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Gröna Lund · Europe · typical hours 11 AM–10 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Kvasten first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: Jetpass books a time slot at selected rides, and a date-specific Ticket to Ride bought online includes two of them.
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Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 3 PM–5 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Gröna Lund day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 11 AM | 30% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 47% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 68% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 86% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 100% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 95% of the day's peak |
| 6 PM | 82% of the day's peak |
| 7 PM | 64% of the day's peak |
| 8 PM | 44% of the day's peak |
| 9 PM | 30% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Kvasten has the longest average wait, with Monster and Insane close behind. Jetline has closed for good, whatever older guides say.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during summer weekends and concert evenings, during the Swedish summer holiday.
The best value for short lines is weekday mornings in May and early June.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Worth it on busy days
Jetpass books a time slot at selected rides, and a date-specific Ticket to Ride bought online includes two of them. Use those on Kvasten and Monster; Jetpass Unlimited is only worth it on a summer weekend or a concert night.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Gröna Lund crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 18, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Flygande Elefanterna | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| House of Nightmares | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Kärlekstunneln | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Lustiga Huset | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Nyckelpigan | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Pettson och Findus värld | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Veteranbilarna | October 7, 2026 | 7 operating days |
| Attraction | Was closed from | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| K-Pop Bumpers - Nyhet | October 7, 2026 | 4 operating days |
| Tekopparna | October 7, 2026 | 4 operating days |
| Barnradiobilarna | October 9, 2026 | 3 operating days |
| Blå Tåget | October 9, 2026 | 3 operating days |
| Bläckfisken | October 9, 2026 | 3 operating days |
| Cirkuskarusellen | October 9, 2026 | 3 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Spindeln | 0–00 typical | 0–2020 typical |
| Fritt Fall | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
| K-Pop Bumpers ✨ | 0–00 typical | 0–00 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 3 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 11 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
11 AM–12 PM and 9 PM–10 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 3 PM–5 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Kvasten, then Monster and Insane. Kvasten has the longest average wait, with Monster and Insane close behind. Jetline has closed for good, whatever older guides say.
May and June — weekday mornings in May and early June. Avoid July and August, when summer weekends and concert evenings, during the Swedish summer holiday.
Jetpass books a time slot at selected rides, and a date-specific Ticket to Ride bought online includes two of them. Use those on Kvasten and Monster; Jetpass Unlimited is only worth it on a summer weekend or a concert night.