Johan's Ark

Johan's Ark is mounted on a barge replica of Noah's Ark by the Dutchman Johan Huibers. The data correspond to those of the Bible from the first book of Moses, in the scale of 1:2.

Construction of the Ark

Johan Huibers 1992 had a nightmare and saw in this dream, like the Netherlands be flooded. Therefore, he decided the replica of the ark. The planning and construction lasted about 16 years. The dimensions of the original ark, if 1 yard = 0.4375 meters is expected to be 300 cubits around 131 m, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits around 22 m height around 13 m. This results in a volume of 131 m × 22 m × 13 m = 37,500 m³ or a gross tonnage of 13,250 GRT. After twenty years and a cost of over one million euros, the ship was ready and was initially made in Dordrecht south of Rotterdam accessible to visitors.

The Ark as a Bible theme park

The Dutch puppeteer, theater and television producer Aad Peters has taken the Ark in 2010 and developed a floating Bible theme park, which opened in February in Rotterdam. The Ark is 70 meters long, 13 meters high, 10 meters wide and weighs approximately 3,000 tons. 2011 started the tour of the Ark by several Dutch cities. She ran after by tugs pulled in July 2011 to Cologne, where he had around 70,000 visitors. In March 2013, went from Delfzijl in the old river port of Emden. Then she lay for six weeks in the old fishing port of Cuxhaven and 1 May 2013 came the ark for the 34th Church to Hamburg. During the harbor birthday she lay in Harburg's inland port.

Description of the Ark

The interior was divided into four floors with exhibition rooms, which feature scenes from the Old and New Testament. It presents the biblical stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and others. The twelve -meter-high tree of life grows through the whole ark. The exhibitions, interactive partially contain replicas of the saved from the flood animals such as bears, buffalo, giraffes, zebras, gorillas, lions, tigers and other. In addition, also live non-dangerous animals are like sheep, goats, dogs and rabbits in the rooms. Also, found a restaurant, a cinema and various play stations for children space in the ark.