Bobbejaanland
Sign in to savethumb|right|230px|Bobbejaan and Josée Schoepen, ca. 1962. thumb|right|230px|Bobbejaanland, 1973.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- amusement park
- Named after
- Bobbejaan Schoepen
- Country
- Belgium
- Located in
- Kasterlee
- Area
- 30
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Location
- Lichtaart
- Official website
- www.bobbejaanland.be
- Image
- Bobbejaanland entry.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bobbejaanland
- inception
- 1961-12-31
- visitors per year
- 740000
- social media followers
- 4972
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2124053
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- 20th century: Independent amusement park
- 21st century: A Parques Reunidos park
- Attractions
- References
- Sources
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thumb|right|230px|Bobbejaan and Josée Schoepen, ca. 1962. thumb|right|230px|Bobbejaanland, 1973.
Bobbejaanland is a theme park in Lichtaart, Belgium. The park was founded by Bobbejaan Schoepen, a Flemish singer, guitarist, and entertainer who enjoyed international success in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1959, he bought a 30-hectare marsh, had it drained and built a 1,000-capacity venue that opened in December 1961 as Bobbejaanland. This developed into an amusement park and remained in his possession until he sold it in 2004.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bobbejaanland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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