Tusenfryd

Tusenfryd ('Thousand Joys', also the Norwegian name for the common daisy) is an amusement park at Vinterbro, about 20 kilometres south of Oslo. From 1950 to 1985 the site belonged to a zoo; the park opened on 11 June 1988 after 18 months of construction and is owned by the Spanish company Parques Reunidos. It has 34 attractions and about 500,000 visitors a year, and its operating season runs from April to October.

The park is not divided into strictly themed areas, but it has a Morgan Kane Town (1993), a Vikingland (1995) and a small Fairy Tale Land (2000); the mascot is called Fryd. Visitors enter on an escalator that climbs through one of the loops of the Speed Monster roller coaster. Among the attractions are eight roller coasters and three water rides, and the small water park Badefryd, opened in 2000, is included in the admission price. The park lies on hilly, wooded ground with flower beds, so expect a lot of uphill walking.

Tusenfryd lies at Vinterbro, about 20 kilometres south of Oslo, on the west side near the point where two of Norway's longest motorway corridors, the E6 and the E18, meet; rides such as Speed Monster, SuperSplash, SpinSpider, ThunderCoaster and SpaceShot can be seen from the motorway. By public transport, bus line 505 runs every 15 minutes from Oslo Bus Terminal in the city centre to the park entrance.