Recklinghausen Zoo is a real insider tip for anyone who loves nature and animals – and it's right in the middle of the city! The park is located in the green Stadtgarten and has been delighting young and old alike for decades. Best of all, admission is

In Ruhla in Thuringia, directly on the Rennsteig, an Alpine coaster with a length of almost 1,000 metres awaits you. The special feature here is that the coaster runs on only one track and, with a gradient of 35%, is the steepest in all of Germany,

The Rostock Easter Market is traditionally the opening of the season in Rostock city centre (from Neuer Markt via Kröpeliner Straße, Universitätsplatz, Breite Straße to Kröpeliner Tor). Visitors can expect a colourfully decorated spring landscape, a

Bakken is the oldest existing theme park in the world, offering a mix of modern and historical attractions. One of the unusual attractions is a spinning coaster from Intamin, which is very intense. In contrast, there is the classic wooden roller coaster

SEA LIFE Bangkok is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also owns the Legoland parks, Gardaland and Heide-Park. Each of the aquariums is designed in the style of a circular walkway and shows animals in a classic environment. For

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

The city's zoo, also known as the mountain zoo, has been located in Halle an der Saale in the middle of the Reilsberg since 1901. Due to its size, it is one of the smaller zoos in Germany, but shows crocodiles, elephants, big cats and fur seals in

The Stoppelmarkt in Vechta is one of the oldest markets in northwest Germany. It was already mentioned in a document in 1298. The market got its name from the stubble fields (harvested cornfields) where it was once held when the plague raged in Vechta.

Since 1976, there has been an amusement park with a water park section in Santa Clara in San Jose, about 70 kilometres south of San Francisco. California's Great America is located only two kilometres from the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. The park

The Karlsfeld-Nord Settlers' Association has been organising the annual Settlers' and Lake Festival since 1957, which has since become famous far beyond the region's borders. This family-friendly festival takes place at the wonderfully situated Karlsfeld