{"id":7400,"date":"2012-09-03T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/tip\/the-hoppings\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T17:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:04:05","slug":"the-hoppings-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/www.cityzapper.com\/nl\/newcastle\/the-hoppings-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hoppings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Hoppings in Newcastle is zonder twijfel &eacute;&eacute;n van de topkermissen in Europa. Deze &lsquo;fun fair&rsquo;, zoals ze hier genoemd wordt, bestaat al sinds 1882 en heeft meer dan 60 grote attracties.<\/strong> Het aanbod varieert van duizelingwekkende achtbanen en reuzenraden, tot spookhuizen en draaiende theekopjes. De fair wordt steevast gehouden op de Town Moor in de laatste week van juni. Een leuk feitje: de oorsprong van de titel The Hoppings is nog steeds een raadsel. De meesten relateren het aan het Oud-Engelse woord &lsquo;hopping&rsquo; wat dansen betekent. Maar een andere opmerkelijke theorie is de volgende: bezoekers hopten vaak in het rond na gebeten te zijn door de vele muskieten die op de kermisdieren afkwamen. Vandaar het woord &#39;hopping&#39;. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":597039,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tip_category":[3251],"class_list":["post-7400","tip","type-tip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tip_category-evenementen"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Hoppings-kermis is een evenement in Newcastle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Hoppings in Newcastle is ongetwijfeld \u00e9\u00e9n van de topkermissen in Europa. 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