AtmosFear is a 381 feet (116.1 m) drop tower located in Liseberg

Liseberg

Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, the park opened in 1923. Liseberg is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting around 3 million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roller coaster Balder, voted twice as the Best...

 amusement park in Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, and is the tallest drop tower in all of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

. AtmosFear is designed by Intamin AG

Intamin AG

Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an...

 manufacturing. The actual ride itself is only 300 ft(The Drop)

The tower

The tower itself was built in 1990 and was known as Lisebergstornet

Lisebergstornet

Lisebergstornet is a 116 meters tall observation tower at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built in 1990 and the observation deck has a height of 85 meters.-External links:...

 (The Liseberg Tower) as a observation tower

Observation tower

An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches...

 before rebuilding. The rebuilding to AtmosFear started May 31 2010 and was finished in april

April

April is the fourth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April was originally the second month of the Roman calendar, before January and February were added by King Numa Pompilius about 700 BC...

 2011 for the opening for the year.

The ride

36 people can ride AtmosFear at a time. The ride starts when a so called catchcar is sinking down with wires. It grabs the cable car and starts lifting it to the top. Once it is at the top of the tower, it releases the cable car which falls with a top speed of 68 mph in 3 seconds and braking with track brake

Track brake

Track brakes are a form of brakes unique to railborne vehicles. The braking force derives from the friction resulting from the application of wood or metal braking shoes directly to the tracks...

s. At this time, people will be exposed by 4 G's.