In the French municipality of Montgenèvre in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, which is primarily known as a winter sports region, the Luge Monty Express mountain coaster has been in operation since 2010. The ride was built by the Austrian company

Disney's Animal Kingdom was opened on April 22, 1998 and is the fourth theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. It is the largest Disney theme park in the world. Its landmark is the Tree of Life, a gigantic artificial tree whose trunk is made up of

Less than three kilometres from Merimbula Bay (New South Wales) and the Pacific coast, on Australia's south-east coast, is the small park Merimbula's Magic Mountain. The park was opened in 1982, about 450 kilometres south of Sydney and about 250

The Futuroscope is a somewhat different amusement park. It presents mainly media technologies of the future. But there is also a roller coaster in the park with a space theme. Furthermore, there are many different cinemas, including an IMAX and a Flying

The Blijdorp Zoo is officially called the Royal Rotterdam Zoo and was opened in 1857, making it one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. Situated in the centre of Rotterdam, it borders on a festival site and is divided by a railway line into an eastern

An amusement park right by the sea, set up like a fair.

There are also several roller coasters, flat rides and themed rides on offer.

The highlight is the wooden roller coaster "Roller Coaster" from 1932, which has a brakeman on the train.

The whole family

Auckland is located in the north of New Zealand's North Island. In the big city with around 1.5 million inhabitants, more precisely in Manukau, there has been an amusement park since 1982. Rainbow's End is the largest amusement park in the country,

The Sachsen-Therme has been located in the Paunsdorf district of Leipzig, around ten kilometres from the city centre, since 1998. On the approximately 3,500 square metre site of the thermal baths, you will find a swimming pool with four 25-metre lanes, a

The Hellabrunn Zoo in Munich, founded in 1911, is one of the most renowned scientifically managed zoos in Europe. Over 750 species of animals live in a unique natural paradise in the Isar floodplain conservation area.

First geozoo in the world

Hellabrunn

In 1971 the Apenheul Zoo opened on an area of 11 hectares in Apeldoorn. Contrary to the usual variety of animals in other institutions, Apenheul has specialized in keeping primates. There are over 60 different types of monkeys in the park. A special