Allerpark

The Allerpark covers an area of 130 hectares and is home to a multitude of leisure facilities and attractions such as the AOK Stadium, the BadeLand Wolfsburg swimming pool and water park complex, the Eis Arena Wolfsburg ice rink and the Volkswagen Arena, as well as a number of other facilities that can be used for free, for example beach volleyball courts, a skatepark and several playgrounds.

[4] The aim of the project was for the Allerpark to not only fulfil a cultural purpose, but also play a symbolic role for the city and the surrounding region.

[6] In 1975, the city initially had to postpone further work on the Allerpark due to reductions in revenue from taxes paid by Volkswagen.

[12] The concept contained a multitude of measures designed to strengthen the quality of life in and competitiveness of the city of Wolfsburg.

[14] Plans were made to establish a number of high-quality leisure facilities in the Allerpark area that would not only make the city of Wolfsburg a more attractive location, but also increase its service sector and create jobs.

A start was made with the completion of the Volkswagen Arena, the home stadium of the VfL Wolfsburg football club, in 2002.

[17] The BadeLand Wolfsburg was also opened in the same year and replaced the city's former indoor swimming pool and water park, which had burnt down in 1998.

Over the last few years, a number of facilities that can be used for free have also been developed in the Allerpark, for example routes and circuits for in-line skaters and joggers.

[25] Examples of the specialist facilities available at the Allerpark include the indoor football hall known as the SoccaFive Arena, the Monkeyman high ropes course and the WakePark water ski centre with the neighbouring BeachClub.

The Colombian Pavilion, which originally formed part of the Expo 2000 world exposition, was rebuilt by the Allersee to house food & drink facilities.

[35] In recent years, the Summer Festival in particular has proven to be a very popular event that attracts tens of thousands of visitors.

[43] A new indoor swimming pool and water park was therefore constructed on the same site at a total cost of over 34 million euros.

[45] The BadeLand Wolfsburg is therefore the largest indoor swimming pool and water park in Northern Germany and is well known both throughout the region and further afield.