Updated for September 2026
The Best Aquariums in Schleswig-Holstein
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 Schleswig-Holstein that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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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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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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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.
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Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 3 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.