Darien Lake started as a camping site in 1964 and through a deal with HUSS Park Attractions it became the North American exhibition area of the original German attraction manufacturer. In 1983 the park was sold to Funtime Inc. and joined Premier Parks in

In the north-west of England, in the county of Lancashire, you will find the coastal town of Blackpool and the Blackpool South Pier amusement park, one of a total of three piers in the town, directly on the Irish Sea. Opened in 1893 and formerly known as

There was already a pheasantry in Hanau in 1705. Its basic stock has been preserved over the centuries, so that it was converted into a wildlife park in 1967. Just over 30 different animal species live on a huge area of over 107 hectares (for comparison:

Coney Island is on the one hand a peninsula and on the other a district in the south of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. And anyone who talks about Coney Island often falls into reverie in view of its history, because this is where the largest

The historic Christmas market in Osnabrück is considered one of the most beautiful and atmospheric Christmas markets in northern Germany. It owes its special appeal to the unique backdrop of Osnabrück's old town, where it stretches impressively between

In Johannesburg, South Africa, the capital of Gauteng Province, about eight kilometres southwest of the Johannesburg city centre, you will find the Gold Reef City theme park. The theme park was built on one of the largest and deepest gold mines in the

Memleben Adventure Park, which opened in 2005, is located in the town of Memleben in the Burgenland district of Saxony-Anhalt, around 43 kilometers south of Lutherstadt Eisleben. The Memleben Adventure Park, which covers around 35,000 square meters and

With a total area of 380 hectares, of which 35ha are open to visitors, the reserve is the starting point for the bird park. Parc des Oiseaux is located 26 kilometers north of Lyon and around 90 kilometers from Geneva. The bird park was opened in 1970 and

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

In the west of France, or rather in the municipality of La Flèche in the Pays de la Loire region, you will find the oldest privately run zoo in France, the Zoo de La Flèche. Opened in 1946 as the Parc Zoologique du Tertre Rouge and run by the European