Around 120 kilometers north of Boston on the east coast of the United States of America lies the tranquil town of York in Maine. York's Wild Kingdom, a private zoo and amusement park that has been in operation since 1980, is located just a few steps away

In the county of Northamptonshire, or rather in Kettering, about 88 km east of Birmingham and about 45 km from Leicester, you will find Wicksteed Park in the south-east of the city. The park was founded in 1921 by the industrialist and owner of the

Heidelberg Zoo was founded in 1933 and officially opened on November 20, 1934. The facility covers 10.2 hectares and had almost 500,000 visitors in 2015. The animal population includes around 2478 animals in 155 species (inventory results from January

Erfurt Zoo is one of Germany's largest zoological gardens and is idyllically situated on the Roter Berg hill in the north of Thuringia's capital. Covering an area of around 63 hectares, the zoo offers a natural home to more than 1,000 animals of over 130

You like to really relax? Or enjoy the whole day full of action? Then the Aquana leisure pool in Würselen is the right place for you. You can enjoy the "Lazy River" with your tire, jump into the waves of the wave pool or let yourself shoot up the aqua

On the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, more precisely in Glowe in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen, the privately run adventure park Dinosaurland Rügen has been open since April 2007. Over 120 lifelike dinosaur models can be discovered along the

The Augsburg Herbstplärrer, the second part of the Bavarian-Swabian folk festival double, marks the glittering end of the summer festival season and is considered by many locals to be the ‘real’ highlight of the Augsburg event calendar. While the Easter

Lapland borders directly on the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea and lies in the centre of Finland. Ranua is a good two hours' drive north of Oulu, and the journey from Rovaniemi to Ranua takes only about an hour. The route takes you along the E75

In the south of the Hanover region, or rather on district road 213 in Springe, about 29 km from Hildesheim and about 28 km from Lower Saxony's capital Hanover, you will find the Wisentgehege Springe. The 90-hectare site, which opened its doors for the

In Arosa, the well-known skiing and hiking region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, Arosa Bärenland has been open since 2018. Once you have reached section 1 at 2000 metres above sea level from Arosa on foot or by taking the Arosa-Weisshorn cable car,