{"id":5952,"date":"2025-07-21T07:16:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jugendherbergen-im-rheinland.de\/newsblog\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:06:49","slug":"75-jahre-tuffi-auf-den-spuren-des-fliegenden-elefanten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jugendherbergen-im-rheinland.de\/familien2026\/en\/2025\/07\/21\/75-jahre-tuffi-auf-den-spuren-des-fliegenden-elefanten\/","title":{"rendered":"75 years of Tuffi - on the trail of the flying elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exactly 75 years ago, on 21 July 1950, a young elephant made history: Tuffi jumped out of the suspension railway - and landed in the Wupper. The story sounds crazy, but it's true - and is as much a part of Wuppertal as the suspension railway itself. If you are travelling with children and fancy a special city trip, you can follow in Tuffi's footsteps - including a ride on the suspension railway and a visit to the zoo.<\/p>\n
In 1950, a circus wanted to advertise with an elephant ride on the suspension railway - but Tuffi had other plans. The then four-year-old elephant jumped from the moving railway directly into the Wupper - and became a living legend. Today, a 3.5 tonne sculpture in the Wupper commemorates the event.<\/p>\n
Wuppertal Youth Hostel has turned the story into a great family programme: \u201eOn Tuffi's trail through Wuppertal<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201c is the name of the two-day offer for families with children - perfect for a weekend full of adventure.<\/p>\n Wuppertal offers even more besides the zoo and suspension railway:<\/p>\n Vor 75 Jahren sprang Elefantendame Tuffi spektakul\u00e4r aus der Wuppertaler Schwebebahn \u2013 heute k\u00f6nnen Familien ihre Geschichte hautnah erleben. Bei dem Familien-Angebot \u201eAuf Tuffis Spuren durch Wuppertal\u201c ist ein Kombi-Ticket f\u00fcr Schwebebahn und Zoo inklusive.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":4549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[422,423,496,771,772,773,774,775,776,777,778,779,780,781],"class_list":["post-5952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-familien","tag-schwebebahn","tag-schwebodrom","tag-familienurlaub-nrw","tag-ausflug-mit-kindern","tag-ausflugsziel-nrw","tag-familienwochenende-nrw","tag-gruener-zoo-wuppertal","tag-jugendherberge-wuppertal","tag-tuffi","tag-tuffi-wuppertal","tag-visiodrom","tag-vr-erlebnis-wuppertal","tag-wuppertal-mit-kindern","tag-zoo-schwebebahn-kombiticket"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
Time travel with the suspension railway & visual art<\/h2>\n
\n