The official opening of the National Garden Festival (BUGA) 2005 in Munich on 28 April 2005 also saw the start-up of the Doppelmayr aerial ropeway above the BUGA showground. Doppelmayr adapted and reinstalled the 8-seater gondola for BUGA 2005 in just 4 ½ months after its use at the International Gardening & Horticulture Exhibition (IGA) 2003 in Rostock. Of the planned 4 million visitors to the National Garden Festival, around 1.6 million will have used the ropeway by the close of the event on 9 October 2005. The ropeway traces a triangular route above the BUGA showground and allows visitors to enjoy a bird's eye view of the National Garden Festival.