{"id":6953,"date":"2021-02-18T07:48:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T06:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.visitklagenfurt.at\/europapark\/"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:03:42","slug":"europapark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitklagenfurt.at\/en\/lake-woerthersee-and-surroundings\/lake-woerthersee-east-bay\/europapark\/","title":{"rendered":"Europapark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Europapark is a place for everyone. It is regarded as THE Klagenfurt outdoor living room for every community: engrossed bookworms, passionate chess players, cheerful chatterers over coffee, families with kids and caboodle, amorous couples or convinced singles, communicative students, agile badminton players and meditative admirers of stone circles.<\/p>\n\n

\"Europapark\"
(c) Wolfgang Handler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Located to the west of Klagenfurt, the Europapark has a firm place in the hearts of the people of Klagenfurt. It is truly their outdoor living room, and a fixed component of the popular east bay of Lake W\u00f6rthersee. It is a playground for all ages, and at the same time an intermediate world for every imagination. It forms the transition between the city and the lake, from the world of work to leisure. In the Europapark you can breathe deeply and leave everything behind you, meet friends, talk, compete with one another and enjoy life.<\/p>\n\n

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(c) Tine Steinthaler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

A foray through the world of art<\/h2>\n\n

The park which now covers 22 hectares was originally a wetland. It was drained using rubble from the city, which was bombarded during the Second World War. The impetus for this came from the park founder and former mayor Hans Ausserwinkler, to whom a sculpture is also dedicated. <\/p>\n\n

The Europapark contains a real collection of works of art, which can be admired free of charge and in the fresh air. These include the numerous large stone sculptures from international sculpture symposia held in 1968, 1969 and 1995 \u2013 among them artists such as Leo Kornbrust, Karl Prantl, Hermann J. Painitz, and Wu Shaoxiang, who lives in Carinthia.<\/p>\n\n

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(c) Franz Gerdl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Playing field for all ages<\/h2>\n\n

In the midst of the greenery, the Europapark offers not only a large children\u2019s playground with all sorts of play equipment for children, but also a skater park for youngsters. Little ones (aged 1 to 6) can enjoy freedom of movement as they explore the environment and encounter the elements in their sand and water play, have physical experiences and try out construction games, while the older ones (aged 6 to 14) are more into exercise, contact and skills. <\/p>\n\n

There are plenty of cool paths and benches so the \u201cuncool\u201d parents can watch what is going on from a safe distance. The skater park is a great place for youngsters to reduce stress and present their own personality, and includes a sand court for beach volleyball and basketball baskets.<\/p>\n\n