In 2000, ZooParc Overloon opened on an area of 20 hectares. Located between the cities of Nijmegen, Venlo and Helmond, the zoo presents many animals. You go on a safari in seven different expedition areas and you meet red pandas, lions or calicoes. In

At the end of the monorail station and right next to the water park, the Splash Landings Hotel is just a few minutes' walk from the Alton Towers theme park. Enjoy the sunny delights of the Caribbean here. A short break at Splash Landings Hotel means not

Devils @ Cradle is a unique sanctuary for Tasmania's endangered carnivorous marsupials. It is located halfway between Moina and West Coast in the middle of Tasmania, just a handful of kilometres south of Middelsex. The sanctuary is located on the edge of

The Magdeburg Zoological Garden is beautifully laid out in a 20-hectare park. In this zoo about 900 animals from 200 species have a home. The animals come from all five continents and there is much to discover. Children up to 15 years have free admission

In June 2004, the BergTierPark Blindham, privately run by Josef Sedlmair, opened just 30 km from Munich, Rosenheim and Wolfratshausen. Native wild animals such as fallow deer, red deer and mouflon, wild boar, raccoons, nutria, ferrets and other species

In the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth, or rather in the Mitterteich district of Großbüchlberg, about 10 km northwest of Tirschenreuth and about 24 km south of Arzberg, you will find the Großbüchlberg summer toboggan run, which opened in

A nice little park with lots of entertainment options. A roller coaster and a few thrill flat rides offer good entertainment for youngsters, but families have the most to do here.

A special treat is the “Dino Express”, where kids feel like they're in

Celebrate at the traditional autumn fair in Anröchte. The mayor opens the fair with the tapping of the keg beer on Friday and a colourful programme and around 100 rides and amusement stalls await you until Monday. For example, a pot and stall market on

The spring fair takes place in Brackwede shortly before Easter. The Gleisdreieck will be buzzing again!

During the winter, all the shops have been checked, repainted, the floor scrubbed, the light bulbs replaced and everything polished to a high shine.

There was already a pheasantry in Hanau in 1705. Its basic stock has been preserved over the centuries, so that it was converted into a wildlife park in 1967. Just over 30 different animal species live on a huge area of over 107 hectares (for comparison: