Lindt has recently launched its chocolate museum, “Home of Chocolate”, offering tours and a unique insight into its operations and how the fan-favorite sweets come to be made.
Based in Kilchberg near Zurich, Switzerland, the new Willy Wonka-esque chocolate museum opens from September 13 and is home to the world’s largest free-standing chocolate fountain standing over 9 meters tall. The fountain holds 1,500 kilograms of real chocolate melting off of a whisk and covering a huge Lindor ball.
Also as a part of the attraction, you can have an interactive tour where you’ll get a look into the history of the chocolate, and meet the pioneers of the Swiss chocolate who invented the best of the sweet treats.
The tour offers an insight into its modern test facilities where you can see for yourself how these delicious chocolates get manufactured and follow new products as they get created.
Lindt’s “Home of Chocolate” also offers special chocolate courses, where you can learn to make your own chocolate masterpiece under the guidance of Lindt’s Master Chocolatiers. With teaching you how to make treats from bars to lollipops, these courses are the dream come true for all the chocolate lovers out there.
The world’s biggest Lindt chocolate shop and a café are also part of the attraction. Whether you want to bring family or colleagues for a treat or buy some souvenirs from the shop, they’ve got you covered.
The building, designed by well-known architects Christ & Gantenbein, took 36 months to construct and is an impressive work of art for architecture fans as well.
“With the construction of the Lindt Home of Chocolate, we have created a Chocolate Competence Center that is unique in Switzerland and will strengthen the innovation of our industry over the long term,” says Ernst Tanner, President of the Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation’s Board.
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