Heidelberg Zoo was founded in 1933 and officially opened on November 20, 1934. The facility covers 10.2 hectares and had almost 500,000 visitors in 2015. The animal population includes around 2478 animals in 155 species (inventory results from January

Rides, sales, lottery and delicacy stands as well as the festival and hut landlords transform the Luitpoldanlage in Freising into the popular Festwiesn once again. In the attractive amusement park with spectacular and traditional carousels, more than 50

As the first Disney theme park outside the USA, the Tokyo Disney Resort was opened on 15 April 1983 in the Japanese city of Urayasu, less than 20 kilometres from Tokyo. The park is operated under licence by The Oriental Land Company and since 2001 there

When a small and modest collection of animals was opened on 2 hectares in Caversham in 1988, no one expected the zoo to grow much. Only a few years later, the area was doubled and in the course of a move to Whiteman Park, about 25 kilometres north of

What is the Oktoberfest?

The Oktoberfest in Sittard is one of the biggest autumn festivals in South Limburg. This year's motto is ‘We dance life!’. Whether in the marquees, on the Wiesn, in the fairground rides or in the local restaurants, the city is

Rhenen, in the province of Utrecht, has been home to the Ouwehands Zoo since 1932. The park allocates its animals to areas on 22 hectares. While you can find mandrils and polar bears on one side, visitors are also shown giant Chinese pandas.

The SEA LIFE Blackpool on the lake promenade is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also includes the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland and Heide-Park. Each of the aquariums is designed in the style of a circular route

On 26 January 1978, after only 115 days of construction, the amusement park Fantasilandia was opened in the middle of the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile. It thus became part of the traditional city park O'Higgins Park and opened with, among other

The fair on Zaanenlaan in Haarlem is considered one of the most atmospheric and traditional neighbourhood fairs in the whole of the Netherlands. Located in the northern part of the city, the spacious, tree-lined Zaanenlaan is regularly transformed into a

**Villach Kirchtag: Austria's largest traditional festival**

The Villach Kirchtag is the largest and one of the most famous traditional festivals in Austria. Every year in the first week of August, the city centre of Villach in Carinthia is transformed