It opened in 1969 under the name “Løveparken” (meaning “Lion Park”), with lions as its only animals. To this day, it remains the only zoo in Denmark that is home to gorillas. Over the years, the zoo’s total area has grown to 120 hectares,

In the French municipality of Élancourt in the Yvelines department, about 25 kilometres west of the French capital Paris, you will find the France Miniature play and adventure park, built in 1991. On the 5-hectare site, which has the outline of the map

Since 1956, over 150 species of animals have been at home in the Saarland capital Saarbrücken on 13 hectares. Here, for example, tapirs live in the South America House, reptiles such as giant tortoises in the Tropicarium and giraffes and antelopes in

The SEA LIFE Königswinter is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also includes the Legoland parks, Gardaland and Heide Park. Each of the aquariums is designed in the style of a circular route and shows animals in a classic

Directly on the Seaside Heights peninsula in New Jersey, around 125 kilometers east of Philadelphia, there has been an amusement park on the pier with four roller coasters since 1932. The park was built according to the Tivoli principle, so admission is

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 park was founded in 1860 and has belonged to the city of Paris ever since. It has around 40 attractions and offers families with small children lots of fun. But older visitors will also get their money's worth on the various roller coasters. In 2018,

20 kilometres from the sea and about 50 kilometres north of Rennes, the French theme park Cobac Park is located on an area of 12 hectares. It was first opened in 1975 as a theme park in Mesnil-Roc'h ( Lanhélin ) in Ille-et-Vilaine. Around thirty

The 3-star Hotel Texas is located on the grounds of TwinPigs – Park Westernowy and is designed entirely in Western style. The rooms are individually decorated and feature themes such as ‘Mexico’, ‘Native Americans’ and ‘Old West’. This

**Villach Kirchtag: Austria's largest traditional festival**

The Villach Kirchtag is the largest and one of the most famous traditional festivals in Austria. Every year in the first week of August, the city centre of Villach in Carinthia is transformed