Coaster Stories - My 2022 NordTrip

Why do we ride coasters? Is it for the thrills? For the escapism? For forgetting our worries? This is a question which I often ask myself. Time and again, I tell myself that this hobby is too expensive, too unorthodox, too lonely. Yet, time after time, I find myself making a booking for yet another coaster trip. With an injured knee, skyrocketing everything prices and a war going on nearby, I somehow got myself to visit the Theme Parks of Germany, Denmark and Sweden in September 2022.

Top 10 Roller Coasters of my Germany-Netherlands Coaster Trip

In Oct-Nov 2021, I took the first European coaster trip. In this trip, I experienced a total of 46 new roller coasters over 6 theme parks over a period of 12 days (not every day was riding coasters, duh!). Of course, due to a certain global event that shall not be named, I only travelled to Netherlands and Germany. Additionally, some parks were already closed for autumn when I was there. Nonetheless, this trip marks several key milestones for my coaster journey:

• Riding my 100th roller coaster (Silver Star)
• 20 rides on roller coasters in 1 day (previous record: 11)
• First time riding a major roller coaster 2 times in a row without leaving the platform (Silver Star)
• First time staying in a Hotel within a Theme Park (Hotel Charles Lindberg)
• First time being the last rider of the day (F.L.Y.)
• First time finishing a major theme park within 4 hours (with 8 coasters, btw)