INCREDIBLE Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg | World’s LARGEST Model Railway | Railroad
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- We visited the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg’s Speicherstadt district, home to the world’s largest model railway. Voted Germany’s most popular tourist attraction by the German National Tourism Board, it is located at the Elbe in a historic warehouse, close to Elbphilharmonie.
Come along with Jonathan and Jack on their "Dude Day" as they experience THOUSANDS of model trains, model planes and incredible precision for scenic recreations.
We've also written a comprehensive article for this exhibit, check it out here! www.blackforestfamily.com/travel-in-germany/discovering-the-magical-world-of-miniatur-wunderland-english-guide
Episode 65 | #modeltrains #trains #railway in Hamburg, Germany | Filmed June 1st, 2022
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00:00 Intro
00:38 Your Recommendation for The Best Place to Visit in Hamburg
02:11 The Start of our 'Dude Day'
02:43 Why is it always the stairs....
03:29 THIS PLACE IS INCREDIBLE
05:01 History of the Miniatur Wunderland
06:56 CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST ON MY BIKE THIS AUGUST (sort of)
09:10 UNBELIEVABLE Statistics on the World's Largest Model Railway
11:22 Keep the Recommendations Coming!
11:48 Outro
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Wonderful video! ❤ If you ever come here again, we're happy to give you a little tour 😊😊
OH my goodness that would be AMAZING. Thank you for creating such a wonderful experience. Truly a wonderland.
@@TypeAshton sure 😊 Just text us ;)
Moment mal! Setzt mich und Begleitperson bitte gleich mit auf die Liste. Ist das relativ barrierefrei und gibt es dort einen Teil von Californien? Dort hat ein Bekannter von mir nämlich die Wappen von Hamburg wiedergefunden und restauriert sie mit Freunden. Sie heißt jetzt Aurora. Es gibt einen TH-cam Kanal darüber. Schaut Euch das bitte mal an. Das ist nämlich auch ein Wunder! Man wollte sie abwracken, aber das lassen wir nicht zu. Niemals!
Ein Mensch der nicht an Wunder glaubt, der ist kein Realist. 🌻
Viele Grüße aus Buxtehude.
Hands down the absolute best part of this video were all Jack's excited noises.
Now 1.4 million visitors each year, 35% of whom are from abroad, probably find it equally fascinating.
And with the entrance fee of 20 euros for adults, it adds up to a nice sum per year.
However, they also give a lot back, since 2015 they have been inviting people who normally can't afford to visit Wunderland, 10,000 people every year. And they support aid organizations, so far with over 750,000 euros. The 3 owners are widely known for their social commitment.
if they have 28m revenue a year and donate 2,67% that's actually a lot
And they provide a lot of jobs, for creative people, model makers, handcrafters, technicians etc.
When the model manufacturer Märklin was in financial trouble, they helped them with a 200 000 Euro order
And they have a free day every year for everybody who is not able to pay the fee. Great place and great guys
@@unlink1649 Of course, you have to compare the €28 million in income with the expenses. Donations can only be made from what is left over. Besides, not all 1.4 mill. visitors pay the €20.
I envy Jack. As an adult I didn’t dare going OOOOOOOH at everything in Miniatur Wunderland.
He absolutely loved it. I don't think I have heard him say "Oh! Wow! or Cool" so many times before.
Best Comment ever Form Jack "owwww!" Nothing more to das 😲
The museum is awesome. I'm adding it to my list. BUT, the best part of the video was your son's reactions to everything. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of this. What a wonderful bonding experience!!!!
its a shame he didnt show you the free driving cars and trucks....and more of the airport, or the fire brigade going to the blaze with blues and tunes!
What i like about the Wunderland - in other attractions they don't like video making of big photo equipment, at the Wunderland they ask you to take photos.
I can't understand why Ashton missed it. It's so special. Little jokes in every corner and wonderful details all around. Ashton, when you are in Hamburg again, go for miwula! You won't be disappointed!
I think it's because many people assume that a model railway is only interesting for railway fans and technophiles.
I personally set the emphasis on miniaturWUNDERland.
Did you know that they put Super Mario's head as detail on St Peter in Rome?
@@juliaclaire42 maybe she needed a day off^^
I've seen this video at least 7 or 8 times now and I can't get enough of seeing Jack dig it. what a sweet whirlwind...
If you are getting a model train set for Jack: small kids should be started with the wooden BRIO tracks and trains and then you can migrate on to Märklin which is THE brand for model railway in Germany
Ah perfect! thank you so much for the recommendation. Since he loved the train so much we would love to get him started with some great wooden trains for toddlers.
@@TypeAshton Brio is such a great quality, that my nephews are still using them 20 years later. The older models use more wood than the newer ones for the locomotives and trains.
A quick tip / hack: the tracks from ikea work with Brio, so you can cut some costs and get more tracks for Jack!
Btw super stoked for your everesting run, good luck!
@@sorenmeyer7347 Ah thanks for the tip! Especially since Jack has an affinity for throwing his toys across the room, getting some cost effective replacement tracks could be a great idea. lol
@@TypeAshton oh, the Brio tracks won’t break, trust me. the ones in our family already went through 3 or 4 very lively childhoods :-).
An alternative is always the Duplo / Lego trains. I guess they are less traditional (in Germany) and of course fully plastic. but still very very good quality and the cool part is that you can basically design your own trains using the bricks.
I agree!
Since I'm now retired, I actually bought a year ticket to Miniatur Wunderland and went there three times this year...so far. I was there for the first time in 2003 or so, when much of their initial neighbourhoods were created from commercially available plastic models (Faller, Kibri, Vollmer) but it was mind-blowing even then. And the love of detail and individuality of their presentation has increased ever since. They have started overhauling some of their oldest sections for a while, and it really gets better with every change.
I first went there because I was a model railroad buff who just couldn't find time to build another train set in spite of having a lot of material. But the funny thing was that for me, the trains in Wunderland played a very much secondary role. I hardly noticed them. There is so much other detail that you can discover. A favourite of mine is in the "Scandinavian" section that also has remote-controlled ships crossing a non-descript sea - probably the Baltic - that is filled with real water. There is a scene outside a typically Swedish wooden home where a little girl with red hair is lifting up a white horse with black polka dots. Or in the Venice set, a scene from "Moonraker" with James Bond in his motorized gondola being pursued by killers after having cut another boat in half. And don't get me started on the airport. It is called "Knuffingen" Airport (the fantasy name for the first town they built), but it is totally modelled after Hamburg Airport. And if you take a picture in the dark, you can't tell the difference from a night view of the real thing. However, Hamburg Airport, unlike this, does not have the Millennium Falcon actually taking off to Tattooine in their flight plan.
I really ought to stop now, but everybody should check Miniatur Wunderland's extensive TH-cam channel. Latest additions: Patagonia and the Antarctic. Priceless.
PS: @TypeAshton - why was this just a "Dude Day", Jonathan? I'm sure that Ashton would have appreciated this as well. We should be past the notion that trains are something exclusively for boys. And as I said, there is a lot more than trains there!
I've always found it special that it's not just limited to the rails, but also has cars, trucks and ships going around. A lot of value is also placed on the scenes of the characters, which hide many a surprise. There is a TH-cam channel of the same name with the "Miniatur Wunderland", where an insight into the daily maintenance work and an outlook on future expansions is given.
And planes too haha
Great dad. U do all right
De Lütte is so cute
Wir waren im Frühjahr im MiWuLa, ganze 7 1/2 Stunden lang. Weil unsere Kids alles, aber auch wirklich alles sehen und jeden Knopf drücken wollten. Inklusive Führung hinter den Kulissen. Das MiWuLa ist so groß geworden, unglaublich, wenn in dem neuen Gebäudeteil mal alles ist, dann braucht man mindestens 2 Tage um alles genau anzusehen.
BEWARE!: The Model Railroad Bug is dangerous!
Once bitten, you're addicted for life!
I have a model railroad in my basement and I seriously couldn't live without it.
I cost me a great deal of 'Bier Tokens' but has been worth it.
I visited MiWuLa in 2003 while touring northern Germany and the Baltic States.
I have been following their progress with astonishment ever since then.
And be honest Jonathan, if you buy Jack that train set now, you'll have a great time "testing" it out for him.
Jack’s reaction 😂
Best part of the video.
He had SUCH a great time. I couldn't believe how much he lit up. So cool watching the experience through his eyes.
To start off with trains for the little man, Brio and compatible wood trains/tracks is a great way to go. My parents kept our whole collection and now my nephews and nieces are playing with them.
The three bosses of MiWuLa are wonderful people, totally approachable, down-to-earth. They are still elbows-deep in the construction and maintenance of their brain-and-love-child each and every day. Yepp, they are definitely living their childhood dreams. They have gathered around them a huge crew of over 300 employees who are as dedicated into this labor of love as they themselves were more than 20 years ago.
The creativity level is completely off the charts here.
I've visited well over a dozen times, and it's not nearly enough to even gain a minor insight into what they have created here. I even took the guided 'Behind-the-scenes' tour. Literally, you crawl around in those areas actually behind the scenes not allowed to normal visitors with one of the employees.
You get so see the setup of several areas, some of the mechanics, and some of the little jokes even the bosses thought were a bit too raunchy for the everyday visitor to discover. And those bosses are very open-minded, let me tell you. Once Jack is old enough it may be worth another visit if he retains even a smidge of his current enthusiasm for this hobby.
And they definitely know how to run a buisness responsibly. As far as I know, their crisis management during the pandemic allowed most of their staff to keep their jobs.
@@SYCHR0N Yepp, correct.
The Miniatur Wunderland also has a tv show! It's really fascinating to see all the model building and construction and repair jobs that goes on behind the scenes
You was a smile from the beginning to end and Jack ..for sure he will remember
Hahaha... jack was the best. Lovely to see how he loves the Miniatur Wunderland.
One of the funniest things I heard is that while they might loose some of the figures due to "sticky" fingers, they do gain tiny cars. Why? Because tiny cars with firm-ads printed on them are added into the scenes by some people. If found by the workers, they are collected and used (being fitted with lights and stuff) and set into a fitting scene. Win-win for both sides, a little bit attention for the company who's ad is on the toy-car and well, free car for the Miniatur Wunderland. :D
I hope there will be a video of Jacks first railway! 🤗
Every time i am in Hamburg i will save time to visit the MiWuLa… for the last 15 years… and this time I tested the virtual world…. Amazing …
Just a recommendation for a day trip - maybe even with that 9 EUR ticket for regional trains. Sinsheim with its technic museum. I think that might be something for a dude day, too...
Add Speyer, the Technik-Museum there cooperates with the one in Sinsheim.
Oh, out of regular scedule,! Cool!
The perfect father and son day. 👍👍👍
As a German, I visited the Miniatur Wunderland last week for the first time in my life and I was exactly as blown away as you were. We were in there for more than 7 hours, and I will come again, because they were just working on new attractions, which you can then have a look at. They are currently building on Monte Carlo and want to include the F1 race in this scenario. We had a tour behind the scenes, which made me aware of the amount of things that are done in the background and are not even recognized by the majority of visitors. Anyway, Hamburg definitely is a good place to visit and there's more than just the Miniatur Wunderland, but this definitely was a highlight on our trip, as well.
Tja when I visit it, the Miwula, the next Time, I will have it visited for the 20th time and even then I find new things there!!
They even build dozens of easter eggs into the dioramas. They are mostly german heritage, like the homage to a famous song named "Ein Bett im Kornfeld" or a nod to the famous childrens book "Häschenschule" (rabbit's school), but they also recreated some movie scenes, record covers and other famous moments in history or litterature.
Definitly a must see even if you are not at all into trains. The amount of details, funny scenes and tons of more is worth a visit and the owners are really just awesome kind humans
Some Dutch friends of us have worked and lived in Hamburg and when we came to visit them they took us to Miniatur Wunderland. It was a very fun visit. Seeing you there brought back memories.
This was so heart melting to see this 2 Child, a little and a Dad, with this big Eye. This is so wunderfull. Super gemacht
Ah ihr seid meinem Tip für Hamburg gefolgt und seid da gewesen. Toll !
Dies war so ein toller Ort für einen Besuch.
I imagine Jack saying 'Zuuuuug!' to every train there.
As others already said, get him some brio tracks (you might even find compatible tracks at Aldi or such sometimes). Look out for used kids toys sales (Kindersachenbasar, Aushänge in preschool, crates 'zu verschenken' on the side of the street), wodden train sets aren't destroyed once kids age out, so much of them are being sold used cheaply.
When Jack starts to play with Duplo, you can get 3d-printed adapters between brio and duplo, I'm sure, you will be very able to find the very best system. Then you can get the Duplo track system. If he is still interested in trains once he starts to read and write, you can get him the Lego train system - but that set is not very usable for anything but the trains and costly.
Next time the kid should try all the push button actions :) my four nieces had a blast last summer with those! Especially the Chocolate Factory one! :)
The Miniatur Wonderland is a dream of a playground for everyone who loves to play with trains and miniatures. But you cant imagine how much work it is to keep this area clean :D I dont want to be that one who have to clean the areas :D
Yeah, 2 year old Jack will now get a model train set... :)
But the Miniatur Wunderland is really something unique. At first people thought its crazy, and that nobody would be interested to see (and pay for it) a model train display. But by now its one of the "must see" attractions in Hamburg.
If you are interested in the technical side of it, there are tons of videos on YT showing how they build all those trains, cars, planes, landscapes ect.
Quite astonishing I find that the stuff not only works - but it works all day every day. Of course some things need repairs or replacement sometimes, but over all they last pretty long.
Ashton: "Why did we spend 1.200€ on toy trains?"
Jonathan: "It's all for Jack." *uses puppy eyes*
Q: What do toy trains and women's breast have in common?
A: Both are meant for children but the fathers play with them.
Lived in Hamburg for 11 years, moved away, then came back, and living here now for 10 more years. It makes me very proud that you guys like my town. Hamburg, die schönste Stadt der Welt 😍
On star wars day Mai 4th they use to land a Millenium falcon on the airport instead of an aircraft...I was stunned the first time I saw that
Aah, Everesting! Holy crap, so cool.... and a little insane ;)
I went to Miniatur Wunderland seven years ago. I felt like your little son then. I would have loved to keep clapping my hands. As a 50-year-old I had to pull myself together, but I couldn't get the grin off my face.
I'm so glad you enjoyed your visit to MiWuLa! Watching happy people is always fun......
Moin ihr drei!
Jaaaaaaa, das Miniatur Wunderland ist wirklich unfassbar gut. 👍
Wenn man sich die Zeit nimmt und versucht die vielen Szenen, Details, Gimmicks und Knopfdrücker zu finden und auszuprobieren, braucht man locker mehr als 2 Tage!
Egal welche Szene man sich aussucht, es gibt extrem vieles zu sehen und vor allem die ganzen bewegten Figuren wie zum Beispiel im Sambadrom in Brasilien!
Die naturtreue ist phänomenal und der Tag/Nacht Wechsel verändert nochmal die jeweilige Kulisse.
Demnächst wird auch die Rennstrecke von Monaco mit autonom fahrenden Rennwagen zu sehen sein, die Anforderungen an die Fahrplatinen sind so komplex (6 Layer inklusive Hochstromteil für das Fahrfeld) das die weltgrößten Platinen Hersteller es nach mehreren Jahren aufgegeben haben und nun eine kleine Firma in Deutschland - die B&B Gruppe aus Sachsen - es geschafft hat! Das wird nochmal einen drauf setzen und wieder einen Guinness Buch Rekord bringen.
Das MiWuLa hat auch einen eigenen TH-cam Kanal und zeigt auch Einblicke hinter die Kulissen die einem vermitteln mit welchem Herz, Verstand und Geduld die ganzen Mitarbeiter dieses Wunderwerk am Leben erhalten und es ständig verbessern und erweitern.
Glückwunsch zu eurer Tour und viel Erfolg mit eurem neuen Haus... 👍🌞🌞🤘🤘❤️❤️❤️🙋♂️
Zwei Tage? Ich bezweifle, daß für die Details zwei Wochen ausreichen …
@@Astrofrank ja das stimmt, deshalb auch mindestens!
Im Endeffekt braucht man ne ganze Woche... 😉🤘🌞🙋♂️
They also recreated existing train stations, usch as Hamburg Hbf (Central Station) and a few more, with lots of details exactly as in reality. It's not just a bunch of trains, but it's also the details and cleverness in it, which make it mindblowing.
MiWuLa absolutely blew me away too. Just brilliant. The brothers who created this are really friendly and down to earth, which makes it even better.
Wow, very realistic. I have to check that out in Hamburg on my next trip to Germany : )
The little one is almost exploding from excitement. I totally get the feeling. :D
can't wait for Jonathan's challenge in august. Btw Jonathan and Jack may one day build their own railway in the new house. It's gonna be special father-and-son-time.
he is so cute😍😍😍😍
When Jack is a few years older I can recommend the theme park Legoland in Günzburg. I loved it there as a kid but I also looooved playing with lego. It was my paradise. They also have a kind of Miniaturwunderland in the theme park and there are many buildings and landscapes from around the world completely made with lego. That’s also really cool to see.
I really loved the cut from real world footage over to the model railway in the intro. A totally unexpected WOW moment, even more so because the pace of the intro hardly allowed time to think about it. Genius!
This intro including the video wall in the command center has something of a "Truman Show" factor in it ;-)
What is real, what is a replica of the reality and how is it controlled ;-)
We went there in 2019 and actually had a behind the scenes tour. And yes the attention to detail is amazing, such as a couple of figures…well, having adult fun. Also many other funny scenes such as the little boy leaving the outhouse with tp stuck to his shoe, the golfer flashing others. Also the millennium Falcon landing/taking off was great for my Star Wars lovers.
Glad you enjoyed it.
A *couple*? Ha, I see what you did there... 😁😋
But in reality, it's a bit more than just *a couple*. It's literally dozens, especially behind the scenes.
And its still kids friendly from the visitor perspective.
Living between Stuttgart and Munich we visited all the theme parks or fun fair parks around us. Maybe Jack is still a bit too young but when he is about 5 or 6 years old I'd recommend:
- Ravensburger Spieleland
-Tripsdrill
- Europapark
- Legoland
- Welzheimer Wald
- Charlottenhöhle ( stone age open air museum/activity )
- Bärenhöhle
- Aalen ( Roman ruins/museum/activities like make your own Roman sandals etc)
- Blaubeuren ( Blautopf/ stone age museum with some of the oldes human artefacts !!!!)
You'll find infos about these places on the internet. So, go ahead and have fun.😊
Europapark is perfect for the black forest Family. It is only 30min away from Freiburg.
With Welzheimer Wald you mean Schwabenpark? There are also a railway headed by a steam loco ( mostly in the summer time) nearby at the Wieslauftalbahn. 🤓
Cool. Immer wieder toll. Jonathan und Jack - haben danach sicherlich tolle Träume 😴🚂…..gehabt . Liebe Grüße aus dem Sauerland. Home of 🌲⛰🌲….🚴🏻🚴🏻♀️Mountainbike
Wobei das Sauerland ja eine schöne Gegend ist, beliebt bei Wanderern, Wintersportlern und Weihnachtsbaumverkäufern. :-)
Your son was having a blast :) (and you, too!)
glad you found the wonderland, this is just amazing.
SUCH a cool place for sure.
And they managed the Coronatime without complaining.
As an American i always wanted to visit see this model railway lokks so cool wnd amazing
This smirk in your face, priceless! 😂 Modeltrain under the Christmas tree 🎄I guess! Looking forward to your Everesting!
Look up for the worldrecords the Miniatur Wunderland have. For me the best is # fantastic classical music played by a train. Just awsome.
That one is SO much fun! :)
Many German children around Jack’s age start with the “Brio Bahn” - which is affordable and good to play with for small children. The H0 or other more naturalistic and expensive model trains can follow (or are a thing for the dad). But: Start with Brio and work your way up would be my suggestion.
I visit the wonderland 4 times and it's amazing every time. By the way I am a woman around 44 years and not interested in modelbahn. But I will visit in the future. All people found something to have fun to look. You should go again in a few years when your son is oder.
And his wife Ashton should be with them of course, there is so much to see in the little details of the sceneries all around...
The wonderment of a child is so heartwarming! And Jack is so cute! I have seen vids of the airport part but this is truly impressive! Thanks for sharing!
there used to be a documentary/TV-Show with the 2 brothers that built the Miniatur Wunderland on german TV i watched relegiously like 15-20 years ago. Showed the nuts and bolts, the constructing of single moving cars up to the moving ships and whole Sections
That sounds like a TV show I would happily watch now as an adult!
@@TypeAshton check out their official YT channel! They provide weekly updates/insight and the videos have English subtitles.
@@Streber2000 yes. Be prepared though to sit through hours and hours and weekends with starry eyes and the biggest happy grin on your face continously. I sure did back in september 2020 when I first learned about it. I always liked my brothers railway track more than any dolls as a girl :)
A nice day trip from Hamburg would be to take a train to Schwerin and visit the Schwerin castle, one of the most beautiful castles in Germany that can even compare to Schloss Neuschwanstein!
So great to see the amazement on Jack's face... I love it!
The Miniaturwunderland is real awesome 🙂
If you are in North Germany again you should visit Lübeck, especially the Old Town of Lübeck, so much to discover and be surprised.
A few years ago I spent a few hours at the Miniaturwunderland and was quite impressed by a rather small model: it showed the development of a town over a span of several hundred years in four distinct steps. Truly amazing, I wandered around the exhibit several times to take it all in. Big respect to the builders of these exhibits!
PS: I'd love to see something along these lines for e.g. Manhattan, N.Y. in 1500 - 1700 - 1900 - 2020 ...
As someone already mentioned: Tzhe Wunderland would be forbidden in the USA because here and then you see small figures doing "adult stuff" or forbidden things. You have to study the details to find all this - but every figure tells a story!
Oh, yes, I was going to mention that! I took photos of a few of those "scenes" to show some of my friends and we laughed so much!
Why so prudish? Peanuts I say, in your country I'd be more concerned about everybody seems to run around with a gun ...
Good! I thought you missed it. The Miniatur Wunderland is a must. 🚂
It's amazing!
@@TypeAshton so are you guys! ❤
Come to Stuttgart, eat some delicious Maultaschen and visit our two car museums, the Daimler-Benz Museum and the Porsche Museum 👍
wow trains are cool
On an average I spend 6 hours at MiWuLa every time. After the first hour checking out the new segments I go on a hunt for the thousands of little in-jokes that are hidden throughout the MiWuLa.
I especially like the airport. When you see on the flight schedule Hoth as destination that's the hint that the Millennium falcon is scheduled.
When we went, we spent 6 hours there ( had only planned for 3) and after I saw everything, we went back for a second round after a lady there told us about all the "surprises", to look out to find people doing what comes naturally and some other risqué scenes. I took photos to show my friends back home.
The details are simply amazing. One of the best places to visit in Germany.
Recomendation regarding Romans in Germany: The Museum in Haltern and Achäologie Park Xanten, both with special fun for kids. But Jack would have been a little older to enjoy.
Oh that sounds awesome! I think we looked once at also trying to go to the Roman exhibit near Basel, Switzerland once Jack is a bit older.
When Jack is a bit older you may like to go to the Bing Museum at Freinsheim which is near Mannheim. It is a private museum dedicated to products made by Bing toy manufacturer. Each year at the end of October they have a weekend of running the trains and other models.
Regards from Redruth
Arnold
Even though I do live close by and a friend of mine works there and could give us a cool behind the scenes view, I have actually never been in the Miniatur Wunderland. I think I should really change that, it looks like a lot of fun.
Hallo Superfamilie ein Moin aus Hamburg ! Ein Besuch im Wunderland ist Pflicht wenn man in Hamburg ist ,und das nicht nur für Kinder ! Ein Erlebnis das einem im Gedächtnis bleibt ! Vielleicht besucht ihr Hamburg ja bei Gelegenheit noch einmal ,es gibt noch soviel anderes zu Sehen ! Viel Spaß im neuen Haus auch wenn noch viel Arbeit bevor steht ! 🤗Alles gute für euch☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️
Perfect for kids: there is a dinosaur park north of Munich located in the Altmühltal (valley of the river Altmühl). At the summer time they do have special programs for kids and from the crowd there it seems to be great 🙂
Another extremely great thing is the steamship "Hohentwiel" on the Bodensee - there are tours at the afternoon which would be suitable for kids, but the true experience there is a dinner cruise - it is really mindblowing to be on the ship with extremely great food (5 courses), great wine and a band playing music.
Other great locations if you like trains (and I agree, the miniwunderland is mindblowing):
- The German steam engine museum in Neuenmarkt is a really well made museum - most engines are static displays, but they do have a small narrow gauge track where they run a steam train on, and on special occasions they have many steam engines visiting and running trains across the "schiefe Ebene" - germanys oldest steep climp with adhesive steam engines alone. Also they do have a incredibly detailed model of the schiefe Ebene at the same scale as the Miniwunderland.
- The "bayrisches Eisenbahnmuseum" in Nördlingen: Once again I would recommend visiting it at a special occasion day - the have up to 8 steam engines operational, not just small ones but big mainline steam engines.
- Near Freiburg: Go to the "Sauschwänzlebahn. If you like Hiking you can either park your car on the valley end of the track and ride the train up to the hill end of the track or the other way round (we chose to ride up and walk down since it is quite a distance to go, about 4-6 hours. The track is the one with the most bridges and tunnels per kilometer in Germany - its very old and the requirement was to transport heavy military trains - so the had to keep it pretty flat which means lots of bends, tunnels, bridges.....
this time is so important for the father - son connection!
Ashton and I both make a big effort to have one on one time with Jack, in addition to family time. I was so happy to make this memory with Jack and to watch the experience through his eyes.
Last year I was in Hamburg as a school class graduation trip. We also visited this place. I liked the airport the most, maybe because I'm an aviation fan :D
Modelleisenbahn ist tatsächlich für jung und alt ein schönes Hobby!
Jack kann vielleicht zunächst mit einer Holzeisenbahn starten?
So now it's time to plan an extension to your house for your...ehh, Jack's model railway.
We went there from work, and we enjoyed ourselves - ppl in their 40s and 50s ... The amount of detail is just mindblowing. There is a small wooden outhouse - and when we were there, Santa Claus was on his way in ...
I saw that the insta360 has a Leica lens on it. When you like to know more about the company behind it who invented 35mm photography, you may want to come to Wetzlar where this all started and where you can visit the Leica museum. And Wetzlar has also a nice little old town with an unfinished cathedral and a relationship to Germany‘s greatest poet Goethe, who once was an Assessor in Wetzlar, place of the „Reichskammergericht“, and place where he got inspired to write one of the most influential novels of the time of „Sturm und Drang“. And you can also combine a visit of Wetzlar with the palace in Weilburg, the castle in Braunfels and the most beautiful old town with a castle on top of the hill in Marburg.
Aww jack is really growing up 😊 it’s always a pleasure watching your videos and sharing your unique experiences in Germany and other places of the world 🙏
If you want to build something yourself in miniature. Go to Monschau in southern Germany. They have a shop there, you don't want to leave! They have everything in the field of model building!
LOVED this! Thank you!!!!
As a train guy myself I have my own assessment of the Miniatur Wunderland. I consider it the Disney version of a model railroad layout. Which means that adherence to realism is not the top issue. But the engineering that went behind it is still amazing. And there are those achievements I like to direct your attention to:
1. the airport and the solution to make the planes taking off convincingly: th-cam.com/video/zo4TFYG5IIA/w-d-xo.html
2. the lava running down the vulcano: th-cam.com/video/fZo_2JIpGMs/w-d-xo.html
3. the racetrack with the freely steerable cars: th-cam.com/video/SQwLv74-ZY4/w-d-xo.html
Look them up at the Miniatur Wunderland channel where they explain the challenges of a very realistic solution and the issues they run in to and resolved regarding the parts they needed. And since the layout is run year round things have to be more reliable than on the average modeler's layout. And, BTW, the people who do it have not been hired from the modeling crowd. Many of them were new to that and have proven their ability to take up the challenge and develop their skills.
If you are into trains there are at least 2 spots that instantly come into my mind "DB museum Nürnberg" and the "Verkehrshaus" in Luzern in Switzerland. Also if you enjoy anything about engineering, mechaniks and inventions you have to visit the "Deutsche Museum" in Munich, which is by far the best museum in germany maybe even of europe, or at least there at the top and easily on the same level as the smithonians in washington.
Oh ja, das Miniaturwunderland ist außergewöhnlich.
Vor über 50 Jahren habe ich auf den ersten Endlosbögen Computerpapier auch die Welt als Gleisplan gezeichnet... und die beiden Zwillinge haben das in Hamburg verwirklicht!
Ihr fragt nach Tipps?
Hier in der Ortenau (nördlich von Freiburg) z.B. die Vogtsbauernhöfe... dann in Haslach das Silberbergwerk (dass im Badnerlied besungen wird)...
Maybe you should visit the Ruhrgebiet and the neighboring counties - The Zoom Erlebniswelt Zoo in Gelsenkirchen is great, then there is the Schiffshebewerk in Henrichenburg (an elevator for ships), the Bergbaumuseum in Bochum, Eisenbahnmuseum in Bochum, Zeche Zollverein in Essen with the Kokerei were you can swim, the deutsche Fussball Museum in Dortmund, Legoland Oberhausen, Wuppertaler Schwebebahn and many more. Other options are Burg Altena (first youth hostel of the world), Dechenhöhle in Iserlohn, Attahöhle Plettenberg, Sauerländer Kleinbahn / Museumsbahn (small still working steam railway) in Herscheid, Bike Arena Sauerland, the town of Münster with it's historical places. A very special treat - you have to order tickets for that very early in advance - is the yearly catching end of May of the feral horses near Coesfeld called Dülmener Pferde. It's the only herd of genetic real feral horses in the world. A black and white photograph of these horses made in 1963 is the most copied picture (Guiness record) in the world and a stylized form of that picture is used by the Kentucky horse park and was even used until 2001 on the car license plates of the state. (www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/faszination-deutschland-wildpferde-102.html)
If your planning a trip to Nürnberg I can recommend the Spielzeugmuseum!
If you ever visit the beautifull city of Leipzig you should plan a whole day for the Leipziger Zoo. Best Zoo in Germany :)
would have been interesting to hear how you liked the "America" section of the layout. Sure, they tried to squeeze as many different locations into their America theme, but it would be cool to hear from someone American if they did a good job on that one?
There is a model vilage in Torquay Egland I went as a kid the whent with my kids had not changed much but good fun !
In case you are still in Hamburg, I strongly recommend that you visit the Reeperbahn in St. Pauli on Saturday, July 2nd. It starts in the afternoon and is the biggest party you've ever seen. Forget the Berlin nightlife, the Oktoberfest in Munich or the Cologne carnival. It's the "Schlagermove" in Hamburg. Get ready for terrifying music and incredible costumes. You will never forget it and you can make a great video.