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Mystery of Broken Aquadom: Disaster in Middle of Berlin (Photo: Shalom Rufeisen / Shutterstock.com)
A tsunami in Berlin: The tragic fall of the Aquadom (Photo: Shalom Rufeisen / Shutterstock.com)
It was December 16, 2022, a cool winter morning in Berlin-Mitte, when a deafening bang disrupted the peace. Tired and startled hotel guests at the Radisson Collection Hotel gathered, barely able to believe what was happening before their eyes: The outer acrylic glass cylinder of the famous Aquadom had broken – just like that. The once lively hotel lobby turned into a chaotic scene of flooded floors, shards of glass, and many dead fish. How could this disaster have occurred?