15 November, 2006

Tropical Islands

Browsing on Wikipedia, i ended up looking at an article on the largest buildings on earth, whether it be by volume, area or mass. One that caught my eye was the Aerium - a massive hangar built to house an airship that was never made. Looking so alien in the landscape, it reminds me of the old pictures of moon colonies and artist's impressions of where we would live in the future...



It's in eastern Germany and lay empty for years. Recently, a Malaysian company bought the site and have turned the hangar into an artificial tropical resort with a rain forest, beach, artificial sun and palm trees - open 24 hours a day, every day of the year! Sounds brilliant. The official website is all in German, but there's some cool photos, including this one of a basejump from the roof:


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