A miniature Monaco and Grand Prix

The Principality of Monaco has been re-created in the smallest detail at the Miniatur Wunderland Museum in Hamburg, Germany. The display now features a Formula 1 Grand Prix track!

Visitors to the Miniatur Wunderland Museum in Hamburg, Germany can now race the 22-metre long Monaco Grand Prix with small single-seater Formula 1 cars. The miniature museum has perfectly reproduced a mini-Principality and Formula 1 race track, as well as a Formula E track. The display is completely automatic and piloted using artificial intelligence.

For Frederik Braun, the founder of Miniatur Wunderland, who came to the Formula 1 Grand Prix every year with his family, the Monaco display was a childhood dream come true. “Monaco was difficult to build because many people can visualise what the Principality looks like. It took a long time to create the designs and start building the Formula 1 track. It was crazy. We offer a one-of-a-kind experience to visitors”, explains the German businessman, who heads Germany’s largest tourist attraction, with 1.4 million visitors every year.

The miniature Oceanographic Museum includes a jellyfish aquarium in which a rotating cylinder creates the illusion that the fish float. The Miniatur Wunderland Museum has a model of Provence as well, with the Verdon Gorge, the ruins of Castelbouc castle and the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Sénanque in the middle of a lavender field.

For more information, see: https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/