Before the first summer visitors climbed aboard, Hansa Park presented Kärnan as the park’s great future investment: a new hypercoaster chosen after a long planning period in which guests were asked what sort of major attraction should come next. parkerlebnis.de· coaster101.com

On the building site, the shape of the achievement became plain. Reports from the works described Gerstlauer steel, seventy-three metres of rail height, a fall of sixty-seven metres, a speed of 127 km/h, trains of sixteen seats, and a dark inversion within the structure. freizeitpark-welt.de

Kärnan opened to visitors in 2015, and Hansa Park’s own account gives the finished ride its grand figures: a seventy-three metre height, a 127 km/h pace, one inversion, and a reverse free fall hidden within the tower. hansapark.de· eap-magazin.de

Gerstlauer later placed Der Schwur des KÄRNAN in its own company history as Germany’s highest roller coaster, noting the worldwide unique backwards free fall in the lift. For the traveller on the Baltic coast, that is the moment the tower stops being scenery and becomes machinery. gerstlauer-rides.de· hansapark.de