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| The Planetarium Building built by the old East German Regime and refurbed in 2015-16 |
Whilst on a week long visit to Berlin Toot and I visited the Zeiss Grosse Planetarium. A great evening's entertainment. The projection equipment is state of the art, it having been refurbished in the last year. Another bonus is that the dome at 25 metres diameter is one of the biggest in the world and this is a big plus when creating visual impact.
There are however three issues that would make the experience even better:
- Booking tickets on -line is next to impossible. In the end we went to the ticket office at the Planetarium and were lucky enough to get tickets for the same day.
- The Planetarium has an enormous foyer but there was little on display and there was nowhere inside to get a drink or sandwich.
- The show was delivered in German, not surprisingly in Berlin, but there were no available translations to other languages. This was quite different from our experience at the recently refurbished Berlin Opera house, where an English translation of the libretto to Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' appeared in text upon small screens affixed to the back of the seats infront of us.
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| The original Zeiss Projector - now an exhibit in the the Planetarium Foyer. |
I was much impressed by the sole exhibit in the Foyer, the old East German Zeiss star-projector. I can remember as a lad visiting the London Planetarium in Baker Street where they had a projector just like it. More recently my son and I saw a show at the old Montreal Planetarium where one of these beasts was still operational (I believe like me it's now been retired).
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| One of the few astro images displayed in the foyer. |
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| The Planetarium at night just before the evening performance - looking for all the world, like a flying saucer. |
Language aside, Toot and I really enjoyed the show. It's a great visual experience which we much recommend.
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