• Free shuttle bus from Brand Tropical Islands station, timed to the trains; by car it is about an hour south of Berlin on the A13, with parking from €7 per 24 hours
• Shorter attraction hours for the slide tower and the outdoor AMAZONIA area, so check the day's calendar before you plan around them
• Bring the original ticket file or a printout, since the scanners cannot read screenshots or photos of the barcode

Tropical Islands fills a former airship hangar with a South Sea pool the size of three Olympic pools, a 200-meter sandy beach, a lagoon with a grotto and waterfall, and a rainforest. The 27-meter slide tower is the tallest in Germany.

Toddlers get Kraki Beach, a splash area with a giant pink octopus, and the Tropino Kids' Club has climbing frames, trampolines and soft play.