Olympia Looping was first presented at Munich Oktoberfest in September 1989, placing five great loops on the Theresienwiese among the tents, music, and evening lamps of the fair. For the visitor arriving in Munich, it was not a permanent park landmark but a travelling monument, assembled for the season and then carried away again. olympialooping.de· oktoberfest.de

The machine belongs to the proud German fairground line of Barth, Schwarzkopf, and Stengel. Sources credit Anton Schwarzkopf and Werner Stengel with the design lineage, while BHS built the ride from Stengel engineering for Rudolf Barth. It is steelwork made not merely to stand, but to be taken down, transported, and raised again before another crowd. coasterpedia.net· de.wikipedia.org

Its scale remains part of its civic wonder. The German data lists a 32.5-metre track height, five inversions, a maximum speed of 90 km/h, and a capacity of 3,000 persons per hour. On a busy fair day, that capacity is as important as the loops themselves: an answer to the long summer queue. de.wikipedia.org

In 2016 the ride reached London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland under the Munich Looping name, bringing an Oktoberfest machine to the winter avenues of the park. The official Winter Wonderland page still presents it as the world’s largest transportable roller coaster, famous for its five loops. olympialooping.de· hydeparkwinterwonderland.com