In 1956, the Opel Zoo in Kronberg im Taunus (Rhine-Main area) was founded by Georg von Opel as a research enclosure. The park is home to well over 200 animal species. The park is particularly proud of its keeping of the Mesopotamian fallow deer, its 2

In 1937 the NaturZoo was opened in Rheine in the Münsterland region. Around 100 animal species live on an area of 13 hectares. The first accessible monkey forest was opened here as the first zoo in Germany. You will also find large accessible aviaries

In Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find the Olderdissen Zoo, which has been run by the city of Bielefeld since 1930. On about 16 hectares in the middle of the Teutoburg Forest, you can observe about 450 animals from 90 different species. But

In Melide on Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, you will find Swissminiatur, which has been in operation since 1959. On an area of around 14,000 square metres, you will find over 130 models of various interesting buildings in Switzerland on a

In Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, or rather in the Neumarkt district, not far from the Basilica of St. Apostles and the Hahnentor, you will find the virtual reality experience world 7th Space Cologne. A wide range of VR attractions for everyone as well

Every year, the Brokser Heiratsmarkt, one of the largest folk festivals in northern Germany, attracts up to 400,000 visitors to the climatic health resort of Bruchhausen-Vilsen. The grounds cover a total of nine hectares, of which around 3000 square

Since 1932, there has been a small amusement park in New Jersey, directly on the Seasight Hights peninsula, about 125km east of Philadelphia, called Casino Pier, which is built directly on the sea. Opposite this, the Breakwater Beach Waterpark was built.

Every year, gingerbread and mulled wine fill the air with their enticing aromas at the Christmas markets in Bonn city center and its districts. The Bonn Christmas Market transforms the city center into an atmospheric village of stalls every year.

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The Ulm Folk Festival has been taking place since 1429. This makes it older than the Munich Wiesn and the Cannstatter Wasen together. Around 300,000 visitors come to the Volksfestplatz directly on the banks of the Danube every year. About 80 operators,

In Leer (East Frisia) in Lower Saxony, around 33 kilometres south of Emden and 40 kilometres from Winschoten in the Netherlands, you will find the Leer Miniature Land, which opened in 2011. On around 1500 square metres, you can immerse yourself in the