15 Largest Aquariums in the World

By recreating the environments found beneath the ocean’s surface, Aquariums can be invaluable for education and research. There are tens of thousands of marine species that most of us would never normally be able to see in real life, and the ability to do so can inspire and encourage new generations to care for the planet’s oceans, and take care to preserve these animals for generations to come. Of course, keeping large aquatic creatures in fair conditions requires huge tanks to be built, and you won’t believe how big some actually are. It’s time to see the underwater world like never before, as we countdown the top 15 largest aquariums in the world.

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[Fozia_in_China]

Tomorrow I am going to visit the worlds first largest aquarium in the world very excited 😊

[Kittycat]

I'm from Illinois so happy that the shedd aquarium is on the list

[jojobunny]

I’ve been to the aquarium at Epcot a few times but I didn’t realize it was the second largest in the US and I visited the Georgia aquarium last summer. The whale shark exhibit is beautiful

[girldaddividendinvestor]

Amazing countdown for a bucket list.
Being a member of the Shedd Aquarium, can vouch. Amazing place for the entire family, or just perusing alone.

[Gust_The_Man]

Unfortunately the giant german aquarium exploded and flooded the entire lobby

[aetherion]

9:10. Just now i saw on one site that National de la Mar in France is said to be the largest aquarium in Europe. Of course that info is by the German "journalists" of DW, so that might explain incorrect info, if it is so. In another vid here on YT, it is said that the aquarium in Genova is the largest in Europe, and in another vid it is said to be largest in south Europe. I heard recently from one person (and i also visited it myself as well) that the largest aquarium in South Europe is the one in Barcelona, however in this vid it is said that the largest in Europe in general is the one in Valencia?! :S

[Leopez]

Aquariums are amazing, the best aquarim where i have been is Linnan Mäki Sealife in Finland. But it would be so nice to see biggest aquarium. I really Want to visit IN Japan and see those Japan's Aquariums. Im a little interested of united States Nemo and his friends, that Spain's Aquarium and China's chimelong ocean Kingdom Hengquin too. They are so huge Aquariums. Its amazing But sad to think there's Big Animals like whale Sharks in Aquariums... 🌊🌊🌊

[moonwalker]

I would love to visit all of these. :o) I went to the Maui Ocean Centre about 20 years ago and I loved it. And if the whale sharks were rescued I am totally ok with that. Sadley, these kinds of places might be the only way some of these species will survive. Great video, thanks and looking forward to the next one.

[oink-oink]

Here is the complete newspaper article on the destruction of the aquarium. Translated from German into English :

16 meters high, 1000 cubic meters of water, 1500 fish: the large aquarium at Sea Life in Berlin Cathedral is a well-known tourist attraction in Berlin. But a large part of the aquarium is now destroyed. Several hundred hotel guests are also affected.


The large aquarium at Sea Life near the Berlin Cathedral with 1000 cubic meters of water and 1500 fish has burst. Parts of the surrounding hotel were destroyed on Friday morning. According to the police, there were initially no indications of a targeted, violent attack. According to police, two people were injured and taken to the hospital. The police spoke of a very loud noise or a bang that could be heard. The fire brigade received an alarm from an automatic fire alarm in the hotel at 5:43 a.m. Parts of the facade of the hotel in which the aquarium was located flew onto the street. Large amounts of water spilled out and onto the street. The police and fire brigade have been on duty since the morning, each with around 100 people.
It was initially not known whether the two injured were employees of the hotel where the aquarium was located or whether they were hotel guests. According to the police, there were initially no indications of an attack: "Not at all at the moment, " a police spokesman replied to a question. The cause is not yet known, spokesmen for the police and fire brigade emphasized. According to the fire brigade, the giant tank with a million liters of water was destroyed very quickly. "If the aquarium is defective, it bursts suddenly, " said a spokesman for the fire brigade. "It's not a small crack from which the water is leaking, but the entire aquarium suddenly burst." All of the 1, 500 or so fish that lived there are no longer in the water.
According to the fire brigade, a large part of the water probably ran through the doors on the ground floor onto the street and there into the gullies. Not much water was found in the basements. The destroyed ground floor was searched for people with rescue dogs. Because of the severe damage, the guests of the surrounding hotel also had to leave the building, as a spokesman for the fire brigade said. Around 350 people were still in the hotel. According to the operator on the Internet, the Aquadom in Sealife was the "largest, cylindrical, free-standing aquarium in the world", an attraction in Berlin well-known to many tourists. It was a container made of acrylic glass that was 16 meters high and had a diameter of 11.5 meters - according to the operator, the water column alone was 14 meters high. Visitors could ride through the interior of the aquarium in an elevator.
About 1, 500 fish from over 100 different species lived in the tank. The aquarium was filled with a million liters of salt water. That would be 1000 cubic meters of water weighing 1000 tons. According to the information, the aquarium was extensively modernized by summer 2020. The place is very close to the Alexanderplatz in Berlin with the TV Tower. There are large-scale barriers around the Berlin hotel in which the burst large aquarium is located. There were a number of fire and police cars on site on Friday morning. Sirens could be heard. The doors of the building seemed to be pushed open, in front of them were a number of objects, as a dpa reporter reported. The Berlin traffic information center tweeted that Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse, where the hotel with the aquarium is located, was closed.

[koriw]

I am totally against housing cetaceans in these aquariums. Cetaceans like orca and dolphins are sentient creatures who have been proven to have complex speech, communities and the ability to think abstractly. They were given rights 3 years ago in Helsinki, Finland. No one should hold these mammals hostage.

[huffman]

I'm guessing it's not the one in the Berlin hotel.

[hudsonlogie]

6:10 bro how do you “accidentally catch” a whale shark lmao those things are like the size of a bus. Not that hard to miss

[thesilentone]

Didn't the big tank go boom a couple months ago.

[stephendacey]

I heard there's a nice aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska.

[CatsPajamas]

"leafy sea dragons."(yw) 🙂
The video would have been better without the creepy background music.

[jenniferbillings]

I have always wanted to go swimming with a Whale Shark and a Manta Ray

[maanmallak]

You upload a lot of movies... Give us time 🍀🍀🍀🌺🌴

[jamesrussell]

I remember the shedd aquarium we i was a kid

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