Escape of Novgorod, Steel roller coaster at Hansa Park, Sierksdorf, Germany

Escape of Novgorod is a steel roller coaster at Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf, Germany, built by Gerstlauer. Its green track with tubular rails and cross-braces forms a top hat, an overbanked turn, a pretzel turn and a heartline roll, and passes a 41-metre tower that encloses a near-30-metre vertical lift. A train of two rows of four seats runs on the track.

The ride opened on 9 April 2009, but was only completed for the park's spring 2010 season; new track sections after the final brakes and a stronger launch were added after rider feedback. It was the first roller coaster to use cars built for both a chain lift and a launch. Hansa-Park and Gerstlauer received the FKF-Award 2010 in 2011.

The ride is named after Veliky Novgorod, the Russian city where the story is set. The queue and dark-ride sections retell the tale of the Lübeck merchant Peer Oldendorp, who in 1365 travels to Russia to find his missing father Heinrich and meets the magician Volkov. The station building is a replica of the Novgorod Kremlin, with towers and walls modelled on the original.

Each train has two rows of four seats, and the ride handles up to 900 people per hour. The circuit lasts about 120 seconds and includes two dark sections: the station scenes and the 41-metre tower around the vertical lift. The launch straight runs about 25 metres.

The 97-degree drop is the steepest on any roller coaster in Germany, shared with Huracan at Belantis, and the steepest drop taken in darkness worldwide. The ride was also the first to use cars built for both a chain lift and a launch, a design by Gerstlauer. Hansa-Park and Gerstlauer received the FKF-Award 2010 for it.