameter of 11,50 metres.
- The water level is 14 metres.
- One million litres of Berlin water enhanced with 33 tons of sea salt (salt content of 3,3 %) is circulated every hour (7 filter/ 2 pumps are circulating 600 m³/ hour - nearly the whole volume of the aquarium).
- Water pressure is 2,4 bar.
- The two-story glass elevator inside the AquaDom (5 metres high/ weight of 25 tons) has a capacity of 48 people, including one guide.
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Traffic Light, Karl-Max-Allee, Berlin / by Miguel Angel
St. Bartholomew (Photo courtesy of Michael Dawes)
The church is located on the western edge of the Königssee (King’s Lake) on the peninsula of Hirschau. It can only be reached by ship or after a long hike. The chapel originated in part in the 12th century. Since the 16th century it has been in the baroque style. St. Bartholomew is said to be the protector of alpine farmers and of milkmaids. St. Bartholomä has two onion domes and a red domed roof. The floor plan is based on that of the Salzburg Cathedral. The church features stucco work by the Salzburg artist Josef Schmidt and a three-apse quire. The altars in the apses are consecrated to St. Bartholomew, St. Catherine, and St. James respectively.
Near the chapel lies the old hunting lodge of the same name. The lodge, which was first erected in the 12th century with the church, has been rebuilt multiple times. Until 1803, it was a private residence of the Prince-Provosts of Berchtesgaden; after Berchtesgaden became part of Bavaria, the building became a favorite Wittelsbach hunting lodge; today it is an inn.
by Martin Gommel, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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