Bobbejaanland

Typhoon in Bobbejaanland

51.2009544.907616Koordinaten: 51 ° 12 ' 3.4 "N, 4 ° 54' 27.4 " E

Bobbejaanland is a theme park in Belgium, which was built in 1961 by the Belgian singer and entertainer Bobbejaan Schoepen, who became famous in the 1960s for the German speaking under the name Bobbejaan.

This life's work resulted from the music career of Schoepen: After 15 years of international success and several tours Schoepen sought a permanent place for his performances. From 1959 to 1961 he was in the Belgian Lichtaart (Part municipality of Turnhout ) built a theater with 1,000 seats, which he named after the idea of his manager Jaak Kluger Bobbejaanland.

The focus of the young parks were a 2.2 km long sandy beach, water fun, small attractions and vaudeville, in which Schoepen also occurred yourself. Other well-known artists gave there guest performances, either as guests in the program of Bobbejaan itself or with its own shows, among other things, Ilse Werner, Rex Gildo, Michael Holm and Rudi Carrell.

On the advice of Phantasialand - owner Gottlieb Löffelhardt Schoepen built from 1975 the park more and more of a family and leisure park. Bobbejaanland thus became a major tourist attraction in the Benelux countries as well as in the border areas of France and Germany.

2004 Bobbejaanland was sold to the Spanish group Parques Reunidos.