Additional charges also apply for areas such as the water slide tower, crazy golf course, African Jungle Lift, evening show and internal accommodation area. Visitors can move from one area to the other by paying an additional daily charge. Tropical Islands is divided into two main areas, each with its own admission price. On entering the hall, visitors choose between different basic admission options with different prices. It is open around the clock, every day of the year. Tropical Islands is home to the biggest indoor rainforest in the world, a beach, many tropical plants and a number of swimming pools, bars and restaurants. Inside the hall, the air temperature is 26 ☌ (78☏) and air humidity is around 64%. The building permit for constructing the theme park inside the hall was granted on 2 February 2004 and Tropical Islands officially opened on 19 December 2004. It was purchased by Tanjong on 11 June 2003 for €17.5 million, of which €10 million was a subsidy from the federal state of Brandenburg. The hangar – the third largest free-standing hall in the world – was originally designed to protect large airships from the elements. Tropical Islands was built by the Malaysian corporation Tanjong in the former airship hangar known as the Aerium. The hangar was commissioned as an airship hangar named Aerium in November 2000, but the airship it was intended to house – the CL160 – was never built. At 5.5 million m³ (194 million ft³), it Is one of the largest buildings on Earth by volume, and is the world's largest single hall without supporting pillars inside. They began development of a new construction hall, 360 metres long, 210 metres wide and 107 metres high, which cost €78 million. Returned to the Federal Government of Germany in 1992, Cargolifter AG bought the former military airfield to construct airships. With the reunification of East Germany in 1989/1990, the Soviet Army agreed to return all military bases by 1994. The Red Army overran the site in May 1945, and occupied the site after World War II, adding a second runway and nuclear-resistant command and control facilities for the fighter aircraft regiment. In 1938, Germany began development of Brand-Briesen Airfield for the Luftwaffe. It can also be reached by train and the closest railway station is Brand. It can be reached by taking the A13 motorway. The theme park is on the site of the former Soviet airfield Brand, in the Aerium hangar. It is close to Briesen/Brand in the south of the municipality of Halbe. Tropical Islands is located approximately 60 kilometres south of the centre of Berlin and 50 kilometres from the southern boundary of the city.
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