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/ September 22, 2026
The Hockenheimring is a motorsport circuit near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, that opened on May 29, 1932. Originally a long triangular course cut through the surrounding forest, part of the layout had to be reworked in the mid-1960s when construction of the…
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/ September 21, 2026
Lanxess Arena rises in the Deutz district of Cologne, Germany, its 76-meter steel arch visible for miles along the Rhine. Opened on October 5, 1998, as Kölnarena, the venue was designed by architect Peter Böhm and cost about €153 million to build. It was renamed…
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/ September 18, 2026
Belantis opened in 2003 just outside Leipzig, Germany, building its identity around a sweep of themed lands inspired by lost civilizations, from ancient Egypt to the Aztec and Roman worlds. Spread across 27 hectares (67 acres), the park blends coasters, water rides, and family attractions…
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/ September 18, 2026
Hansa-Park is a family-owned amusement park in Sierksdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, perched directly on the Baltic Sea coast in northern Germany. Opened on May 15, 1977, as Hansaland before being renamed Hansa-Park in 1987, the park has grown into one of Germany’s most-visited attractions, drawing over a…
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/ September 18, 2026
Heide Park Resort opened on August 19, 1978, near the town of Soltau in Lower Saxony, Germany, on land once occupied by the Heidenhof wildlife park. Over the decades it grew into the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and one of the largest in…
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/ September 15, 2026
Flug der Dämonen, German for “Flight of the Demons,” is a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster at Heide Park Resort in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It opened on March 29, 2014, as Germany’s first wing coaster, replacing the former Wildwasserbahn II water ride that had…
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/ September 15, 2026
Fluch von Novgorod (“Curse of Novgorod”) opened at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, Germany, on April 9, 2009, as a custom Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter built around a launched, dark-ride opening sequence. Riders depart the station through an indoor show scene before an LSM launch system rockets the train…
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/ September 15, 2026
Colossos – Kampf der Giganten is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. Built by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, it opened on April 13, 2001, and quickly became one of Europe’s tallest wooden coasters, drawing riders with its…
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/ September 15, 2026
Der Schwur des Kärnan (“The Oath of Kärnan”) is a steel hyper coaster at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, Germany, that opened on July 1, 2015. Built by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides and designed by legendary engineer Werner Stengel, it was the tallest, fastest, and longest coaster the…
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/ September 1, 2026
Leipzig Zoo opened on June 9, 1878, in the German city of Leipzig and has grown into one of Europe’s most acclaimed zoological gardens. Spread across roughly 27 hectares (67 acres), it is consistently ranked as Germany’s top-rated zoo and often cited as Europe’s second-best…
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/ August 31, 2026
Hellabrunn Zoo sits on the banks of the Isar River in Munich, Germany, and first opened to the public on August 1, 1911. Financial troubles tied to the aftermath of World War I forced it to close in 1922, but it reopened on May 23…
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/ August 31, 2026
Tierpark Berlin opened in 1955 in the Friedrichsfelde district of East Berlin, created as the divided city’s eastern counterpart to the Berlin Zoological Garden in the west. Built around the grounds of the 17th-century Friedrichsfelde Palace, the park was laid out using landscaping traditions dating…
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/ August 29, 2026
Zierer Karussell- und Spezialmaschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG is a German amusement ride manufacturer headquartered in Deggendorf, Bavaria. Founded in 1930, the company began by building wooden living wagons and market stalls for traveling showmen before evolving into one of Europe’s most prolific coaster builders.
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/ August 29, 2026
Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer who took over his family’s business in 1960 and turned it into Schwarzkopf Industries GmbH, one of the most influential roller coaster manufacturers of the 20th century. Based in Münsterhausen, Bavaria, the company built rides that traveled with European…
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/ August 29, 2026
Maurer Rides traces its roots to 1876, when the Maurer family began operating a steel construction business in Munich, Germany. That steelworking expertise carried the company into bridges, industrial buildings, and eventually amusement rides, culminating in the 1993 acquisition of the roller coaster division from…
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/ August 29, 2026
Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of roller coasters and amusement rides headquartered in Münsterhausen, Bavaria. Founded in 1982 by Hubert Gerstlauer, a former employee of the legendary Schwarzkopf Industries, the company began as an electrical and pneumatic supplier before pivoting to full…
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/ August 29, 2026
Mack Rides is a family-owned German manufacturer of roller coasters, dark rides, flat rides, and log flumes, headquartered in Waldkirch, Baden-Württemberg. The company traces its roots back to 1780, when it began as a carriage and stagecoach maker before pivoting toward the entertainment industry in…
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/ August 26, 2026
The Gewandhaus is Leipzig’s celebrated concert hall on Augustusplatz, home to the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, widely regarded as the oldest bourgeois symphony orchestra in the world. The orchestra traces its roots to a concert society founded in 1743 and took the Gewandhaus name when it…
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/ August 25, 2026
Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany, is the home ground of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and one of the most distinctive stadium builds in European football. Rather than tearing down the old venue, planners constructed an entirely new, modern football-only stadium inside the concrete shell…
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/ August 25, 2026
Veltins-Arena opened on August 13, 2001, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, replacing the old Parkstadion as the home of FC Schalke 04. Originally named Arena AufSchalke before brewery Veltins acquired naming rights in 2005, the stadium was built at a cost of about €191 million and quickly…
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