MADURODAM THE MINIATURE CITY

MADURODAM

THE OFFICIAL SITE
http://www.madurodam.nl/en/discover-the-park/Begin-the-discovery/

Madurodam is a miniature park and tourist attraction in theScheveningen district of The Hague, The Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. The park was opened in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since. In 2012 Madurodam celebrated its 60th anniversary.

Some facts:

• Madurodam officially opened on July 2, 1952.
• Madurodam has a railway network of approximately 4 km.
• There are 50,000 miniature lights in this city.
• The miniature cars drive an average of 22,500 km every year

Everything that is standing in Madurodam has a scale of 1:25. Before making a building the direction has to decide if they want to have that building in Madurodam. After their decision the first thing that is going to happen is searching for information. This information contains the shape of the building but also the color etc. Therefor the designers/makers search for a lot of pictures. After this information search it's possible to start making the models. A computer measures everything and after that it sends his information to a machine that makes the real model. Then the model is done but it is not finished yet. The model has to be painted. Therefor the model goes to the painting room where it gets the real look. In this painting room restorations also take place. Because everything is standing outside it can happen that the paint fall off.
FROM WIKIWAND

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