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

The Mecklenburg seaside resort of Bansin on the island of Usedom is home to what is probably Germany's smallest zoo, TropenZoo Bansin, which opened in 1970. Around 150 animals from 70 species, including ring-tailed parakeets, iguanas, tortoises, snakes,

The Cocodrilo Park reptile zoo is located in Los Corralillos on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, off the north-west coast of Africa. Around 300 Nile crocodiles up to 5 metres long live here. Several show feedings take place every day, where visitors

The Fritzlar Horse Market, one of the largest and most popular folk festivals in North Hesse, takes place in Fritzlar in mid-July.

On all four days, visitors are offered a festival with a wide variety of activities and attractions. The two-day district

The oldest zoo in the world was opened on 31 July 1752. In its early days, the zoo, then called a menagerie, consisted of 12 enclosures and was commissioned by Emperor Franz I. The zoo's size grew over the years to 17 hectares. Over the years, the range

In the Belgian town of Pelt in the province of Limburg, on the Belgian-Dutch border, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Pelt Dommelslag. The pool, which belongs to the LAGO Group, which currently operates twelve swimming paradises in Belgium, is a

The small town of Zittau is located at the easternmost tip of Germany. About 35 kilometres inland from the Czech Republicand about 110 kilometres from Prague, behind Liberec in Javornic, there is an Alpine coaster that is over 1,000 metres long. A hotel

In Hirschau in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach, around 80 kilometres east of Nuremberg, you will find the Monte Kaolino amusement park. On this 120 metre high slag heap, one of the highest sand mountains in Europe, which consists of 32

The carnival fair takes place on the Grote Markt.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Sint-Truiden / Saint-Trond station

- by bus - bus stop Naamsepoort

By car:

- Venue: Grote Markt

Parking facilities:

- Parking Indigo Sint-Truiden Centrum

Irrland – Europe's largest farm adventure park – is located in the Lower Rhine region, just a few minutes from the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer and not far from the Dutch border. Covering an area of over 300,000 square metres, the park offers a unique