19.12.05 at 11:42 hrs

Weekly Report No 268, CW 50

Not only the record kept us busy last week. Another part of daily life in the Wunderland are regular training sessions as far as safety and first aid are concerned. This week we had a lesson about our latest piece of equipment, an AED (Automatic external defibrillator).

This device, powered by a rechargeable battery, is able to set up an electro-cardiagram by itself, analyze it, and put out exact instructions to the helping person. It is mainly used if a patient suffers from sudden disturbances of the heart rhythm which usually accompany a heart infarct.

One of the first 2000 AEDs in Germany is now permanently installed in the Miniatur Wunderland.

But back to the modelling section. Hamburg has a landmark - a new one, but somehow not really new, because a look out of the window clearly shows: it already exists! ;-) But now, it also stands in the Hamburg part of the layout: Hamburg's TV-tower, named after the physician Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.

There are also news from the waterfront: More ships have been overhauled ...

and new ships have been built.

Now the miniature tourists can enjoy harbor tours again.

Hmmm, it floats but I wouldn't describe this vehicle as a boat:

The water plane which can actually be charted just around the corner, naturally also belongs to the Wunderland.

Recently in Scandinvia... Finally in the right place at the right time: The lowest tide we ever had! I just couldn't resist and had to capture this scene "for eternity"....