Sunday, April 6, 2008

Guided tour at BASF AG

Our day started at 11:00 with a guided tour at BASF AG the world's largest integrated chemical production plant. After a watching a safety instruction video, our tour guided welcomed us to the plant. She told us that the tour would be in German language, because there were other people, mainly Germans, who wanted to see the site too.

The sheer size of the site is so huge that we actually had to take a bus to get around. The bus tour took about 45 minutes and we did not even see all parts of the plant.



After the bus tour we stayed for a while in the visitor centre. There is an interesting exhibition about the company BASF AG, their products and chemical reactions in general. The exhibitions is somewhat similar to Heureka! in Vantaa. It invites it vistors to experience the world of chemistry. For example, there are samples of different flavors and one had to determine whether they are natural fragrances or artificial ones.

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