In Timmendorfer Strand, not even 1 kilometer away from the Baltic Sea, on the way towards Travemünde, you will find the Niendorf bird park on an area of 7 hectares. In the immediate vicinity of the Aalbeek-Niederung nature reserve you will find a

The Olomouc Zoo is located near Olomouc, Czech Republic, halfway between Ostrava and Brno. When it was founded in 1956, the zoo covered an area of 25 hectares. It all began with a few stags, roe deer, and pheasants.

Today, the zoo has expanded to cover 42

Leiden Ontzet, also known as the Liberation of Leiden, is an annual city festival celebrated on 3 October to commemorate the liberation of the Dutch city of Leiden from Spanish siege in 1574. It is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in

Twice a year there is a funfair on the Sprödentalplatz in Krefeld. For more than 95 years, exhibitors have been on site in spring and autumn to provide fun and satisfy hunger. With 120 to 130 exhibitors, the Sprödentalkirmes is also known beyond the

Kienbergpark has been around since 2017, right in the heart of Berlin. There are

different gardens to look at, a cable car to easily get up the mountain

up the mountain, various playgrounds and, since 2024, an

alpine coaster.

In Johannesburg, South Africa, the capital of Gauteng Province, about eight kilometres southwest of the Johannesburg city centre, you will find the Gold Reef City theme park. The theme park was built on one of the largest and deepest gold mines in the

In 2023, the German-American festival will be revived on the former airfield site near Pfaffengrund (Heidelberg). The origin of this festival was the Patrick Henry Village, about 4 km away. Numerous showmen and a great supporting programme is announced.

Blå Planet is the largest aquarium in Northern Europe. Located in Copenhagen, right on the waterfront and less than two kilometers from the city’s airport, it is home to over 450 species. Originally established in Charlottenlund in 1939 with around 70

JuraPark Bałtów is a recreational and educational park in Bałtów, a good 100 kilometres west of Lublin, which specialises in the prehistoric world of dinosaurs. The park is located near the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and has been open since

In the north-west of France, or rather in Saint-Malo in Brittany, you will find the Grand Aquarium Saint-Malo marine aquarium, which opened in 1996, on about 4000 square metres. In forty-six aquariums, which together have a capacity of 2.6 million