It is a unique process: A large aquarium bursts in a Berlin hotel and immediately releases the force of more than a million liters of water. Two people are injured. The building surrounding the tank got off less lightly.
According to the Radisson Hotel Group, after the giant aquarium burst in a Berlin hotel, it is still unclear when the house will reopen. A spokesman for the company said the damage was significant. “The hotel will remain closed for a long time. Exactly how long will be determined together with experts and the owner of the building.”
A hotel guest and a staff member were slightly injured in Friday’s incident. “We offer the injured guest and our colleague our full support and wish them a speedy recovery,” said the spokesman.
Early on Friday morning, the 16 meter high Aquadom aquarium with 1,500 fish burst in the hotel on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. As a result, a million liters of water poured out of the destroyed acrylic glass cylinder into the hotel and onto the street, among other things. The guests were then taken to another hotel. At least six other shops in the building complex were damaged. The search for the cause is ongoing.
After the incident with the AquaDom, another large aquarium, which was still in the planning stage, was targeted by politicians – the “Coral World” on the Rummelsburg Bay in the Lichtenberg district. According to media reports, an aquarium with marine life is to be built there in addition to a hotel and a park landscape. Possibly with sharks and rays, as reported by the “Tagesspiegel”.
“We don’t want real sharks in the bay or the Spree. We already have real estate sharks there,” said Lichtenberger Left MP Hendrikje Klein to the “Tagesspiegel”. There had already been a collection of signatures against the “Coral World” in 2020.
