The Jungfraupark Theme Park, formerly known as Mystery Park, is located in the neighbourhood of Intelaken. Created by Swiss writer Erich von Denikin, the park was meant to promote his theory that aliens helped humans build all the world's ancient significant structures.
Built for $86 million, Mystery Park was inaugurated on 24 May 2003. It consists of seven thematic pavilions of different shapes (there is, for example, a pyramid-shaped structure), which are connected by passageways with the main, central building. The pavilions contain exhibitions, the exhibits of which, according to Erich von Deniken, the park's inspirer, prove the existence of contacts between representatives of ancient cultures and highly developed extraterrestrial civilisations, which led to the creation of such objects as the Egyptian pyramids, Stonehenge, giant figures on the Nazca Plateau in Chile, etc. The centre of the whole complex is a 41 metre high tower with a sphere on top, where Deniken's own office and library were created. The opening of this theme park was fiercely criticised by many scientists. Deniken's endeavours and his pseudoscience were ridiculed in the press and on television.
According to the investors' plans, the Mystery Park was to be visited by about 300,000 people a year, which would generate revenues of 12.5 million francs. However, the interest of tourists in this entertainment facility was much less, so in 2006 its management declared bankruptcy and closed its complex. After the appearance of new investors in 2010 it became possible to reopen for visitors Mystery Park, which received a new name in honour of the nearby mountain peak - Jungfraupark. To increase the profitability of the project, the new owners slightly expanded the theme of the park by opening a mini-zoo and a go-kart track.
