In the north-west of England, in the county of Lancashire, you will find the coastal town of Blackpool and the Blackpool North Pier amusement park, one of a total of three piers in the town, directly on the Irish Sea. The pier, which opened in 1863 and

The Australian Reptile Park has an eventful history in the truest sense of the word. It all began in 1949 in Umina Beach on the Central Coast, where the Ocean Beach Aquarium was opened by its founder Eric Worrell. The move to Wyoming took place in 1958.

On the first or second weekend in November, the Martinimarkt is one of the most traditional (since 1465!) and largest markets in the region and attracts visitors to Herborn in droves. The smell of roasted almonds and mulled wine is the perfect way to get

Since 1974, Rainforestation Nature Park has been located just over 20 kilometres north of the Australian city of Cairns. Originally established as an orange orchard under a different name, it was converted into the Nature Park in 1976 and opened to

The Backnang Street Festival is the undisputed highlight of the region’s festival calendar and is proudly regarded as the oldest and largest street festival in the whole of Baden-Württemberg. Every year on the last weekend in June, the entire historic

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom opened in 1968 as "Marine World" as a zoo. In 1986 the park moved to Vallejo. When the first roller coasters moved in in 1997, the park developed rapidly until it was accepted into the Six Flags Group in 1999. Today it houses

There has been a SeaWorld on the Queensland coast since 1971. The park has 4 roller coasters, one of which opened in 2022. The park also has a lot more to offer. However, it is not operated by the same group as in the USA, but by the Village Roadshow

If you think that tobogganing is only possible in winter, you've got the wrong idea. Carinthia's longest summer toboggan run climbs a good 400 metres in altitude over a distance of almost two kilometres, from the Madritsche mountain station on the

The Fürthermare adventure spa, which opened in October 2007, is located in Fürth, Bavaria, around eight kilometres northwest of Nuremberg. Covering around 4,000 square metres, it's all about "arriving, switching off and feeling good", as a wide variety

In Volkel - Noord-Brabant - halfway between Eindhoven and Nijmwegen, BillyBird Hemelrijk has been located on an area of 55 hectares since 1986. Originally opened as a lido - the park is situated around a lake - BillyBird Hemelrijk has developed over the