The Walter Zoo has been located in Gossau in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen, just 16 kilometres west of the canton's capital, St. Gallen, since 1961. Around 900 animals from over 100 species live on the 5.5-hectare zoo grounds. In addition to a petting

If you fancy a relaxing trip into nature, Leipzig Wildlife Park in the Connewitz district is just the ticket. Covering around 42 hectares of woodland and meadows, you can experience native wildlife up close – from roe deer, wild boar and red deer to

The Straža Bled Alpine Adventure World awaits you in Bled, about 50 kilometres from Villach and about 50 kilometres from Ljubljana. In winter you can go skiing there and in summer a Brandauer mountain coaster over 500 metres long awaits you.

The All Saints' Fair in Soest is the largest old town fair in Europe and also the oldest fair in Westphalia (documented since 1338). Around 400 showmen are on site on an area of around 50,000 square metres, including more than 40 rides/runs. A total of

There is still a funfair in Leipzig during the Christmas season. The organiser, the Volklandt family, is a fixture in the fairground industry and a sixth-generation family business. They organise a large pop-up winter leisure park at the Paunsdorf Center

Beverstedt is a small municipality with about 15,000 inhabitants and is located in Niedersachsen, about 25 kilometres south-east of Bremerhaven. There, in the district of Heyenhöfen, is the small CUX-ART animal park. Starting with a handful of blue

The Aschersleben Spring Festival, which many locals still affectionately refer to by its traditional name, the Gildefest, marks the town’s lively start to the warmer months. Following its rebranding, the festival has evolved from a purely guild-based

SEA LIFE Gardaland is just a few meters from the entrance to Gardaland, right by the large car park. It is one of several aquariums run by the Merlin Group, which also owns the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland or Heide-Park. Each of the

On 6 June 2008, the Sharjah Aquarium opened in Sharjah, about 30 kilometres north of Dubai, directly on the Persian Gulf. Sharjah / Sharjah is the third largest city in the United Arab Emirates and has a corresponding importance for the country. 6,500

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