Botanika

Botanika is an indoor botanical garden with science center, in the Rhododendron-Park Bremen.

Together with the surrounding park, it contains the largest rhododendron collection in the world, featuring roughly 650 species and 3500 varieties.

[1] The four major greenhouses are divided into the regions of Japan, Borneo, the Himalayas,[2] as well as a tropical butterfly house.

[3] The facilities presents several asiatic landscapes, along with native animals such as lar gibbons, common hill mynas or kois.

Since August 2017, the greenhouses are home to the 2.4 meter tall "Buddha for Europe", a gift by the 14th Dalai Lama as a symbol for world peace.