The ULTIMATE in Railway Modelling

Welcome to the Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg

The largest model railway in the world and one of the most successful permanent exhibitions in Northern Germany.

The Miniatur Wunderland has been constantly growing since the year 2001. Having started with two layout areas, Harz and Southern Germany, the Wunderland has openend the seventh area, Switzerland, in November 2007. More layout areas have already been planned until the year 2014.

The Model itself covers 6,400m², has 12,000 metres of track, 890 Trains with the longest measuring in at 14.51 metres.  Couple this with 3,500 bridges and buildings, 200,000 figures, 215,000 trees and 300,000 lights and you can see why it is a World Record holder.  Current estimates show that the model thus far has taken 500,000 manhours to construct and costs so far have reached 10,000,000 Euro’s.

For more information, visit the Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg website.