Fun City

Fun City, known as Himleriket before 2005, was an amusement park located in Himle in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. It operated from the 1980s until 2012. The park was a local leisure destination that combined several attractions: a tivoli with rides including the roller coaster Ragnarök, the Tropical Beach water park, a circus, a small zoo with animals such as camels, llamas, goats, chickens and rabbits, and a Wild West-themed town called Gun City. A 17-metre-tall metal giant named Himble served as an important symbol of the park. After less successful investments in 2010 and a poor season in 2011, the park's offering was sharply reduced. Fun City had lost a quarter of its visitors. The zoo and the rides were removed, and only the water park remained for the 2012 season. In 2012 Fun City received a temporary building permit for cabins on the site; these cabins were later used as asylum accommodation. The asylum housing was described by the Swedish Migration Agency as "temporary accommodation" and had space for 200 people. It was criticised for lacking building permits for the residences while the company operating it received millions in revenue. The same company also ran an asylum accommodation in Norberg. After the amusement park closed, an asylum accommodation called Björkgårdens Stugby operated at Fun City, where the Red Cross had activities. Fun City planned to open a wave surfing facility for the 2016 season, consisting of a pool 300 x 80 metres with artificial waves, but these plans never materialised. In April 2016 images from the abandoned amusement park spread on Imgur, sourced from a Swedish urban explorer who had entered the area to photograph and film it. When Hallands Nyheter linked to the images in a report, information about the place spread to a wider audience, leading to a large influx of curious visitors who vandalised and broke in, which was noted by SVT and Hallands Nyheter, among others. In the summer of 2017 the land was bought by a consortium consisting of Sjöströms fastigheter Varberg, Lindebergs FF AB, Derome Hus AB and Hotell AB Draupner, which planned to convert the land into a residential area. At the end of summer 2017 all remains of the amusement park were demolished, and only the entrance sign and the giant Himble on the mountain remained. The giant was moved to Älvsered in 2025 and erected in May 2026.

Fun City, originally called Himleriket until 2005, was an amusement park in Himle in Varberg Municipality, Sweden, operating from the 1980s until 2012. The park featured a tivoli with rides including the roller coaster Ragnarök, the Tropical Beach water park, a circus, a small zoo with camels, llamas, goats, chickens and rabbits, and a Wild West town called Gun City. A 17-metre-tall metal giant named Himble was an important symbol of the park. After less successful investments in 2010 and a poor season in 2011, the park's offering was sharply reduced. Fun City had lost a quarter of its visitors. The zoo and the rides were removed, and only the water park remained for the 2012 season. In 2012 Fun City received a temporary building permit for cabins on the site; these cabins were later used as asylum accommodation. The asylum housing was described by the Swedish Migration Agency as "temporary accommodation" and had space for 200 people. It was criticised for lacking building permits for the residences while the company operating it received millions in revenue. The same company also ran an asylum accommodation in Norberg. After the amusement park closed, an asylum accommodation called Björkgårdens Stugby operated at Fun City, where the Red Cross had activities. Fun City planned to open a wave surfing facility for the 2016 season, consisting of a pool 300 x 80 metres with artificial waves, but these plans never materialised. In April 2016 images from the abandoned amusement park spread on Imgur, sourced from a Swedish urban explorer who had entered the area to photograph and film it. When Hallands Nyheter linked to the images in a report, information about the place spread to a wider audience, leading to a large influx of curious visitors who vandalised and broke in, which was noted by SVT and Hallands Nyheter, among others. In the summer of 2017 the land was bought by a consortium consisting of Sjöströms fastigheter Varberg, Lindebergs FF AB, Derome Hus AB and Hotell AB Draupner, which planned to convert the land into a residential area. At the end of summer 2017 all remains of the amusement park were demolished, and only the entrance sign and the giant Himble on the mountain remained. The giant was moved to Älvsered in 2025 and erected in May 2026.

• 2026

  The giant Himble was erected in Älvsered in May.

• 2025

  The giant Himble was moved to Älvsered.

• 2017

  Land bought by a consortium planning a residential area; all remains demolished by end of summer.

• 2016

  Plans for a wave surfing facility never materialised; images of the abandoned park spread on Imgur.

• 2012

  Only the water park remained; temporary building permit for cabins later used as asylum accommodation.

• 2011

  Poor season; park lost a quarter of its visitors.

• 2010

  Less successful investments.

• 2005

  Name changed from Himleriket to Fun City.

A family leisure and amusement park in western Sweden, later reduced to a water park before closing.

• Tropical Beach water park

• Roller coaster Ragnarök

• Gun City Wild West town

• Small zoo

• Circus

1. 1Nöjespark, äventyrsland, badland, vattenland med vattenrutschbanor - Fun City Varbergfuncityvarberg.se
2. 2Fun Citysv.wikipedia.org
3. 3Wikidata Q10500070wikidata.org