After successfully launching the award-winning roller coaster Helix in 2014, Liseberg this year invests in the biggest and most exciting roller coaster so far: Valkyria.

Valkyria will be the highest and longest dive coaster in Europe and is to be manufactured by the Swiss roller coaster maker Bolliger & Mabillard. This is the first time Liseberg has invested in an attraction from the company, which has a reputation as a creator of some of the world’s best roller coasters.

After the lift hill from the station building, riders will have a moment to look out over the Mölndalsån River, and a heart-stopping standstill at the very edge of the vertical drop that defines a dive coaster. In Valkyria’s case, it’s a 50-metre free fall straight into an underground cavern. Riders then burst out of the underworld at 105 km/h to be spun upside down and dive towards the JukeBox. After a few more inversions, a spin around the Amusement Arcade and a few swoops out over the river, the nearly 750-meter long ride comes to an end.

Andreas Andersen, CEO of Liseberg:

“The experience of Valkyria won’t be like any other ride at Liseberg. It will feel like you’re flying."

Building a world class roller coaster requires a lot of work. The groundwork for Valkyria started in January 2017 and a year later work has began on laying the track. Valkyria will open during the summer of 2018.