Euro-Mir, Spinning roller coaster in Rust, Germany
Euro-Mir is a roller coaster in Rust, Germany, that winds around five silver cylindrical towers with blue tracks and rises 28 meters (92 feet) into the air. The track extends 980 meters (3,215 feet) and passes through both indoor sections and outdoor areas of the park.
Euro-Mir opened on 12 June 1997 after three years of construction, built by Heinrich Mack GmbH & Co. KG. It gave rise to the Russian-themed area around it. In March 2026 the park announced the ride would close at the end of the 2026 season and be replaced by a new attraction.
The name comes from Euro-Mir, the 1994 German-Russian space mission in which Ulf Merbold took part, not from the Mir station itself. Inside the building stands a training module of the Russian space agency resembling the Mir station, which visitors can view. The queue soundtrack, Project Euromir – Lift off!, was composed in 1997 by Christian Steiger (Hell Bopp) and Benjamin Klug (Nick Sputt), inspired by Paul van Dyk and the Emmendingen techno club Oktan.
Visitors must be at least 130 centimeters (51 inches) tall to ride, and the journey takes about four minutes from boarding to exit. The nine trains with 16 seats each allow continuous operation with shorter waiting times during quieter periods.
The gondolas rotate not through gravity or centrifugal force but through motorized controls at specific points along the track. This technical feature ensures that the rotation follows the same pattern in every ride and does not depend on passenger weight.
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