Lisbon Oceanarium - the largest aquarium in Europe. Aquarium of the Pacific is located in the Park of Nations, which was held World Expo 1998. Lisbon Oceanarium The project worked famous American architect Peter Chermayeff, who also built the aquarium in Osaka and many other aquariums in the world. The building stands on the dock at the inner sea from afar resembles an aircraft carrier.

The aquarium has a large collection of representatives of maritime and oceanic world. Visitors can see how the birds and various mammals, lots of underwater fish and other marine organisms, including plants. Total collection consists of about 16 000 individuals more than 450 species. The area of ​​the most important exhibitions of the oceanarium - 1000 sq.m. with a large aquarium filled with water (5,000 cubic meters) and a depth of 7 meters. The water temperature in the tank is maintained at a level that is comfortable for tropical fish, and the fish of the temperate latitudes. Through the acrylic windows that glazed the aquarium, you can see floating sharks, rays, fish, tuna, barracuda, groupers and moray eels. Lisbon Oceanarium - one of the few aquariums, where you can see fish-moon, which requires special conditions of detention. Among the exotic specimens - 2 large spider crab and 2 sea otter.

Around the large central tank are four more, intended for the natural flora and fauna of the Pacific Ocean, the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean, the North Atlantic coast. From the center of the aquarium they are separated by acrylic sheets. Besides all this, on the first floor there are 25 thematic aquariums, each dedicated to a certain type.