Description

Nordsøen Oceanarium is a public aquarium and museum that opened in 1998 on the shores of the North Sea in Hirtshals, north Jutland, Denmark. Their main tank, which holds, is the largest in Northern Europe, but the Oceanarium also has several smaller habitat aquariums and an exhibit with seals. Species displayed are native to the oceans around Denmark.The Oceanarium is part of the Nordsøcentre, which also houses a conference centre.HistoryThe Oceanarium was opened in 1998. It was destroyed by fire in December 2003 and reopened in July 2005.ExhibitsThe centre tankThe large elliptical tank in the centre of the museum's old building measures and holds of water. The centre tank was designed to resemble the open sea in the North Sea, and specially to hold schooling, pelagic fish. It is also a "show-room" for displaying large specimens of some of the species which are also seen in the habitat tanks – for example cod, saithe, turbot and sea-bass. Other large species in the tank are spiny dogfish, skates, and ocean sunfish. In total, there are about 2–3000 fish in this tank.

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