In the middle of endless green expanses, about 7km from the small town of Ripon, you will find Lightwater Valley in the English county of North Yorkshire. Lightwater Valley offers a fun-filled day out for families with younger children whose focus is not

The well-known and popular Schriesheim Mathaisemarkt begins in Schriesheim every year on the first weekend in March. It is the first major spring and wine festival on the Bergstrasse and attracts around 150,000 to 200,000 visitors from all over the

The Saurierpark Bautzen with its more than 200 dinosaurs is the most famous of its kind in Germany.

And its "population" is constantly growing.

With a primeval forest like flora the park offers a unique scenery for the replicas of the extinct primeval

SEA LIFE Busan in South Korea is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also owns the Legoland parks, Gardaland and Heide-Park. Each of the aquariums is designed in the style of a circular walkway and shows animals in a classic

The Finnish city of Vaasa, with a population of 70,000, is located on the Gulf of Bothnia. The Tropiclandia water park is located on the island of Vaskiluoto, right next to a local spa hotel. In the immediate vicinity of Tropiclandia was the now

In Branson in the south-west of the US state of Missouri, just 44 miles (approx. 71 km) from Springfield, you will find Shepherd's Adventure Park. In addition to the Copperhead Mountain Coaster, a 1021 metre-long alpine coaster from Josef Wiegand GmbH &

In Anif, just a handful of kilometres south of Salzburg, lies Salzburg Zoo. Opened in 1961 as the "Alpenzoo Hellabrunn", it has also been called the zoo or Zoo Hellabrunn over the years. The zoo itself is home to animals of around 150 species, divided

Universal Studios Japan opened March 31, 2001, and includes attractions like those at Universal Studios Orlando and Universal Studios Hollywood. Here, too, a studio tour is offered that takes visitors through actual movie sets.

In Wingst, Lower Saxony, in the district of Cuxhaven, around 35 kilometres south of the mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea and just west of the lower reaches of the Baltic Sea, you will find the Wingst play park. Children and adults can romp, play and

The Lindau Fair is a traditional folk festival that transforms the entire island town on Lake Constance into a lively fairground at the beginning of November. This multi-day event looks back on centuries of history, as it originally served as a grocer's