Europa-Park

Europa-Park

The entrance of the park
LocationEuropa-Park-Straße 2
77977 Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coordinates48°16′06″N 7°43′15″E / 48.26833°N 7.72083°E / 48.26833; 7.72083
StatusOperating
Opened12 July 1975; 49 years ago (12 July 1975)
OwnerMack Family
Operating seasonApril to early January
Attendance5,4 million (6 million with Rulantica) (2022)[1]
Area950,000 m2 (10,225,715 sq ft) (parks, hotels, parking lots, backstage)
Attractions
Total100 [2]
Roller coasters13
Water rides12
Websitewww.europapark.de
A Zeppelin NT (D-LZFN) of Friedrichshafen used for Advertisement

Europa-Park is a theme park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.[3] Covering a total area of 95 hectares, twenty themed areas offer around one hundred rides, several shows, and fourteen roller coasters, the park includes six hotels, a camping site, a tepee village, a cinema and a conference center.[2]

According to the AECOM Theme Index 2020, Europa-Park is ranked 19th out of the 25 most visited theme parks in the world and is the third most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris and Efteling, as well as the most visited seasonal theme park in the world.[4]

The park received 5.4 million visitors in 2022. Alongside Rulantica, the resort had over six million visitors.[5] Also that year, the Golden Ticket Award jury of the US magazine Amusement Today voted Europa-Park the "best theme park in the world" for the eighth year in a row.[6]

  1. ^ "TEA/AECOM 2022 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report" (PDF). TEA/AECOM. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Europa-Park evacuated after huge fire engulfs Europe's 2nd busiest theme park". Travel News | eTurboNews. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. ^ Clavé, Salvador Anton (2007). The Global Theme Park Industry. Wallingford: CAB International. pp. 149–151. ISBN 978-1-84593-208-4. OCLC 895777155.
  4. ^ "TEA/AECOM 2020 Theme Index and Museum Index: The Global Attractions Attendance Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Theme Index". AECOM. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ^ "The Golden Ticket Awards". goldenticketawards.com/. Amusement Today. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2023.