The tripto catalogue lists 17 theme parks – from big roller-coaster parks and family parks to indoor water parks.
Europa-Park in Rust is Germany's largest theme park, with more than 100 attractions, coasters such as Silver Star and themed areas devoted to European countries. Phantasialand in Brühl near Cologne is known for its detailed themed worlds such as Klugheim and Rookburgh; tickets are sold online only. The Heide Park Resort in Soltau is the largest theme park in northern Germany, with Colossos and Krake. Legoland Deutschland between Ulm and Augsburg has 68 attractions and its Miniland. Tropical Islands south of Berlin is a tropical resort in a former airship hangar, with a South Sea beach and rainforest, warm all year. Belantis south of Leipzig is the largest theme park in central Germany.
Most theme parks in the catalogue are in Baden-Württemberg (four) and Bavaria (three), followed by Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia with two each.
In practice: plan a full day. Dated online tickets are almost always cheaper than at the gate – at Heide Park from €37 instead of €64, at Europa-Park €10 below the gate price. Young children often go free (Europa-Park under 4, Heide Park under 90 cm). Most parks open from spring to autumn, with Halloween and winter events; Tropical Islands and Therme Erding are open all year.
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Rust
Europa-Park in Rust is Germany's largest theme park and one of the most celebrated amusement parks in the world. Spread over about 235 acres (95 hectares) in the Rhine Valley between the Black Forest and the French border, it offers more t…
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Brühl
Phantasialand in Brühl, between Cologne and Bonn, is one of Germany's most popular theme parks and is famous for its richly themed worlds. Instead of rides lined up in open fields, roller coasters like Taron, Black Mamba and F.L.Y. weave t…
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Soltau
Heide Park Resort in Soltau is the biggest amusement park in northern Germany, set in the Lüneburg Heath roughly halfway between Hamburg and Hanover. Spread over about 85 hectares, it is known for record-breaking roller coasters such as th…
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Günzburg
Legoland Deutschland Resort in Günzburg, Bavaria, is one of Germany's most visited theme parks and a top day trip for families with young children. Located right off the A8 highway between Munich and Stuttgart, it combines rides, shows and…
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Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
Tropical Islands near Krausnick, south of Berlin, is Europe's largest tropical resort: a gigantic dome housing a sandy beach, a warm lagoon, a rainforest and water slides, all kept at summer temperatures year-round. The resort fills a form…
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Leipzig
Belantis on the southern edge of Leipzig is the largest theme park in central Germany and a popular family day out in Saxony. Built on a former open-cast lignite mine next to today's lake district, it spreads eight themed worlds across the…
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Rust
Europa-Park in Rust is Germany's largest theme park and one of the most celebrated amusement parks in the world. Spread over about 235 acres (95 hectares) in the Rhine Valley between the Black Forest and the French border, it offers more t…
Theme parks
Brühl
Phantasialand in Brühl, between Cologne and Bonn, is one of Germany's most popular theme parks and is famous for its richly themed worlds. Instead of rides lined up in open fields, roller coasters like Taron, Black Mamba and F.L.Y. weave t…
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Soltau
Heide Park Resort in Soltau is the biggest amusement park in northern Germany, set in the Lüneburg Heath roughly halfway between Hamburg and Hanover. Spread over about 85 hectares, it is known for record-breaking roller coasters such as th…
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Günzburg
Legoland Deutschland Resort in Günzburg, Bavaria, is one of Germany's most visited theme parks and a top day trip for families with young children. Located right off the A8 highway between Munich and Stuttgart, it combines rides, shows and…
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Krausnick-Groß Wasserburg
Tropical Islands near Krausnick, south of Berlin, is Europe's largest tropical resort: a gigantic dome housing a sandy beach, a warm lagoon, a rainforest and water slides, all kept at summer temperatures year-round. The resort fills a form…
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Rammingen
The Allgäu Skyline Park in Rammingen, near the spa town of Bad Wörishofen in Bavaria, is one of the largest amusement parks in southern Germany. It sits right beside the A96 autobahn, roughly 50 miles (80 km) west of Munich, and its towers…
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Leipzig
Belantis on the southern edge of Leipzig is the largest theme park in central Germany and a popular family day out in Saxony. Built on a former open-cast lignite mine next to today's lake district, it spreads eight themed worlds across the…
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Baden-Baden
The Caracalla Therme (Caracalla Spa) in Baden-Baden is the modern thermal bath of Germany's most famous spa town, on the edge of the Black Forest. It sits in the historic bath quarter next to the Friedrichsbad, and its round domed hall, ou…
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Cleebronn
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill in Cleebronn, between Stuttgart and Heilbronn in southwest Germany, is widely described as the country's oldest amusement park. Instead of movie sets, it recreates a Swabian village of around 1880, complete with hal…
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Potsdam
Filmpark Babelsberg in Potsdam is a movie-themed amusement park next to Studio Babelsberg, where films have been made since 1912. Instead of roller coasters, it offers live stunt shows with fire and explosions, original film sets, fairy-ta…
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Sierksdorf
Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, on the Bay of Lübeck in northern Germany, calls itself the country's only theme park by the sea, and from several rides you can look straight out over the Baltic. Its roughly 46 hectares (114 acres) are split into…
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Bottrop
Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchhellen is a movie-themed amusement park on the northern edge of Germany's Ruhr region, about an hour's drive from Cologne and Düsseldorf. Spread over roughly 45 hectares (110 acres), it mixes roller coast…
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Haßloch
Plopsaland Deutschland in Haßloch, known as Holiday Park until June 2025, is a theme park in the Palatinate region of southwest Germany, a short drive from Mannheim and about an hour from Frankfurt Airport. Its roughly 40 hectares (100 acr…
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Meckenbeuren
Ravensburger Spieleland in Meckenbeuren, between Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen near Lake Constance, is a theme park built around the games and characters of the famous German puzzle and board game maker Ravensburger. It is aimed squarely…
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Rust
Outside lie the fields of the Upper Rhine plain; inside is an island in the North Atlantic, home to trolls, mermaids and a blue octopus in a horned helmet. Rulantica is the water park of Europa-Park in Rust, its name a blend of Rust and At…
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Berlin
A Ferris wheel creaking in the wind for years, toppled dinosaurs in the grass, an overgrown roller coaster: for more than two decades the Spreepark in Plänterwald was one of Germany's best-known abandoned places. Before that, as the Kultur…
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Erding
Therme Erding, just northeast of Munich, is widely described as the largest thermal spa in the world – a vast indoor and outdoor complex of thermal pools, a wave pool, water slides and saunas. Only about 9 miles (14 km) from Munich Airport…
Europa-Park in Rust, with more than 100 attractions. The largest in northern Germany is the Heide Park Resort, and in central Germany Belantis.
Online usually €35–76 for adults: Europa-Park €67–76, Legoland from €39, Heide Park from €37, Tropical Islands from €34.90. Gate prices are higher.
Tropical Islands and Therme Erding all year. Europa-Park, Legoland and Phantasialand open on selected winter days.
Updated: · Opening hours and prices can change — check the attraction page before you go.