The state of Indiana lies between Illinois and Ohio. About halfway between Indianapolis (150 kilometres north) and Chicago (190 kilometres south), the Indiana Beach amusement park and water park is located north of the city of Monticello on Lake Shafer.

In the Hanseatic city of Wismar on the Baltic Sea coast in beautiful Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, you will find the Mumpitz indoor play park. Spread over 3000 square metres on two levels, a wide variety of attractions such as the smoke-spewing climbing

Assumption Day is Warendorf's traditional local festival in summer. The Christian tradition of devotion to the Virgin Mary, the Assumption Fair and the town marksmen's festival are unique in the world. The highlights of the popular Marian devotion are

Forde is about 30 kilometres north of Canberra. Since 2004, it has been home to the Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, which is Australia's largest contiguous boxwood-grassland area and is managed as a protected area. This means that the fauna living

Deinkick Langenbruck - Solarbob & Seilpark is located in Langenbruck (BL) in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, about 40 km southeast of Basel and about 77 km west of Zurich. The 760-metre-long summer toboggan run was built by Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG of

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California, is one of the largest and most famous aquariums in the United States. It opened in 1998 and is picturesquely located at Rainbow Harbour, directly opposite the Long Beach Convention Centre and the

The Czech city of Pilsen is located on the route between Nuremberg and Prague. Around 200 kilometres east of Nuremberg and around 100 kilometres west of the Czech capital Prague, the city is easily accessible. The botanical and zoological garden of the

The Bell Animal Adventure Park has been located in the Rhineland-Palatinate Rhine-Hunsrück district, more precisely in Bell, around 30 km south-east of Cochem, since 4 April 2015. The family-run park, which pays particular attention to species

Every year in mid-June, Oranienburg's town centre is transformed into a huge festival mile from the bulwark to Schlossplatz and Schlosspark.

Visitors experience a varied stage programme for young and old and breathtaking views of their town from the

In Dudley in the West Midlands, around 16 miles (approx. 26 km) north-west of Birmingham, Dudley Zoo has been located in the ruins of Dudley Castle since 1937. There are over 1,500 animals from around 200 species to discover on the zoo's 16-hectare site,