Updated for September 2026
The Best Aquariums in Germany
How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every aquarium in Germany that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Keeper talk or showChild friendlyParking
Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum Düsseldorf
Zoo & Aquarium in Düsseldorf
The building has 6,800 m² of floor space and 25 themed rooms, holding roughly 560 animal species as of July 2018. The displays are rounded out by 1,400 natural history specimens, models and hands-on stations. Just under 500,000 visitors a year make it the city's best-attended cultural institution.
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On-site diningParkingWheelchair accessible routes
Tierpark Hagenbeck
Zoo & Aquarium in Eimsbüttel
Tierpark Hagenbeck GGmbH, opened in 1907, is a zoo in Germany. Animals on show include Weißrüssel-Nasenbären, Seebären, Rote Riesenkängurus, Sumatra Orang-Utans and Stachelschweine.
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Keeper talk or showParkingImmersive media attraction
Zoologischer Garten Köln
Zoo & Aquarium in Köln
Cologne Zoo, opened in 1860, is a mixed in Germany. Its exhibits include Elefantenpark, Hippodom, Clemenshof, Aquarium and Terrarium.
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Keeper talk or showOn-site diningParking
Aquarium Wilhelmshaven
Aquarium in Wilhelmshaven
Over 600,000 litres of salt and fresh water hold more than 300 species. It is operated by a limited company and receives no public subsidy.
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Keeper talk or showOn-site diningParking
Multimar Wattforum
Aquarium in Tönning
Opened in 1999 and enlarged repeatedly since, it exists to teach visitors to the national park about life in the Wadden Sea. More than 30 tanks with a combined volume of 150 m³ double as a rearing facility for threatened creatures. Hippocampus guttulatus seahorses, a species thought to have gone from the North Sea, were bred there in the summer of 2004 from wild-caught stock.
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Müritzeum
Zoo & Aquarium in Waren (Müritz)
Displays cover about 2,300 square metres and deal with nature, the environment, and regional and collection history. They are divided into a bird world, forest and nature, an aquarium landscape and a museum garden. The state natural history collections belong to a non-profit company set up at Waren on 1 January 2007.
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Rides and attractions
Sylt Aquarium
Aquarium in Sylt
Opened in 2004 right beside the dune belt, it draws fresh water straight from the North Sea by pipeline. There are 25 saltwater tanks holding around 2,000 fish, and a glass tunnel passes beneath one of them.
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Behind-the-scenes tourOn-site diningParking
Aquarium Berlin
Aquarium in Berlin
The building stands on the grounds of the zoo, in the Tiergarten locality of the Mitte district, with a second door opening from Olof-Palme-Platz on Budapester Straße. It is listed as a protected monument together with the zoological garden. Graded programmes are offered to children and teenagers.
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ParkingDisability admission concession
Meereszentrum Fehmarn
Aquarium in Fehmarn
Meereszentrum Fehmarn is an aquarium in Fehmarn, Germany. Animals on show include Korallen, Nemos, Seepferdchen, Feuerfische and Muränen.
Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 9 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.