Europa-Park
Germany /
Baden-Wurttemberg /
Rust /
Europa-Park-Straße
World
/ Germany
/ Baden-Wurttemberg
/ Rust
World / Germany / Baden-Württemberg / Freiburg
park, amusement park, roller coaster, tourist attraction
Europa Park is the second most popular theme park in Europe, after Disneyland Paris. It is open from April to October and in December and early January. It's located in Rust, south-west Germany, between Freiburg and Strasbourg. Its mascot is a grey mouse named "Euromaus" whose friends include Europhant, an elephant. It is split into 14 different areas, typically named after European countries or regions.
Europa Park is unusual in that it is run by the Mack family which has produced vehicles since 1780, circus waggons since 1880 and rollercoasters since 1921. The park was opened in 1975 to act as a showcase for many of their different ride models, eg. the Wild Mouse roller coaster. The amusement ride company is now called de:MACK Rides GmbH & Co KG. This explains why the park has two of their water coaster models (one a Super Splash model) and is home to the one-of-a-kind Euro-Mir. One of the few rides that goes against this rule is the relatively new Silver Star, designed by B&M of Switzerland. This is presumably because Mack doesn't offer a hyper coaster model.
The park is home to 9 roller coasters, the oldest being the Alpenxpress Mine Train where one travels at speed through a diamond cave with fire and smoke and the newest being Pegasus, a family coaster which opened in 2006.
www.europapark.de/en
Europa Park is unusual in that it is run by the Mack family which has produced vehicles since 1780, circus waggons since 1880 and rollercoasters since 1921. The park was opened in 1975 to act as a showcase for many of their different ride models, eg. the Wild Mouse roller coaster. The amusement ride company is now called de:MACK Rides GmbH & Co KG. This explains why the park has two of their water coaster models (one a Super Splash model) and is home to the one-of-a-kind Euro-Mir. One of the few rides that goes against this rule is the relatively new Silver Star, designed by B&M of Switzerland. This is presumably because Mack doesn't offer a hyper coaster model.
The park is home to 9 roller coasters, the oldest being the Alpenxpress Mine Train where one travels at speed through a diamond cave with fire and smoke and the newest being Pegasus, a family coaster which opened in 2006.
www.europapark.de/en
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa-Park
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 48°15'58"N 7°43'10"E
- Réserve naturelle du Rohrschollen 32 km
- Baden-Baden Racecourse 70 km
- Wild Water Park 76 km
- Black Forest 76 km
- Ronis 81 km
- Eichwald 85 km
- Weingut Engelhof 92 km
- Château de Lunéville 98 km
- Arboretum d'Amance 116 km
- Chaux Forest 208 km
- Hotel Colosseo 0.7 km
- Rust 0.7 km
- Hotel Bell Rock 0.8 km
- Kappel-Grafenhausen 3.5 km
- Power Station 3.7 km
- Barracks Diebolsheim 4.6 km
- Sports Field 5.3 km
- Witternheim 10 km
- Alsace 14 km
- Upper Rhine Graben 61 km
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