| Fårup Summer Park | |
| Location: | Fårup, Jammerbugt, North Jutland, Denmark |
| Homepage: | http://www.faarupsommerland.dk/en/ |
| Season: | April/May–September (occasional outside the main season) |
Fårup Summer Park (Danish: Fårup Sommerland) is a theme park located in Fårup between Blokhus and Løkken in North Jutland, Denmark. The park, as the name suggests, is open during the summer months and attracts about 600,000 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 currently has seven roller coasters and many other rides as well.
Opened on 21 June 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 2013.
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.
| Ride Name | Photo | Type | Year Opened | Manufacturer | Additional Information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falken (The Falcon) | Wooden sit down | 2004 | Reaches a speed 75km/h on a 622m (2,041feet) long track and a height of 20m (70feet). Minimum height for people on the ride is 1.1m (03.6feet). Train 2x15. | |||
| Flagermusen (The Bat) | 2001 | This wild mouse coaster reaches a speed of 47km/h on a 420m (1,380feet) long track and a height of 13m (43feet). Minimum height to ride the coaster is 1.15m (03.77feet). Car 2+2. | ||||
| Fønix (The Phoenix) | Steel sit down | 2022 | Sit-down Looping Coaster. | |||
| Lynet (The Lightning) | LSM-launched steel sit down | 2008 | This single car (2x) coaster launches its riders to 80km/h in just 2 seconds on a 540m (1,770feet) long track and a height of 20m (70feet) with two inversions. Minimum height to ride the coaster is 1.2m (03.9feet). Launch Coaster 540 model. | |||
| Mine Expressen | Steel sit down | 1992 | Reaches a speed of 46km/h on a 335m (1,099feet) long track and a height of 13m (43feet). Age limit is 5 years old. 335m Junior Coaster model. | |||
| Pindsvinet (The Hedgehog) | Steel sit down | 2012 | Family 80STD Gravity Coaster. | |||
| Orkanen (The Hurricane) | 2013 | Reaches a speed of 76km/h on a 453m (1,486feet) long track and a height of 20m (70feet). Suspended Family Coaster. | ||||
| Saven (The Saw) | Steel Shuttle | 2020 | Family Boomerang Coaster. |
The water park opened in 1989 and is included in the admission price.
The park hosts various special events throughout the summer season including motor cycle meet, open air music concerts and more.