Linnanmäki

Also known as Borgbacken, Linnanmäki amusement park

Linnanmäki (, colloquially Lintsi, ) is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on 27 May 1950 and is owned by the non-profit (, ), which operates the park to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work. In 2023, the foundation donated , and so far has donated a total of over to this cause.

Key facts

Amusement park.name: Linnanmäki
Amusement park.logo: Linnanmäen logo.svg
Amusement park.image: Linnanmäki ilmasta 27.5.2017.jpg
Amusement park.caption: Aerial view of Linnanmäki in 2017
Amusement park.location: Helsinki
Amusement park.location3: Finland
Amusement park.general_manager: Satu Järvelä (2024–present)
Amusement park.status: operating
Amusement park.season: April to October
Amusement park.visitors: approx. 1 million
Amusement park.rides: 42 ()
Amusement park.coasters: 8
Amusement park.water_rides: 1

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

History
Accidents
The park
Rides and attractions
Mermaid hall
Current rides
Roller coasters
Major rides
Family rides
Kiddie rides
Attractions
Removed rides and attractions
Gallery of images
References
External links

Linnanmäki is the oldest and most popular amusement park in Finland. It has many rides of different types and sizes, and of the all Nordic amusement parks, Linnanmäki has the most rides in relation to the number of visitors. It also has other attractions, including arcades, games, kiosks, restaurants and an outdoor stage on which different performers appear in the summer. The park is open from spring to autumn; the opening day is around May Day and the closing is in the third week of October. Linnanmäki is visited by about a million guests annually. In August 2006, Linnanmäki received its fifty-millionth visitor.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Linnanmäki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.