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Miniatur Wunderland opens South America section in Hamburg
Miniatur Wunderland has opened a new South America section at its miniature attraction in Hamburg, Germany.
Called “Rainforest – Amazon, Andes and Atacama,” it covers 175 square metres and spans three landscapes.
The display includes 30,000 handmade trees, miniature animals and model trains moving through the scenery.
The project took about four years and cost six million euros, making it the attraction’s most expensive new section so far.
Miniatur Wunderland draws about 1.6 million visitors a year, and the new area lets them see miniature versions of places that are thousands of kilometres apart.
A Caribbean section is planned for 2028, followed by parts of Asia, and a film about the attraction is also planned.
Miniatur Wunderland opened its South America section in Hamburg on Monday, November 9.
The 175-square-metre exhibit covers the Amazon rainforest, the Andes and the Atacama Desert.
The project took about four years and cost six million euros, making it the attraction’s most expensive and complex new section to date.
It includes 30,000 handmade trees, model trains and miniature wildlife.
Parts of the rainforest were made with model builders in Buenos Aires and shipped to Hamburg in three containers.
- Who
- Miniatur Wunderland opened the section. Hamburg First Mayor Peter Tschentscher took part in the opening.
- What
- It opened a new South America exhibit called “Rainforest – Amazon, Andes and Atacama.
- When
- Monday, November 9. The year is not stated in the article text.
- Where
- Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Work on the South America section began.
Parts of the rainforest made with model builders in Buenos Aires were shipped to Hamburg in three containers, a journey that took about a month.
Miniatur Wunderland opened the South America section.
- Area
- 175 square metres
- Construction time
- About four years
- Cost
- Six million euros
- Handmade trees
- 30,000
- Shipping
- Three containers from Buenos Aires to Hamburg
What people are saying
What we have created here is actually completely crazy. On just 175 square metres, we have created a whole world full of extremes, for which in reality you would have to travel thousands of kilometres.