The Butzbach Faselmarkt is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in Upper Hesse and looks back on over 500 years of history. Originally created purely as a cattle market where breeding animals – known as ‘Faselvieh’ in the Hessian

There are over 100 animal species to discover at Kaiserslautern Zoo. In the north-western district of Siegelbach, the Siegelbach Zoo was founded and opened for the first time in 1968, which became the Kaiserslautern Zoo in 2003. On a good 7 hectares,

In Rotorua, New Zealand, about 220 km from Auckland, an exciting mountain awaits you. You can get to the mountain in a very relaxed way by cable car. There is plenty to experience, from the Skyswing to a zipline. The Luge takes you down the mountain at

The Holstenköste in Neumünster is one of the largest and most traditional town festivals in the whole of Schleswig-Holstein, transforming the entire city centre into a huge festival area every June. Centred around the Großflecken, the Gänsemarkt and

In Friesoythe in the district of Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony, around 32 km south-west of Oldenburg and around 48 km south-east of Leer (East Frisia), you will find the Thüle animal and leisure park, which opened in 1965. What began as a hobby farm for

Story Land first opened in 1954 under the name Story Town in Glen, near the city of Jackson in New Hampshire. However, due to a name conflict, the park was renamed “Story Land” in 1955. At the time of its opening, there was only one ride, an old fire

The Berlin Zoological Garden is Germany’s oldest zoo. Spanning 33 hectares, it is home to over 20,000 animals representing approximately 1,115 species. Visitors can discover many exotic and endangered species there. There is also a large aquarium

Located in the Emsland region, the holiday centre Schloß Dankern invites you to a huge recreational area of about 200 hectares.

The play and adventure possibilities in the leisure park, which are mainly aimed at families, range from Brug Arkan with a

In Anif, just a handful of kilometres south of Salzburg, lies Salzburg Zoo. Opened in 1961 as the "Alpenzoo Hellabrunn", it has also been called the zoo or Zoo Hellabrunn over the years. The zoo itself is home to animals of around 150 species, divided

The Rottaler Volksfest in Pfarrkirchen is an outstanding example of Lower Bavarian festival culture and is the social highlight of the spring. Every year around Whitsun weekend, the extensive grounds of the historic trotting track are transformed into a