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{{Short description|Roller coaster in Helsinki, Finland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox roller coaster
|name= Kirnu
|image= Kirnu linnanmäki.jpg
|caption=
|location= Linnanmäki
|section=          <!--Must not be linked.-->
|type= Steel
|type2=  Fourth-dimension
|type3=            <!--Must not be linked, will auto-categorize the coaster.-->
|status= Operating
|opened= 27 April 2007
|manufacturer= Intamin
|designer= [[Werner Stengel]]
|model= ZacSpin
|track=
|lift=
|height_ft= 83.4
|drop_ft=             <!--Must be expressed in feet and may contain only numeric characters.-->
|length_ft= 465.11
|speed_mph= 37
|inversions= 0
|duration= 1:00
|angle=            <!--Do not include "degrees", it is added automatically.-->
|capacity= 640
|cost= About 3 million euros.
|acceleration=
|gforce= 2.6
|restriction_in= 55
|rcdb_number= 3613
|coordinates={{coord|60|11|18|N|24|56|24|E|display=title,inline}}
}}
'''Kirnu''' ({{lit|Churn}}) is a [[steel roller coaster]] located at the [[Linnanmäki]] [[amusement park]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland. Kirnu is [[Intamin]]'s first ball coaster.
==Layout==
The ride starts as riders climb the curved lift hill, followed by a quick pre-drop and immediately go into a sharp half loop, then through another half loop and finally another half loop before being slowed back down by near-vertical magnetic brakes; the coaster ends with a quarter loop before returning to the station.
==Notability==
As Intamin's first ball coaster, it changed the way Finnish roller coasters were viewed. The ride has since inspired new ZacSpin roller coasters.
==Incidents==
On 16 May 2007, a man injured his leg on Kirnu and its brakes were renewed.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1371042 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523074514/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/uutinen.asp?id=1371042 | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 May 2007 | date=2007-05-19 | publisher=Ilta-Sanomat | title=Kirnun jarrut vaihtoon | accessdate=2008-07-21 | language=Finnish}}</ref>
After the [[Incidents at European amusement parks#Terra Mítica, Benidorm, Spain|deadly incident]] on Inferno at [[Terra Mítica]] in [[Benidorm]], Spain on 7 July 2014,<ref name="Inferno">{{cite web|last=Couzens|first=Gerard|title=Teenager killed after being thrown from roller-coaster called Hell at Benidorm theme park|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/british-teenager-killed-after-being-3825478|publisher=Mirror.com|date=7 July 2014|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref><ref name="Infernoindep">{{cite web|last=Gander|first=Kashmira|title='British' teenager dies after 'falling from rollercoaster' at the Terra Mitica in Benidorm|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/british-teenager-dies-after-falling-from-rollercoaster-at-the-terra-mitica-in-benidorm-9590682.html|publisher=Independent.uk|date=7 July 2014|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref> and because the two rides have an identical layout, Linnanmäki ceased running Kirnu for several days before reopening the coaster.<ref name="Kirnuclosed">{{cite web|title=Linnanmäki Park closes ride after death in Spain|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/linnanmaki_park_closes_ride_after_death_in_spain/7344040|publisher=yle.fi|date=8 July 2014|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref>
==References==
<references/>
{{Linnanmäki Coasters}}
{{Intamin}}
[[Category:Roller coasters in Finland]]
[[Category:Linnanmäki]]
[[Category:Roller coasters introduced in 2007]]
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