Germany Worlds Largest Model Airport Opened
Miniatur Wunderland - German for miniature wonderland - is a model railway attraction in Hamburg, Germany and the biggest of its kind in the world. As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 metres (39,370 ft) of track in H0 scale, divided into seven sections: Harz, the fictitious city of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. Of the 6,400 square metres (68,889 sq ft) of floorspace, the model takes 1,150 m2 (12,378 sq ft).
By 2020, the exhibit is estimated to have reached its final construction phase, including at least a total of ten sections in a model area of over 2,300 m2 (24,757 sq ft).
The next section covering an airport is basically due to open in the second week of May 2011. The exhibit includes 890 trains made up of over 11,000 carriages, 300,000 lights, 215,000 trees, and 200,000 human figurines.
The creators are arranging to work on models of Italy and France after the airport section is completed. Possible future additions include Africa, England, or a futuristic landscape.
