Every year, on the last weekend in September, the Rees funfair takes place in the historic town centre of Rees from Saturday to Tuesday. Starting at the bus station ‘Vor dem Delltor’, the funfair stretches along Dellstraße to the market square in

Tokyo's Taitō district is home to Japan's first modern zoo, the Ueno Zoological Garden. Opened in 1882, the zoo is home to more than 3,000 animals from over 300 different species on an area of 14.3 hectares. In addition to Asian elephants, Sumatran

Egypt's largest theme park is located in Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar, a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo. With the Great Sphinx as a backdrop just a few kilometres away, this park is a destination for around 2 million visitors a year. It is the result of

The Fête Foraine in Douai is one of the most traditional and significant folk festivals in northern France. The event has a long history and is firmly established in the region’s cultural calendar. It takes place at various times of the year, with the

In addition to the world's oldest folk festival (Magdeburg Autumn Fair), the Max-Wille Fairground also hosts the Spring Fair. Here, too, the showmen are waiting for a large audience that they would like to inspire. With many snack and confectionery

The Cabárceno Nature Park is a unique nature and animal park near the city of Santander in the northern Spanish region of Cantabria. It is located on the site of a former iron ore open-cast mine and covers an area of around 750 hectares. The park was

You can toboggan on the highest mountain in Rhineland-Palatinate in Hilscheid near Thalfang (Trier is about 50 kilometres to the west by car), on the Erbeskopf. This mountain in Hunsrück is just over 26 kilometres from the Moselle. Here you can

The Wieselburger Volksfest is a large and traditional folk festival in Wieselburg, Lower Austria, which takes place annually and offers an experience for the whole family. It is known for its mix of tradition and modernity and attracts tens of thousands

Since 2001, the A.Q.W.A. (Aquarium of Western Australia), which opened in 1988 under the name Underwater World Perth, has been located on the outskirts of Perth. In a 3-million-litre tank, 10,000 animals swim, and while you stand in the glass tunnel,

The largest animal stock, the most species-rich representation and the oldest zoo in Switzerland: all this is combined in the Zoological Garden Basel. Numerous animals have been presented on an area of around 11 hectares in Basel since it opened in 1874.