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History of the Tropicarium |
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The idea of the Tropicarium is attached to the name of a
Hungarian businessman, Károly Farkasdi, who lived in Sweden between 1963
and 1998. He and his family created the first such establishment in
Kolmarden in 1990 and then in Budapest in 2000, developing and
accomplishing the unique content that the Tropicarium represents. The
exhibition offers a combined presentation of the Hungarian fish species,
animals living in the tropical rainforest and inhabitants of the deep
seas and oceans. The environment surrounding all these animals
completely resembles the original habitats so that both the animals and
the visitors who come to marvel at them can have a good time.
The intensive construction work took 8 months, starting from
September 1999, so that on 26th May 2000 the largest sea aquarium in
Central Europe, the Tropical Oceanarium with an area of almost 3000 m2
could open its gates in the impressive building of the Campona Shopping
Centre, on the ‘outskirts' of Budapest. In the meantime several tons of
concrete and iron was incorporated in the building, special high-tech
filtering and cleaning equipment, as well as computer systems were
installed to ensure smooth operation. Most of the internal decoration
was prepared by the experts working in the Tropicarium.
Hundreds of animal species and lush vegetation can be seen
within the walls of the Tropicarium. Organised in eight rooms, the
permanent exhibition presents - among others - exotic birds flying
freely, squirrel monkeys jumping on the hanging trails, alligators
soaking in the tropical rain, spurred tortoises walking comfortably and
thousands of colourful fish swimming in the aquariums, offering a
breathtaking view, representing all the seas of the world in front of
the Hungarian visitors.
We would like to offer novelties to our returning visitors,
therefore we continuously expand and change the animal stock with one or
two new aquariums or terrariums. We permanently work to make the
information system easier and easier to survey.
Our main goal is to educate people to love and respect
nature, and spend their spare time in a useful way. Our aspiration is to
make everybody realise what values there are on the Earth and how
important it is not to damage them.
We are extremely proud that we have had nearly 4 million
visitors in the Tropicarium in the almost 8 years since we opened and
the vast majority of these people were satisfied with the sight.
Source: official site of
Budapest
Tropicarium (2010)
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