Weather Factory

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The Water Factory, also known as the Water Factory–New Gontynka,, is a modernist water park and science museum in Szczecin, Poland, located at 41 Pierwszego Maja Street, within the administrative neighbourhood of Drzetowo-Grabowo in the Downtown district. The complex features 17 swimming pools, 11 water slides, and 16 saunas, and has an area of 13,000 m2 It also includes a science museum, named the Educatorium, with an area of around 4,610 m2, which features the exhibition themed around water. The building was designed by the architecture firm TKHolding, and opened on 1 June 2024. Previously, the area featured the Grüne Wiese public swimming pool complex, which operated there prior to the Second World War, and the Gontyka outdoor swimming pool complex, which operated from 1973 to 2000.