Heide Park Day Trip from Hamburg: Hamburg Theme Park
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This popular Hamburg Amusement Park has a ton of spectacular rides to enjoy. Visiting Heide Park from Hamburg is a cinch with a direct bus.
Visiting Heide Park From Hamburg: (Jump To)
This is part of our Two Week Germany Itinerary.
Hamburg Amusement Park - Heide Park
Heide Park Soltau is one of Germany’s largest theme parks, an easy day trip from Hamburg with headline roller coasters like Krake, Flug der Dämonen, and the record-breaking Colossos. Use this guide for Heide Park tickets, opening hours, and can’t-miss rides so you get the most out of this Hamburg amusement park.
Heide Park, a wonderful Hamburg Amusement Park, is one of Germany's largest theme parks. Located near Soltau in Lower Saxony, it offers a variety of thrill rides, family attractions, and themed areas. Visitors can enjoy roller coasters, water rides, and themed zones inspired by different cultures and eras. With a diverse range of attractions, Heide Park caters to visitors of all ages, making it a popular destination for families and thrill-seekers alike.
How To Get To Heide Park From Hamburg By Bus
Getting to Heide Park from Hamburg is simple: take the direct bus from ZOB Hamburg with a combo ticket that includes round-trip transport and park admission (about €50 when we went). It’s the most convenient way to plan a Heide Park day trip from Hamburg without renting a car or juggling train transfers.
We took a day trip to Heide Park, a Hamburg amusement park. It was super-easy to get to the park from Hamburg. From the ZOB BusPort Hamburg, we were able to buy tickets that included round-trip bus transport and park admission. The tickets were about €50. We left the bus station at 9 am and were in the park shortly after 10 am.
Heide Park Roller Coasters and Rides
Start with the big names—Krake (dive coaster), Flug der Dämonen (wing coaster), and Colossos (massive wooden coaster)—then work in Scream, Limit, and family attractions so everyone gets a win. Check the park map and typical wait times/Express Butler options to sequence the best Heide Park rides efficiently and minimize backtracking.
Heide Park is the largest theme park in northern Germany and one of the largest in the country. The Hamburg area theme park is separated into four main areas with a large lake at the center.
Bucht der Piraten, the park’s pirate-themed area, has two-star attractions. Krake is a dive coaster that drops you into the throws of a sea monster spraying water in your wake. A short, but fun ride.
The Big Loop is the park's oldest coaster, it loops you upside down four times on a rickety head-pounding track. This was not my favorite.
The area also has one of those swinging pirate ships, a ride where you squirt water at other boats as you pass, and a quaint slow water boat ride in an enchanting Danish-themed backdrop.
Climbing up the park’s main hill will bring you to Transilvanien, home to the park’s drop ride and some smaller spinning rides.
The first coaster you’ll encounter is Flug der Dämonen (Flight of the Demon). This is a winged coaster that was awesome. It flips you quickly through five flips. I think we rode it three times.
At the top of the hills is a coaster like I have never seen. Schweizer Bobbahn is a combination of a slide and a coaster. You sit in toboggan-style cars that sometimes ride in a waterslide-like slide and sometimes regular rollercoaster track. It was loads of fun.
Down the hill will bring you to Land der Vergessenen. Before the theming of the area begins you’ll find Limit, an upside-down coaster that dangles your feet above the park. It was a pretty unremarkable ride.
From there you’ll walk through a Mexican-themed area with some small carnival-style rides and the entrance to Colossos a large wooded coaster that was closed during our visit. Nearby is Desert Race a standard coaster with a search and rescue theme.
Wild Wild West is home to a pretty fun log flume and raft ride, a long and relaxing scenic monorail, and a slow-spinning observation tower ride. Grottenblitz is a small, mostly enclosed coaster that corkscrew loops through a barn and some amusing scenery. I recommend it.
Food in Heide Park
Food prices at Heide Park are refreshingly reasonable by theme-park standards, with quick options like bratwurst, snacks, and sweets spread across each themed area. Plan one main meal during the mid-day lull and snack later so you can maximize coaster time while still sampling classic German theme park food.
Food in this Hamburg roller coaster park was surprisingly affordable and extremely tasty. We had some bratwurst in buns for lunch, costing us about €2 each. There are plenty of options throughout the park.
Our return bus ticket had a 5 pm departure. We easily rode everything in the park and even had time for some re-rides before the bus brought us back to Hamburg.
For More German Theme parks check out our day in Phantasialand and our two days in Europa-Park.
This is part of our Two Week Germany Itinerary.
