Fårup sommerland
Park entrance
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| Location | Fårup, Denmark |
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| Opened | 21 June 1975 |
Fårup Summer Park (Danish: Fårup Sommerland) is a Danish theme park located in Jylland, in the north of the country. The park, as the name suggests, is open during the summer months and attracts about 650,000 people each season. It is one of Denmark's biggest amusement parks and has the largest water park of any amusement park in the country. The park has currently 6 roller coasters and many other rides as well.
Opened on June 21, 1975 by the Kragelund family which had been in the wholesale business in Aalborg for 90 years when Anders Kragelund decided to sell and start a new business - an amusement park. He chose for the site of this venture North Jutland, a beautiful and popular holiday area in Denmark. The amusement park opened small with only a handful of children´s rides and attracted about 40.000 guests in its first operating season in 1975. Over the years the park has grown in popularity and been expanded in area as well, by 1983 many new rides had been added and about 350.000 people visited the park that year. In 1989 a water park was added (Djurs Sommerland) had added a water park in 1985). Since 2001 the park has added 5 new roller coasters to its slate, most recently in 2012 and there is a new coaster for the year 2013 to look forward to.
The majority of the rides in this park cater to every member of the family making this a very child-friendly amusement park. The park is nicely landscaped with plenty of trees everywhere and a lake separating the amusement park area from the water park. Even though some of the rides are themed the park itself is not divided into specifically themed areas. The Aqua Park is included in the admission price.
The water park opened in 1989 and is included in the admission price.
In addition, the park hosts various special events throughout the summer season including motor cycle meet, vintage car show, open air music concerts and more.
Coordinates: 57°16′12″N 9°38′45″E / 57.27000°N 9.64583°E
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