During the summer, which is usually the high season for Liseberg, the queues for the various attractions can stretch several hundred meters - even though people are packed like herrings. This is something that is not compatible with the social distancing recommended during the corona pandemic. But Liseberg has a plan for how it can be solved.

- You have to buy your tickets online, stand in virtual queues, we change our cleaning routines, a lot of rubbing alcohol, etc. We actually have 6,000 liters of hand alcohol, so we are ready, says Andreas Andersen, CEO of Liseberg.

Virtual queues mean that you click in the attraction you want to go in the app, enter how many you are, and then follow on a screen when it is time to go. In this way you should avoid congestion in queues.

Hope for the post-season

Already in March, Liseberg, together with the Swedish Amusement Park Association, presented a plan to the government on how they would adapt their activities to the corona restrictions. But creative solutions, such as virtual queuing systems, are not enough to open for the summer

- The police have been very clear that there are 50 people in the entire park right now, says Andreas Andersen.

However, Liseberg's CEO hopes that they will be able to open up and use these measures during the post-season.

- We have Halloween, we have Christmas. So we hope that we will make use of this very detailed protocol, he adds.

Requires compensation from the government

Liseberg's CEO believes that the fact that the amusement parks have not been allowed to open in practice is a business ban and that the restrictions differ significantly from the rest of Europe. Therefore, the Swedish Amusement Park Association is now requesting a total of SEK 1.5 billion in state compensation from the government.

- We have no indication of whether we can open or not. It is now that we are going to make our money, and that has very negative consequences. Not just for the industry but for the whole of Gothenburg, says Andreas Andersen.