Large aquarium explodes in Berlin hotel lobby

An aquarium containing one million litres of water and about 1,500 fish has exploded in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin.
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[@bamabelle7075]

I can’t find any footage of the explosion. It’s hard to believe this hotel didn’t have any working cameras aimed at the aquarium.

[@uzefulvideos3440]

There probably is footage, just not available for the press currently.

[@DaishaView]

How do you know they don’t have cameras at the aquarium?

[@gloriaa.garcia3985]

We stayed at this hotel for a whole week when we visited Berlin. The towering aquarium was awesome so sad the fish couldn't be saved.

[@poisonarrow0631]

I was there last year, and for me and others who stayed there it feels so weird. poor fishies 🐠😢

[@BurnzOfficial]

I mean it can’t really be the design, it’s been up since 2003, almost 20 years.. I think Father Time did it’s thing on this one

[@mark99799]

2 years ago were some constructions work

[@ShadowMan66]

I'm suspicious that the neighbourhood cats aren't in on this feeding frenzy Christmas Snack Conspiracy #fishgate!

[@JelMain]

London did it with more class in 1814, when a brewery vessel broke, taking others with it. The flood of beer, up to 1.4m l and 3.5m high, left 8 dead immediately, and more from alcoholic intoxication afterwards.

[@IvanPavlov]

This reminds me of the 1919 great molasses flood of Boston.

[@billhuitson5208]

My thoughts go out to those poor gin soaked Victorians in what would have been a difficult time.

[@JelMain]

@@billhuitson5208 Indeed. The area affected was Irish, and portrayed by Hogarth in his print Gin Lane. Five of the dead were in the cellat of a house opposite, out of their noddles after a wake for a two year-old who'd died the day before. However, this was slightly earlier, Regency rather than Victorian times - Victoria was born five years later.

[@billhuitson5208]

Thanks Rahere, that’s very interesting but tragic, my mum told me a similar story , I think it was where she lived in Leeds during ww2 where people who were sheltering underground were killed when a vat of hot liquid toffee was hit and flooded the shelter.

[@stephenwinter8892]

Greetings from southern Ontario Canada thanks for sharing this upsetting news with us and hopefully this situation will be resolved soon

[@marmin29]

Imagine standing next to the aquarium 🫣

[@frankm7707]

The sushi restaurant next door suddenly has an all you can eat sale for 50 Euros

[@ondinehd6889]

Why must there be an aquarium with tropical fish in a hotel? When are people going to learn that animals are NOT for entertainment? These fish would have been much better off where they came from, and free. Shame on this hotel, for unethical practices!

[@billhuitson5208]

the recent introduction of the Swordfish and the Hammer headed shark wasn’t the best of moves..

[@krakecz3737]

No cameras in shoping centre?

[@studio_rtr]

It's a hotel, but same point I guess. They might not get released yet because the police will check them first.

[@PhilAndOr]

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

[@darkone666]

🤣🤣

[@cheater87]

RIP Fish

[@makigott19]

ohh noo the fishiesss that's just saddddd hope some survived it but still omggg!!!

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

It’s beautiful. Hopefully they’ll rebuild it but keep temperature changes in mind going forward. 👍🏻

[@Muzzy12]

And nobody died from the flood or the flying glass?

[@Dirpitz]

It 'just exploded'? Something smells fishy about this situation

[@digdougedy]

It does seem a bit odd for it to fail like that. Surely it would have been laminated glass? That is allot of weight of water though. One little crack created when installing it would eventually fail.

[@Dirpitz]

@@digdougedy It was a joke darling aquarium...smells fishy o\

[@shewolfee4247]

PUTIN DID IT!!!😹😹😹😹

[@quaiddairloom9221]

It was an inside job, the fish had been planning for weeks

[@digdougedy]

@@quaiddairloom9221 Oh...You should have let minnow.

[@carmay3600]

An aquarium that large with a lot of water pressure against the glass built around a constant moving and vibrating elevator… NO WONDER IT EXPLODED! 🤦🏾‍♀️ Poor fish

[@jameshubert6103]

Hans Krebs isn’t gonna like this news when it reaches the Fuhrer bunker

[@TheWell22]

Oh no,survival of the fishest

[@raulfotb]

Aquaman was there

[@Ineedahandle75]

So whoever designed it maybe didn't do their job properly

[@parrysan]

Perhaps same company as that infamous Berlin airport

[@freespirit-sp]

American company from Colorado did that

[@jaimebondoza3710]

@@freespirit-sp Yeah I'm watching a docu in german about building it kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2Sum3qAbaaNsKs the american guy who says something to the effect "the other company said it couldn't be done, but we can!" sure was a chuckle hahaha

[@rileyuktv6426]

This sounds and smells fishy 🐠

[@shewolfee4247]

😹😹

[@chobson8602]

Russian op clearly

[@alainportant6412]

The species were rare species.

[@revpgesqredux]

Are they tassty preciousss?

[@redwood9992]

i wanna say that if i was there i wouldve made the effort to save some the fish by finding something i could of solud size that i could put water in and go around picking up any fish i see flopping 😢

[@billhuitson5208]

Oh bless you❤️

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

Maybe if the hotel had baths in the bathrooms and a swimming pool people could've got together to save some. But there's too many NPCs nowadays and the media isn't even reporting on who was at the scene at time and their reactions and escape experiences (edit: I found out that it happened to happened at a quiet time around 5am - two people injured but don't have details).. I hope they're in fish heaven now thinking about their days in an aquarium.

[@redwood9992]

@@AzathothTheGreat yeah that might be true maybe not necessarily within a few 100 ft from it but if i were actually there. think its because it happened so early that there werent alot of people up is my only guess.

[@Kknah91]

@@redwood9992 I read that they were saltwater tropical fish…would be hard to quickly find suitable water for them in all the chaos 😔 very sad. The aquarium looked amazing.

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

@@AzathothTheGreat A good mental note to keep I think: if you wake up in a hotel thinking you've heard a loud bang, do force yourself up out of bed to check for terrorism. I also wonder how pedestrians reacted to many fish swept into the street flapping about..

[@elinanilsson6476]

😭 oh the fishes 😭🐟

[@Tomthestarhartnell]

Maybe keeping wild animals in captivity is not the message God wants to send?

[@herbertfretter3451]

Vorsprung tecnology

[@Rafael-pi4md]

Give the dead fish to a zoo so animals can eat it at least it will not be a waste

[@zendonteh9521]

At least cook the aquatic fish

[@basedlibertarianz910]

The fishes are now on the loose

[@Omegajunior2658]

Oh my god that was terrible, wasn't it?

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

oh, "kidnapped" fish freed to meet their maker, people prompted to wake up to their hubris in having taken risks for a silly wow factor and question what to trust more, local stray cats get a meal. ..All doubtfull of course but maybe.

[@trader2137]

great to see a white german, rare view nowadays if u ask me

[@parrysan]

Another 'Made in Germany ' success story 😂

[@mark99799]

but btw made in germany is the best quality feature you can have ;)

[@Unknown-yl9gj]

Where are the fish ?🤣

[@freespirit-sp]

Build by american engineers 😂👍

[@Danielwills6325]

Who made it to the moon first? Thats right.

[@freespirit-sp]

@@Danielwills6325 Some Nazi Engineer called Wernher von Braun. Thats right.

[@gwenwalravens8030]

@@Danielwills6325 The Russians did everything first in space, except for setting foot on the moon. It's kinda sad that this propaganda worked this well. Even today NASA is behind other programs done by Europe and China.

[@mark99799]

yeah and it was built 20 years ago so they did an amazing job ;)

[@freespirit-sp]

@@mark99799 and general overhauled in 2020 ;)

[@ocrap10]

BEAT THAT DUCE BIGALOW

[@ericajohnson7535]

Who designed this? An LGBTQIA+ bipoc woman?

[@alainportant6412]

A trans black woman

[@mark99799]

wtf?

[@alainportant6412]

@@mark99799 He was (most likely) implying that the media keeps telling us about the numerous prowess of LGBTQIA+ bipoc trans people, (especially in the fields of science) while in reality, and throughout history, their various attempts at building cool stuff using science, often ended up looking something like this poor aquarium. RIP Fishes, and thank you for the fish.

[@parrysan]

Place to go for sushi 🍣 😅

[@billparsons7765]

Don‘t remember if they had a sushi bar.

[@anthonymitchell8893]

poor fish media outlets keep going on about poor people having to evacuate their rooms hsnha there rich im sure they will survive another day poor loves