As of today, Hans Christian Andersen-House located in Odense, the birth place of the popular Danish fairytale poet, starts into its soft opening phase. The new museum experience, which was designed by Japanese star architect Kengo Kuma, immerses (...) read more
The fact that brick-and mortar retail is facing a radical upheaval in the age of e-commerce and especially in pandemic times, when shutdowns and curfews leave city centers empty, has not just been known for a short time. For some years now, the (...) read more
Yesterday, Tokyo-based teamLab Borderless: MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM (teamLab Borderless) announced that it will present visitors with all-new experiences installed during a major expansion as of July 15th. First, three new attractions were (...) read more
Today, Turkish water slide manufacturer Polin Waterparks has announced its latest water slide creation “Stingray“, a four-lane tube slide, which can be enjoyed by eight persons (four two person rafts) simultaneously. The two starting towers will (...) read more
Germany’s amusement park Freizeit-Land Geiselwind, located in Bavaria between Nuremberg and Würzburg, which is scheduled to reopen its gates in early July, gives a little foretaste of its novelties of the upcoming season. After “Dragon Bay” and (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) has announced the construction of the world’s first standalone Peppa Pig Resort in southwest China’s Sichuan Province – to mark the occasion, a formal cooperation agreement was signed last week by all parties involved. (...) read more
The Zoo d'Amnéville, located in the Grand Est region of France, will offer its visitors a new fascinating experience as of June 30th. Up to 2,000 people at one time will be able to experience the new Extended Reality show in the zoo‘s own (...) read more
The ODYSSEUM adventure museum in Cologne, operated by the Explorado Group, reopens its doors to visitors today and at the same time launches the “SPREE Arena“ supplied by SPREE Interactive, a completely new VR free-roaming attraction. The six-player (...) read more
Off the coast of Busselton in Western Australia, the new marine observatory Australia Underwater Discovery Centre (AUDC) is being built at the end of the almost two-kilometre long tourist jetty, from which numerous species of whales can be observed (...) read more
After a total closure of eight months, Schloss Dankern vacation and leisure park, located in Germany’s Emsland region, is welcoming its first guests for the 2021 summer season today. “We are delighted that we can now open just in time for the start (...) read more
Only at the beginning of this month, Efteling announced extensive expansion plans for the park area (cf. EAP news f. 2 June 2021). Before the expansions are rolled out in the next few years, Efteling is first investing in the gradual transformation (...) read more
As of 12 July, visitors to London’s Covent Garden will be able to visit a new photo exhibition initiated by Warner Bros., dedicated entirely to the productions of the “Harry Potter” and “Fantastic Beasts” movies. On display will be hundreds of (...) read more
Brighton Pier Group, which owns and operates Brighton Palace Pier, nine premium bars and eight indoor mini golf sites, has acquired Lightwater Valley Attractions Ltd. including its related Lightwater Valley Theme Park in North Yorkshire at a (...) read more
The theme park Faarup Sommerland, located in North Jutland, today announced its coming big roller coaster novelty “Foenix” for the upcoming 2022 season, which will be “Denmark's largest and fastest roller coaster”, according to its own statements. (...) read more
Tropos Motors Europe, the Germany-based manufacturer of electric utility vehicles, will test vehicle-integrated photovoltaic technology on the box bodies of the Tropos ABLE models in a pilot project starting this month. The aim is to make the (...) read more
The last scene is in the can and a screenplay becomes reality: On the occasion of the park’s 25th anniversary this season, Movie Park Germany raises the curtain on its new Hollywood roller coaster “Movie Park Studio Tour”, a multi-dimension coaster (...) read more
Based on a fictional story by Fractal Picture set in the year 2100, in which, according to the storyline, the climate crisis has greatly changed the lives of people on earth, the Austrian specialist for media-based attractions Kraftwerk Living (...) read more
The London-located VR destination OTHERWORLD, which offers an amount of 16 free romaning experiences under one roof, recently announced extensive expansion plans. Besides two further locations in London’s Victoria district and Birmingham, Otherworld (...) read more
A brand-new guest experience is now available at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, which tributes Michael Schumacher, the most iconic Formula One driver ever. In collaboration with Museo Ferrari in Maranello, the “Schumacher, the Scuderia Ferrari Champion” (...) read more
The brand-new Ocean Flower Water Park, developed by the Evergrande Group on China’s holiday and leisure island of Hainan as part of a comprehensive large-scale project including residential properties, retail offers, a marine and a theme park (cf. (...) read more
