This is the coolest thing ever

**RummyBoy** · 01-28-2015, 08:57 AM

Amazing............ sweeeeeeet indoor paradise

**aka123** · 01-28-2015, 09:08 AM

OK, that is really cool. Not the usual "lame cool" stuff usually posted in here. Apparently it was built for airships.

**makeabuck** · 01-28-2015, 09:09 AM

That is super badass! Heck yes.

**romeo22** · 01-28-2015, 09:12 AM

I already miss the summer!

**~Ray** · 01-28-2015, 09:33 AM

really nice idea/re-use

**rogueteens** · 01-28-2015, 11:18 AM

Originally posted by Rochard

It's really a WWII era former Nazi hanger....

Is it really a Nazi hanger? I cannot see why they'd build that. Pre-war, I can see it being used for zepplins but not during the Nazi's time in power.

**aka123** · 01-28-2015, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by rogueteens

Is it really a Nazi hanger? I cannot see why they'd build that. Pre-war, I can see it being used for zepplins but not during the Nazi's time in power.

It was, based on google search. Nazi-Germany had some zeppelins too.

EDIT: You are right, but it is the other way around; old nazi base, but the hangar is modern, and for modern airships.

**rogueteens** · 01-28-2015, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by aka123

It was, based on google search. Nazi-Germany had some zeppelins too.

EDIT: You are right, but it is the other way around; old nazi base, but the hangar is modern, and for modern airships.

yeah, I just wiki'ed it ...

"In 1938, Germany began development of Brand-Briesen Airfield for the Luftwaffe. 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 installed fighter aircraft regiment.

With the reunification of East Germany in 1989/1990, the Soviet Army agreed to return all military bases by 1994. Returned to the Federal Government of Germany in 1992, Cargolifter AG bought the former military airfield to construct airships. They began development of a new construction hall, 360 metres long, 210 metres wide and 107 metres high, which cost ?78 million. At 5.5 million m³ (194 million ft³), it stands as one of the largest buildings on Earth by volume, and is the world's largest single hall without supporting pillars inside. 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. CargoLifter went bankrupt in mid-2002."

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**MickeyMike** · 01-28-2015, 11:55 AM

That's the way to re-use old war stuff.

**Zuzana Designs** · 01-28-2015, 12:08 PM

Wow that is pretty awesome! Probably not the coolest thing ever but it certainly is amazing

**Paul&John** · 01-28-2015, 01:03 PM

but agree, its cool

**Rochard** · 01-28-2015, 01:11 PM

Originally posted by rogueteens

Is it really a Nazi hanger? I cannot see why they'd build that. Pre-war, I can see it being used for zepplins but not during the Nazi's time in power.

I discovered it on a travel video that happen to catch my eye on weather.com and the text said "You won't believe what's inside this former Nazi hanger". It caught my eye because I love the WWII stuff.

The video says "This hanger was built in 1938 by the Nazis to house enormous airships". It makes sense because the Nazis had airships, and the Nazis love to build things HUGE.

Here is the video: http://www.weather.com/series/human-...s-always-sunny

No matter who built it... It's freaking awesome. The pictures don't seem to do it justice - you could fit the Statue of Liberty in it.

**georgeyw** · 01-28-2015, 01:19 PM

Give me the real beach with almost no one on it anyday...

**Antonio** · 01-28-2015, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by georgeyw

Give me the real beach with almost no one on it anyday...

Only you and a few great whites ??

This is the coolest thing ever

This is the coolest thing ever

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