Goolfy mini golf from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts in Belgium

Finding out about Goolfy Minigolf Fluo in Belgium.

It's always brilliant to find out about and see different miniature golf courses around the world.

Through LinkedIn and Instagram we recently found out about several minigolf brands of mini-golf in Belgium from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts. 

There are currently Goolfy course in eight countries, located in a range of places including shopping malls, tourist areas, campsite and multi-activity centres, with the indoor blacklight minigolf courses covering themes including ocean, jungle, space, pirates and more.

Pierre Maréchal from Funny Prod Leisure Concepts kindly sent over the following images from the Goolfy mini-golf courses. Goolfy are indoor fluorescent / blacklight minigolf layouts. You can see more on the Goolfy section of their website.

Another concept from the team is Digi Goolfy Virtual Minigolf, where a video projector displays a range of 18 different holes with a range of obstacles and special effects onto the floor, with a wall projector showing game animations and player scores too.

Emily has been to Belgium and went to several minigolf courses there on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour, while I haven't been to Belgium since I visited while at college back in 1999.

We're big fans of indoor glow-in-the-dark minigolf courses and hopefully we'll get to play the Goolfy courses in the future. We also want to try out the Digi Goolfy and Smoolfy courses.

There are lots of places to play Goolfy mini golf, including:

• Belgium - 10 locations
• Chile - 1 location (with 2 more opening soon)
• Cyprus - 1 location
• France - 12 locations (with 1 more opening soon)
• Germany - 1 location
• The Netherlands - 1 location
• Spain - 1 location
• Switzerland - 4 locations

It's interesting to see there are Goolfy courses in Chile. Emily visited the country last year and swung by some courses there. She'll have to check out the three Goolfy locations on a return visit!

Head over to the Funny Prod Leisure Concepts website for more information and details of course Goolfy minigolf course locations.

As well as Goolfy, the company have created the game of Boolfy - a pop-up version of Petanque/Boules! We really enjoy playing that game too, and used to play in the Stockport league.

Funny Prod Leisure Concepts have also created the games of Smoolfy (smaller minigolf), Kidsy (kids soft play areas), Jumpy (trampoline parks), and Gunzy (laser tag)!

Abandoned Crazy Golf in Victoria Park, Glasgow

A look back at a derelict minigolf course at Victoria Park in Glasgow, Scotland.

We visited Glasgow back in May 2009 and one of the courses we found there was this abandoned 18-hole outdoor Crazy Golf course in Victoria Park.

Even 16 years on it's still one of the strangest courses we've seen on our Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

The course was in a distinctive amphitheatre layout and is laid out in a fair bit of space.

Looking for further information about the course doesn't reveal too much more information. It was built in the 1970's but has been derelict since the 1980's!

The approach to the course area

A view from the back of the course

We wonder if any readers have memories of the course being open, and perhaps playing it?

Dino-themed mini golf at Runcorn Shopping City

Runcorn Shopping City will have a dino-themed mini golf course set-up during the May half-term week.

The 9-hole pop-up mini golf course will be available to play for free daily from 11am to 3pm between Saturday 24th and Saturday 31st May.

The pop-up mini golf course will be accompanied by a T-Rex Dinosaur Trail.

Check out the Runcorn Shopping City website for more information.

The Royal Nawaab Stockport Pyramid

The Stockport Pyramid has reopened as a restaurant.

One of the first landmarks - among many fine buildings - we saw when we moved to Stockport in 2016 was the Stockport Pyramid.

Not many towns in the UK can lay claim to being home to a pyramid!

The Stockport Pyramid was home to the Co-operative Bank until 2018 and the building had been empty until it was purchased by Royal Nawaab with plans to turn the structure into a restaurant and banqueting venue. The venture has cost £15 million!

The building was originally planned to be the first of five pyramids in Stockport's own Valley of the Kings. That plan didn't come to fruition and the Stockport Pyramid sits on in the Kings Valley industrial and trading estate next to the M60.

Having seen videos of the inside of the Royal Nawaab it looks very impressive and we're looking forward to going inside for a look around the intriguing building one day.

A view of a side and the entrance

The Stockport Pyramid was completed in 1992 after five years work. Standing 36.6 metres (120 feet) in height, the Stockport Pyramid is somewhat smaller than Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands 147 metres (481 feet) high. However, the striking structure has become a familiar sight to people in the town, those passing on the M60, or passengers on trains on the lines across the viaduct.

A view of the pyramid from the other side of the M60

The rear side of the pyramid viewed from the roundabout at Junction 1 of the M50

The view of the pyramid from the bottom of Hollywood Park

Views of the Stockport Pyramid as it was in August 2020

Visit the Royal Nawaab website for more information.

Stockport County FC's Edgeley Mosaic Trail

Following the Stockport County FC Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

Earlier this year we noticed some newly placed street art in the form of mosaic tiles spelling out "STOCKPORT" along Castle Street in Edgeley. It was a nice surprise to see it, and after a bit of research we found that the group behind the street art were Grit Studios, Mosaics in Manchester, Stockport County Community Trust, and The Writing Squad.

I spotted this sign for the trail yesterday evening

During another wander around our local area we spotted another "O", which led us to find other tile art letters that spelled out "COUNTY".

It's been fun following the art trail around the area

We then found out that there were 17 mosaics in total - and we'd found 15 of them. So we set out to find the final two to spell out the final parts in the Edgeley Mosaic Trail.

A map for the Edgeley Mosaic Trail can be found on the Stockport County FC website.

Skyline Mini Golf at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

The Skyline Mini Golf course is returning to the rooftop of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA this month.

The 10-hole Skyline Mini Golf course tees-off on the 21st May.

The minigolf season at the Walker Art Center runs until the 5th October.

As big fans of minigolf, and curators of the Crazy Golf Museum, it's always interesting seeing minigolf/museum crossovers.

Check out the Walker Art Center website for more information.

Our friends Tom and Robin from A Couple of Putts have been involved with the Walker Art Center and the various incarnations of the minigolf course there for a number of years and sent us a copy of the 2018 edition scorecard for our collection.

A Walker Art Centre artist-designed Mini Golf scorecard from A Couple of Putts, 2018