The Oceanium is the biggest project of Diergaarde Blijdorp, Rotterdam Zoo, opened in 2001.
In the Oceanium you can make a journey of discovery along many biotopes in and along seas and oceans. The journey starts in Scotland at Bass Rock where many sea birds are breeding, and across the North Sea towards the deep Atlantic Ocean. Travelling on you will reach the Caribbean with shallower and warmer waters. The journey continues through the Amazon-region, along the coasts of South America and the Falkland sas far as the famous Galapagos islands. Via the deserts surrounding the Sea of Cortez on the American-Mexican border you finally reach the end of your journey: the Kelp forests of the American west coast.
About seven million litres of seawater circulate inside the Oceanium. Seawater from the Atlantic Ocean is pumped into ballast tanks of container ships and shipped to Rotterdam.
Diergaarde Blijdorp, September 2009
