Den Blå Planet (The Blue Planet) opened in 2013 in Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen. It resembles a whirlpool when seen from above, and was designed by Danish architects It covers a total of 12,000 m2 (130,000 sq ft), including the 10,000 m2 (110,000 sq ft) building and 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) outdoors.
The Blue Planet contains about 7,000,000 litres (1,500,000 imp gal; 1,800,000 US gal) of water divided into 53 exhibits. In the first year of existence, the aquarium received approximately 1.3 million visitors – twice as many as expected.
Just as the architecture is special and artistic, so are the giant freshwater fish from the Amazon. Look at those metal scales…and the intricate patterns on its head. Arowanas.
Surely man can never compete with nature in architecture.
Leya 
I knew I will find something from our day – fantastic post .. I haven’t even gone through my images yet. Had a fantastic day .. but I thought it was far too expensive for what it was .. architecture, location and food … and some fishes amazing. I have to see what angle I will give my post.
Mmm, agree – far too expensive. Unnecessary to keep it expensive really – but I guess schools and many people will come anyway.
I had expected to be a lot more .. we only went around in circles, but we have done it … without the T-shirts. Wounder why they made it so small … the building is massive.
Yes, I wonder too – when you are building you are building – surely they could have counted on many visitors from the start.
Tack för inspirationen Leya. Detta åker upp på besökslistan direkt. Det finns i en stadspaddling i Köpenhamn i oktober varje år och i år siktar vi på att ta oss dit. Detta blir perfekt att kombinera med besöket. Din närbild på taket fick mig att associera till Sydney Opera House
Härligt! och visst kan man se lite Sydney Opera House här. Lite kallare bara…Kul att ni ska stadspaddla (?) Det låter spännande.
Ja man paddlar runt på stadens kanaler, inkl mysigs Christianhavn
Låter kanon 🙂
oh I hope to be able to visit this Ann-Christine. I’ll be in Copenhagen in August. 🙂
You will?! If you like aquariums you certainly should! But Copenhagen is a wonderful city – so much to do and see – and eat! Will you be staying for long?
just for a 1-1/2 days, Ann Christine! Copenhagen is our starting point to a Scandinavian cruise 🙂
Where are you cruising to/between?
we fly into Copenhagen, then sail to Warnemunde, Tallin, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholn then back to Copehagen where we will catch our flight back to the U.S. 🙂
Sounds like a great trip – hopefully good weather as well!
Wow, magnificent architecture! Great photos. 🙂
Thank you, Amy – would have needed a helicopter…
Vilken läcker design/arkitektur. Fina bilder från både ut- och insidan.
Läcker arkitektur – ja! men hopplös att ta kort på. De som jag tittat på på nätet måste vara tagna uppifrån – hustak eller helikopter…
Kan tänka mig att det är svårt med alla ”runda” linjer.
You do get the best variety of shots !!!
Hehe, do you mean I have mixed them too much or is it an OK conclusion in the end?
Jag tror hon menar övertid, med alla dina olika inlägg. Man lär sig mycket av dig och om helt olika saker. Ett rörligt intellekt, du vet 🙂
Du är alltid lika positiv och supporting – hoppas du har lite rätt…:-D
Klart jag har 😜. Och tack 🙂
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No I truly look forward to your diversity of photos and the quality is always so great !
Why, thank you, thank you for a lovely compliment!