Kolmården Zoo — Hope dolphinarium entrance and facade on a rainy dayPhoto: Kigsz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · edited
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Kolmården Zoo

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Kolmården Zoo is a zoo and amusement park overlooking Bråviken bay in Sweden’s Norrköping municipality, near the E4.

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Kolmården Zoo — Dolphin swimming in the indoor show pool Kigsz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · edited
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Why go

  • Safari’s cableway passes through five themed animal areas, including the Savannah and Valley of Lions.
  • Sweden’s only dolphinarium presents eight bottlenose dolphins.
  • Wildfire is a wooden coaster built over a cliff, with three inversions.
  • See the zoo’s two Indian elephants, given to the King of Sweden by Thailand.
  • Enzo was born here in 2006, Sweden’s first gorilla birth.

Opening hours

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Saturday11:00 – 19:00
Sunday11:00 – 19:00

Don't miss

  • Tiger WorldGet close views of tigers.Kolmården Zoo
  • RainforestSee tropical birds, reptiles and crocodiles.Kolmården Zoo
  • Coral reefThe aquarium has a coral reef and hundreds of fish species, including sharks.Aquarium
  • Bird-of-prey showThe show is one of the park’s main attractions.Kolmården Zoo

With kids

  • Bamses Värld is themed around cartoon bear Bamse and includes Rockin’ Tug and the junior coaster Godiståget.
  • Marine World has the family roller coaster Dolphin Express.

Know before you go

  • Supervised visits inside the wolf enclosure ended permanently after a keeper was killed in 2012.

Tips for your visit

  • A ride on the cable car takes 26.5 minutes.

Shorts

History

  1. 1962Ulf Svensson conceived the zoo to help revive the municipality of Kolmården.
  2. 1965The zoo opened with 210 animals overlooking Bråviken bay.
  3. 1967The original cable car opened; it was later dismantled.
  4. 1972Brown bears arrived, the drive-through safari opened, and the Tropicarium opened outside the zoo entrance with snakes and crocodiles.
  5. 1997The zoo became privately owned.
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  1. 2007Tiger World opened.
  2. 2008The dolphinarium expanded into Marine World.
  3. 2011Safari, a cableway, replaced the drive-through safari, which had closed in 2010.

Sources: Kolmården Wildlife Park - Wikipedia · Tierpark Kolmården - Wikipedia · Kolmårdens Djurpark - Wikipedia · Kolmårdens djurpark - Wikipedia · checked 27 Sep 2026

Where
E-903, Kolmarden

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Questions and answers

What are Kolmården Zoo’s opening hours?

The supplied opening hours are Saturday and Sunday, 11:00–19:00.

How many people fit in a Kolmården Zoo cableway gondola?

Each enclosed gondola seats eight people; the cableway has 78 gondolas.

Which animals can I see on Safari at Kolmården Zoo?

Its areas include giraffes, wildebeest and ostriches on the Savannah; Eurasian brown bears in the Forest of the Bears; and African lions in the Valley of Lions.

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