It all began in 1960 on US Route 1 in Saco, Maine next to the mini-golf course that opened in 1959: a drive-in snack bar called Marvel Drive-In was built here. In 1967, Funtown USA was born and a Zipper ride was one of the park's first attractions.

Loro Parque was opened in 1972 as a parrot park in Puerto de la Cruz, in the north of the Canary Island of Tenerife. On an area of more than 13ha, more than 500 animal species (including about 300 parrot species) are kept, about 100 of which have been

In the south of Wales in a former mining area you can experience breathtaking act attractions, such as the CoasterKart from Wiegand.

Walt Disneys Magic Kingdom Park was opened in 1971 and looks like identically to the Walt Disneyland Park in Anaheim. Nevertheless this park ranked all other parks out and is now the park with the most visitors worldwide.

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The fair in Bergen op Zoom is characterised above all by its deep historical roots and its two completely different locations. As the city is traditionally an important winter destination for many Dutch showman families, there is a particularly strong

In the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf, the Aquazoo Löbbecke, which reopened in 2017, operates one of the most popular cultural institutions in the city as a unit consisting of an aquarium / zoo and natural history museum. Well over

The popular excursion destination Alp Pfingstegg is located in the Swiss canton of Bern, more precisely in Grindelwald, around 20 kilometres from Interlaken. Here, Luftseilbahn Pfingstegg AG operates the aerial cableway and the Pfingstegg Fly Line &

In Bischofsgrün, around 27 kilometres north-east of Bayreuth, you will find the Ochsenkopf cable cars. You can experience a lot here. There are cable cars, an Alpine coaster and you can also go hiking.

There are also places to stop for refreshments.

The history of the Lübeck Folk Festival goes back to 1848. At that time, however, the festival was still a marksmen's festival under the name "Allgemeine Scbheibenschießen". In 1871, the event was given its current name, "Volks- und Erinnerungsfest".

Under the motto "My holiday paradise under palm trees" a holiday world in the absolute premium area awaits you. Embedded in the charming scenery of the Erftauen, bordering the Eifel region and not far from popular cities like Bonn, Cologne or