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Location
  
Alahärmä, Finland

Opened
  
1999, rides area 2002

Total
  
42

Owner
  
Lillbacka enterprises

Area
  
160 ha (400 acres)

PowerPark

Operating season
  
May to August (rides area) / throughout the year

PowerPark is a large scale karting and amusement park in Alahärmä, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The main karting track already resembles an F1 circuit, but they also have a hectare-large indoor track, the largest in Europe. Other than that the resort also contains a restaurant, large hotel, a camping area with cottages and all sorts of amusement rides.

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Major rides

In 2007, a worker died after being hit by the Typhoon ride. According to the news, she was retrieving a shoe. After the incident, the park was closed earlier than usual and both workers and customers were given crisis aid.

Horse centre

The Riding Centre of PowerPark is being completed and will start its operations in 2008. The Centre is located in a peaceful place, behind a small woods, in the vicinity of PowerPark. The Riding Centre will provide horse treks of different kinds in South Ostrobothnian landscapes.

References

PowerPark Wikipedia