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It is the world’s largest indoor beach with 400 sunloungers – and not a cloud in sight.

Yet with up to 6,000 visitors allowed in at a time, there are bound to be towel-fights over them – especially as this ‘indoors paradise’ is in Germany.

It's sunny indoors: The tropical island paradise in in Brandenburg, Germany is inside a building so big it could easily fit eight football pitches

The Tropical Island Resort in Krausnick, south of Berlin also boasts the largest indoor pool, 50,000-plant forest – and enough space to fly a hot air balloon inside.

The former aircraft hangar has been transformed into a paradise offering tourists a tropical escape, if you can ignore the fact that you are miles from any ocean – or the tropics, for that matter.

Source: Daily Mail

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Reminder: Think Twice Before Releasing Balloons into Our Environment

by TonyDasilva August 18, 2011 Hike
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While releasing balloons is often an idea of groups that wish to honor an event or lost loved one, the FWC encourages the public to choose more environmentally responsible actions for their events. Balloons released inevitably end up in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean. Wildlife, especially sea turtles, mistake balloons for food, and [...]

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