Särkänniemi amusement park celebrates its 50th anniversary: \u200b\u200bWe compiled seven interesting facts over the years

Tampere’s most popular tourist destination was opened on May 1975. Over the years, nearly 27 million people have visited the Särkänniemi Amusement Park.

Today’s 50th birthday is celebrated today in Särkänniemi, Tampere. The party is an amusement park that first opened its gate on May 1975.

How is Särkänniemi known and remembered? We listed seven interesting things over the years.

1. Mayor wanted a tall tower to Tampere

Särkänniemi on the shore of Lake Näsijärvi was selected as the place.

The City of Tampere was founded by Särkänniemi Oy in 1967. The first tourist destinations, the aquarium and planetario at the foot of Näsinneula, were opened in 1969.

The children’s zoo, which could be viewed, for example, pigs, puppies and ponies, opened the following year. In 2013, it was transformed into Koiramäki Zoo.

Näsinneula was opened in 1971.

The amusement park is the youngest of Särkänniemi’s current destinations.

From 2,000 from Särkänniemi, they started talking about an amusement park instead of an amusement park. Because it wants to emphasize that you can experience much more in the area at the same time and on the same bracelet than in a regular amusement park.

2. The first device was amused in advance in Linnanmäki

The gates of Särkänniemi amusement park opened for the first time on May 1975.

Särkänniemi acquired his first device for a year before opening the amusement park. The summer of 1974 it was in Linnanmäki, where the device was rented.

In the first summer, Särkänniemi also had access to fun in the mirror hall, Metkula and the car.

The first device of the amusement park Troikka continues to run visitors to Särkänniemi.

3. Dolphins raised the number of visitors to the clouds – and caused a reputation damage

In 1985, a dolphinarium was opened in Särkänniemi, whose stars Niki, Näsi, Veera, Delf and Joona were caught in Florida’s Mexican Gulf and flown to Tampere.

Particularly in the late 1990s, the dolphinarium attracted a huge number of people to Särkänniemi, many of whom also visited the amusement park.

From the beginning, the dolphinarium also aroused opposition. Criticism increased when the chicks born in the dolphinarium died. Little by little, the number of visitors also decreased.

In 2015, the dolphinaria was closed, and in the summer of 2016, Särkänniemi flew dolphins to Greece. An attempt was made to keep the transfer operation secretly and caused a lot of negative attention to Särkänniemi.

4. The same devices keep their ground from year to year

A new device will be introduced almost every year in Särkänniemi. This year’s novelty is the car carroll Drifti, which is located outside the actual amusement park area.

Särkänniemi reports that last summer the most visitors were in Tornado. The device, introduced in 2001, has always been one of the most popular devices in Särkänniemi.

Eternal favorites include water equipment, Tukkijoki, opened in 1982, and the rapids adventure opened in 1999.

The smallest favorites of the family are the Pig Train, which opened year after 1984, introduced in 1986.

5. Approximately half a million people visit the amusement park each year

Särkänniemi has been one of Tampere’s most important tourist destinations since the beginning. According to Särkänniemi, a total of about 26.7 million people have visited amusement parks alone.

The number of visitors to all Särkänniemi sites is much higher. After the opening of the 1969, the aquarium and the planetarium, there were a total of about 70.6 million visitors.

During the opening ceremony of the amusement park in 1975, there were about 188,000 visitors during the summer. All years, the amusement park will have an average of about 530,000 people visiting the amusement park.

6. In Koron summer, exceptional arrangements were entertained

In the spring of 2020, Särkänniemi had had time to recruit future summer workers when the corona pandemia also struck Finland. When the government announced interest rates, it seemed that the amusement park might have to be held.

Finally, in mid -June, about a month and a half later, the amusement park was opened.

The summer was marked by strict restrictions: the number of customers was limited to 20 % of normal, the equipment and queues followed large safety intervals, staff used plastic visits and cleaned equipment.

In 2020, the amusement park’s visitors remained about half normal. The next summer was also exceptional due to the interest. Economically, the corona years were heavy for Särkänniemi.

7. Thousands of young people’s summer job

Many people in Tampere have spent their youth summer in Särkänniemi as a ticket salesman, as a device manager or even as a café assistant.

Särkänniemi is a major summer employee in Pirkanmaa. According to the company, about 400-500 seasonal workers have been hired every summer in recent years. Even in the corona year, 350 summer workers were hired.

Many summer workers are working in Särkänniemi for several years, and troops generally also progress to more demanding tasks.

The rest of the staff also seems to be comfortable in Särkänniemi.