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Oceanário de LisboaLisbon Oceanarium
ABOVE: Visitors get face time with fish on the lower level of the Oceanário's huge central tank.
The Oceanário de Lisboa, or Lisbon Oceanarium, is is the second-largest aquarium of its kind in the world, and the largest in Europe.
Other sections of the oceanarium, some of which connect to the main tank, feature sea birds (such as penguins and puffins) and sea otters. It's the kind of place where you can easily spend a couple of hours, even without taking part in special activities such as "Backstage Tours" (45 minutes, most days from 10 a.m. to 4:30p.m.) or "Sleeping with the Sharks" (an overnight slumber party for children or families). For visitor information and Web links, continue to page 2 of this article. Next page: Oceanário Visitor Information
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Lisbon
is the capital of a nation with a long maritime tradition--and after centuries
of dispatching ships across the world's oceans, it's only fitting that Lisbon
has now brought the ocean to the city.
Its
more than 16,000 fish, mammals, and other species are housed in a building that
seems to float above the water in the
The centerpiece of the Oceanário is a huge two-story tank where small fish,
eels, sharks, a
