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. This park has been open since June 30, 2016.Mini World Lyon: France's first animated miniature park opens soon!
Tour Mag.com 30 June 2016 It is to date the largest amusement park of its kind in France.MINI WORLD LYON, FRANCE – EXPLORING THE WORLD IN MINIATURE
Cheese Web.eu 13 December 2016 The project was inspired by the success of

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History

According to ''Mini World Lyon'' park director Richard Richarté, the inspiration to built the miniature park came after having built a model house at home with his daughter. After having built that single model he says he went online looking for miniature models and came across ''Miniatur Wunderland''. He says that he visited this park a week later and inspired by it conceptualised the idea and construction of his park, it took him four years from idea to opening of the park to the public.

Description

''Mini World Lyon'' offers animated scenes of life, autonomously moving vehicles, landscapes divided into three worlds city, countryside and mountain. The park has 30,000 miniature inhabitants and 4,000 animals, with scenes changing from day to night every 20 minutes.Get to know Mini World Lyon!
JadoreLyon 24 May 2018 The park is entirely built on the HO 1:87 scale, which is the most widely used scale in the world for miniature train systems. Many characters are hidden in the worlds like superheroes, cartoons, movies, TV shows and celebrities. An extension on the theme of the city of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

, called ''Mini Lyon'', opened at the end of 2018. Some nights feature the Festival of Lights. The park hosts temporary exhibitions like Playmobil, Lego and a 3D cinema.

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* {{coord missing, France Amusement parks in France Tourist attractions in Lyon