The story of Liseberg

This amusement park owes its name to a landowner's wife. In 1752 Johan Anders Lamberg named his property Lisas Berg, 'Lisa's Mountain', after his wife Elisabeth Söderberg, and over time the area became known as Liseberg. In 1923 Gothenburg celebrated its 300th anniversary with a great exhibition, and a fun park opened here on 8 May.

It was only meant to be temporary, but with over 800,000 visitors in just over a month it was such a success that it was kept open. Today it is the second most visited theme park in Scandinavia, with around three million visitors a year. Look out for Balder, the wooden roller coaster voted the best wooden-tracked coaster in the world in 2003 and 2005. The park's colours are pink and green, and since 1983 its mascot has been a green-pink rabbit.

Abba and the Rolling Stones have played on the main stage, and in 1959 a helicopter scattered 15,000 roses over the park.