In 2008, Djurs Sommerland opened a new and larger Piratland, with Piraten as the proud centrepiece. The park describes it as the development that made its coaster ambitions gather real speed on the green acres of Djursland. djurssommerland.dk

The machinery was supplied by Intamin as a Mega-Lite, with steel track, a cable lift hill, and trains carrying sixteen visitors apiece. Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH is credited with the design, and RCS GmbH with onsite construction. coasterpedia.net

For the traveller arriving at Piratland, the figures are plain and splendid: thirty-two metres high, 755 metres of track, and 90 km/h at full cry. Djurs Sommerland presents Piraten among its great coasters, placed where summer crowds can find it easily. djurssommerland.dk

Its reputation travelled well beyond Denmark. Djurs Sommerland’s own press material records Piraten as the only Danish coaster to enter a world top-fifty poll, and the park has noted visitors coming from the United States and much of Europe to ride it. djurssommerland.dk