• NEMO’s permanent exhibitions
  • New 'The search for life'
  • Soap bubbles
  • Chain Reactions
  • Codename: DNA
  • Phenomena
  • NEMO's Wonder Lab
  • Amazing Constructions
  • Machine Park
  • You, Me, Electricity
  • Journey through the Mind
  • Roof Panorama
  • Splashing Water Wonder
  • Water World
  • Teen Facts
  • H2: Future Fuel
  • Bits & Co
  • Dutch Eastindiaman 'The Amsterdam' next to NEMO
• Summer at NEMO!
• Activities and events
• Games and experiments
• Birthday Party

 

Amazing Constructions

Have you ever asked yourself why bridges and buildings are so strong? Amazing Constructions is an exhibit about technical constructions; about bridges and buildings with muscle. This is the place to discover the effects of form, strength and balance. Experiment with wobbly skyscrapers, trembling cables and high-speed lifts. Discover the difference between push and pull power. Do you dare to be a builder on a skyscraper? Would it be difficult to copy the NEMO building?

At Amazing Constructions you can also see the eye-catching, eight-metre-high scale model of the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. Accompanying it are 15 installations about strength, all of which focus on an aspect of construction. These include different building styles, construction methods, building materials and so on. At certain structures you can experiment with some of the basic principles of building.

Get in the lift and travel through the built-up world. Find out if you’re afraid of heights.