Speed of Sound

Speed of Sound is a steel Boomerang roller coaster in Walibi Holland. It was manufactured by Vekoma and opened on April 22, 2000 as La Via Volta. It was open until 2007 when the park announced it would be shut down.

Photo: TBloemink, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walibi Holland and Merrie Go’Round.

Walibi Holland

Theme park

Photo: SGeerlings, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dronten is one of the six municipalities making up the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. It encompasses the namesake town and two villages, Swifterbant and Biddinghuizen, as well as vast expanses of agricultural fields and plains left to nature.

Merrie Go’Round

Carousel

Merrie Go’Round

Photo: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Merrie Go’Round is a carousel.

Super Swing

Carousel

Photo: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Super Swing is a carousel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doornspijk and Lage Bijssel.

Doornspijk

Village

Doornspijk is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Elburg. The village was first mentioned in 796 as Thornspiiic, and is a combination of thorn and tapering land. Doornspijk is situated 4½ km southeast of Speed of Sound.

Lage Bijssel

Hamlet

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Lage Bijssel is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km south of Speed of Sound.

Hoge Enk

Village

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Hoge Enk is a village, which is situated 4½ km east of Speed of Sound.

Speed of Sound

Type: Roller coaster
Description: roller coaster
Categories: amusement ride, steel roller coaster, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Dronten, Flevoland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.44068° or 52° 26′ 26″ north

Longitude

5.76819° or 5° 46′ 6″ east

Inception

2000

Open location code

9F47CQR9+77

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=roller_coaster

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Speed of Sound” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Speed of Sound”
French: “Speed of Sound”
German: “Speed of Sound”

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