[defrost]

Link to English article:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/16/huge-cylindric...

> A freestanding cylindrical aquarium housing about 1,500 exotic fish has burst in Berlin, causing a wave of devastation in and around the Sea Life tourist attraction, police have said.

> Glass and other debris were swept out of the DomAquarée complex, which houses a Radisson hotel, a museum, shops and restaurants, as 1m litres of water poured out of the 14-metre-high tank shortly before 6am.

> Operators say the aquarium has the biggest cylindrical tank in the world that contained 1,500 tropical fish of 80 different species before the incident.

> The aquarium, which was last upgraded in 2020, is a big tourist attraction in Berlin. A 10-minute elevator ride through the tank was one of the highlights of the attraction.

[TeMPOraL]

> 14-metre-high tank

> 10-minute elevator ride through the tank

That's 1.4 meters per minute, or ~2.3 centimeters per second. The aquarium and the fish in it must have been marvelous to watch, because otherwise even imagining being stuck in an elevator moving at this pace feels terrifyingly boring to think about.

[ceejayoz]

You've never sat on a bench for 10 minutes to look at something neat? They move even slower.

[Cthulhu_]

It's a tourist attraction as part of the aquarium, not a tool to get from A to B; the hotel had its own regular elevator.

[slickrick216]

Yeah it was quite nice. They’d feed the fish too and they’d all scramble for it.