The world's largest indoor beach spans 200 metres at the Tropical Island Resort near Berlin and the temperature stays 26C all ...

The world’s largest indoor beach can be found inside the Tropical Island Resort in Krausnick, Germany, which is an hour drive ...

KRAUSNICK, Germany -- The Tropical Islands indoor resort in Krausnick, Germany is located on the site of a former Soviet military air base. The resort occupies a hangar built originally to house ...

There’s a light, freezing rain pouring in Krausnick, Germany right now. But visitors to the Tropical Islands Resort can frolick in their swimsuits. The former Soviet military air base has been ...

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RISE, TAKE up thy beach chairs and walk. That’s a daily job in northern Germany where the “Strandkorb” — old-fashioned, roofed wicker chairs — are set up on sandy beaches that swirl along the Baltic ...

In 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of a massive 3-mile-long row of buildings, destined to be an enormous beach resort for Nazi Germany. It was abandoned three years later, when World War ...