Biannually, since 1980, the prestigious Liseberg Applause Award honours a park whose management, operations and creative accomplishments have inspired the industry with foresight, originality and sound business development.
This year Liseberg introduced a new themed area, Luna Park, as a part of the park’s centennial celebration. Two new family rides, Turbo & Tempus, opened in connection with the park's premiere in April. Next year, when Liseberg celebrates its 100-year anniversary, Luna Park will be completed with the third and biggest attraction in the area, the Vekoma Family Boomerang Luna. Watch the new POV here.
Liseberg presents AtmosFear VR - a tailored virtual reality experience with a speed of 110km/h in Europe's highest free-fall ride. AtmosFear VR opens in connection with Liseberg's premiere on April 23, and will operate until the wooden coaster Balder, which is closed for track-replacement, reopens later this summer.
Despite a delayed opening and extensive capacity constraints, Liseberg reports an improvement in earnings of almost one billion SEK for 2021 compared to 2020. "We are beginning to see the contours of a Liseberg, which has made its way through the crisis," says Andreas Andersen, CEO of Liseberg.
In 2023 Liseberg celebrates its 100-year anniversary. This centennial will be marked by the opening of the Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel in 2023 and Oceana Water World in 2024. Already next year, the celebration begins with a completely new themed area named Luna Park, as well as two new family rides, Turbo & Tempus. A year later, the Luna family boomerang roller coaster, will be added to the area.
Liseberg has on December third received an ISO 20121 certification for their sustainability management system. This is an important milestone for Liseberg’s sustainability work, aiming to become a world leader in sustainable amusement park operations.
The Applause Award is the theme- and amusement parks industry’s oldest and most prestigious award. The award has been presented biannually since 1980, but due to the current circumstances around COVID-19, the 2020 award will be postponed until 2022.
After years of planning, the construction can now start on Liseberg’s year-round, indoor water park. The water park – that will be named Oceana – is the second part of Liseberg’s expansion project, marking the parks centennial in 2023. With unique themes and 14 water attractions, the experience will be unlike anything else on the north European market.
The Applause Award is the theme- and amusement parks industry’s oldest and most prestigious award. So far, 19 outstanding parks have received the award. This year it is 40 years since the very first Applause Award was presented. To commemorate the anniversary year of the award, a new anniversary logo is now being introduced.
On June 22, 2020 Swedish amusement parks were informed that they will not be allowed to open this summer. This has large consequences for the Swedish amusement park industry. Despite this, Liseberg is looking ahead. South of the amusement park the new Grand Curiosa Hotel is rapidly taking shape. “In these tough times, it feels amazing to see this project come to life”, says Andreas Andersen.
This spring Liseberg opens the new Dark Ride Underland, situated in the children’s area Kaninlandet (the Rabbit Land). For the new ride, visitors will not have to stand in a physical queue and wait. Instead, Liseberg launches a newly developed virtual queuing system.
After a 4 year run in Stockholm and the successful September premiere in London, , Mamma Mia! The Party Dinner Show moves to Liseberg’s show venue Rondo. ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus, together with Andreas Andersen, CEO of Liseberg, today presented how Rondo will be transformed for the Mamma Mia! The Party, that will premiere in August 28 2020. Ticket sales starts on Tuesday October 29 2019.
On September 23, 2019 the final green light was given to Liseberg's new park-integrated themed hotel. The 457 room Liseberg Grand Curiosa Hotel, located by the south entrance of the amusement park, will open in 2022-23.
The dark ride Underland is Liseberg’s new big investment for the park’s children’s area and will open in spring 2020. This week, during the IAAPA Expo Europe trade show in Paris, the vehicle is for the first time being displayed for the industry to get a preview of the new rabbit themed dark ride.
In November, Liseberg announced that Kaninlandet (the Rabbit Land) – Liseberg’s children’s area – would be expanded in 2020. Today, Liseberg proudly presents Underland – the underground world of the rabbits – a major new family Dark Ride, as part of this expansion.
After 16 opening days, Liseberg Sunday closed the gates for the Halloween season 2018. For the first time, over 320,000 guest visited the park – and has established Gothenburg as one of the primary autumn break destinations in Sweden.
Every year, during Christmas at Liseberg, a spectacular ice show is shown daily. This Christmas, the stunning classical ballet Swan Lake will be showing at the Liseberg ice rink. “It will be a first-class fairytale ballet on ice,” reveals producer Sofia Sjölin. Christmas at Liseberg and the Swan Lake ice ballet open on 16 November.
At Liseberg a strange circus establishment has moved in. For the odd characters at Cirkus Bisarr, entertainment is more than just fun and laughter. It's bloody serious. Something is waiting for you among tattered circus tents and blinking lights, something creepy that will send chills down your spine. Once you have entered you may not come out again.
Today was the grand opening of Liseberg’s new record-breaking roller coaster Valkyria. Liseberg’s biggest investment ever will be both the highest and longest dive coaster in Europe – and have the highest drop in Scandinavia of 50 meters. A large number of thrilled guests gathered at 11 AM on August 10, 2018 to watch the ribbon being cut before enjoying their first ride.
Liseberg has chosen NCC, one of the leading construction and property development companies in the Nordic region, as partner for the Liseberg Jubilee project. The project includes a water park, a themed destination hotel and parking facilities. Liseberg will, through a fully owned development company, build the project, at an estimated investment of approximately SEK 2 billion.