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Spreepark in Berlin, Germany.(photo by Evelyne Leveke)  The park opened in 1969 as an entertainment park under the name Kulturpark Plänterwald. 20 years later authorities decided that Spreepark Berlin GmbH could convert the park into an amusement park to modern and western standards. Roller coasters were built, the ferris wheel was renovated and people had to pay an overall fee to get in, instead of paying for each individual ride before. This went on pretty succesful with 1.5 million visitors each year, until the end of the 1990’s when the company announced they were in serious debts and increased the admission fee. The park closed in 2001, leaving 11 million euros of debts and the area fell completely in disrepair. The head of Spreepark Berlin GmbH, Norbert Witte, flew to Lima in Peru after his company went bankrupt. He took his family, some close co-workers and six of the attractions of the park with him by ship, said so to repair them. Upon his return to Germany he was arrested for drug smuggling. He hid 180 kg of cocaine in the masts of an attraction called The Flying Carpet.

Spreepark in Berlin, Germany.
(photo by Evelyne Leveke) 

The park opened in 1969 as an entertainment park under the name Kulturpark Plänterwald. 20 years later authorities decided that Spreepark Berlin GmbH could convert the park into an amusement park to modern and western standards. Roller coasters were built, the ferris wheel was renovated and people had to pay an overall fee to get in, instead of paying for each individual ride before. This went on pretty succesful with 1.5 million visitors each year, until the end of the 1990’s when the company announced they were in serious debts and increased the admission fee. The park closed in 2001, leaving 11 million euros of debts and the area fell completely in disrepair.

The head of Spreepark Berlin GmbH, Norbert Witte, flew to Lima in Peru after his company went bankrupt. He took his family, some close co-workers and six of the attractions of the park with him by ship, said so to repair them. Upon his return to Germany he was arrested for drug smuggling. He hid 180 kg of cocaine in the masts of an attraction called The Flying Carpet.