* How it all began

The Christmas market in Rostock has a long tradition. The history of the Rostock Christmas market began in the late Middle Ages with sales fairs in the city center in the run-up to Christmas. These sales fairs were a way for people to

The Sachsen-Therme has been located in the Paunsdorf district of Leipzig, around ten kilometres from the city centre, since 1998. On the approximately 3,500 square metre site of the thermal baths, you will find a swimming pool with four 25-metre lanes, a

In the northernmost city in the European Union, Oulu in the north of Finland, you will find Vauhtipuisto amusement park, which was opened in 1982 by the Komulainen family and is still in operation today. The park with more than twenty-five attractions is

The leisure and adventure park Rasti-Land is ideal for families with children up to about 12 years old.

There is something for everyone among the 40 or so attractions in the family-friendly park: the freefall tower makes your tummy tingle when you

The Augsburg Herbstplärrer, the second part of the Bavarian-Swabian folk festival double, marks the glittering end of the summer festival season and is considered by many locals to be the ‘real’ highlight of the Augsburg event calendar. While the Easter

In Voigtsgrün, a district of Hirschfeld in Saxony, 12 kilometres south of Zwickau, you will find Hirschfeld Zoo, which opened in 1956. Around 600 animals from 90 species such as raccoon dogs, wild boars, bears, wolves, pot-bellied pigs, wading birds,

Colchester Zoo has been located in Colchester in the county of Essex, around 64 miles (approx. 103 km) from the British capital London, since 1963. On the zoo grounds you will find around 180 animal species from all continents. From A for monkeys to R

The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is one of the most famous and impressive aquariums in the world. It is located in Ocean Expo Park in Motobu on the Japanese island of Okinawa and was opened in 2002. The name Churaumi is composed of the Okinawan word chura

In the Middle East, or rather in Israel's second-largest city Tel Aviv, you will find on Rokach Boulevard, on an area of about 3 hectares planted with lawns and eucalyptus and palm trees, you will find Israel's best-known amusement park, Luna Park Tel

The Fürth Erlenbach Mountain Animal Park, founded in 1960, is located in the Erlenbach district of southern Hesse in the Bergstraße district. On the approximately 1-kilometre-long circular route through the mountain animal park in the middle of the