In the middle of Utah lies the Great Salt Lake, bordered by the state's largest city, Salt Lake City, with a population of around 200,000. A good 30 kilometers to the north is the small town of Farmington with around 25,000 inhabitants. Here you will

December transforms the historic city of Maastricht into an enchanting sea of lights, with the Magisch Maastricht Vrijthof event on the square of the same name at its heart. Surrounded by the venerable St. Servatius Basilica and other magnificent

If you've never seen a large herd of giant gray kangaroos, then head to Neuwied Zoo. On an area of 3.5 ha you will find the kangaroos together with other animals such as emus. You will also find a pack of Berber lions, which are already extinct in the

The largest zoo in the world awaits you in San Diego. It has already won several awards. It is one of the world's best institutions for learning about rare and endangered animal species. There are also various playgrounds, a 4D movie theater, a cable

In Neuss in the Lower Rhine region, around 10 km south-west of the North Rhine-Westphalian capital Düsseldorf, you will find Alpenpark Neuss. What began in 2001 on the former site of the Neuss-Grefrath landfill site with Germany's first indoor ski hall

The Czech city of Zlín is located about 95 kilometres east of Brno. A few kilometres north of the city centre, on a large area of 74ha (of which 51ha is exhibition space), is Zlín Zoo, formerly also called Lešná Zoo. Originally opened in 1930, the

In the centre of Amsterdam, a 5-minute walk from the Dam or a 15-minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station, you will find The Amsterdam Dungeon, a chamber of horrors that opened in 2005. Take a journey through 500 years of Amsterdam's terrifying past.

The oldest zoo in the world was opened on 31 July 1752. In its early days, the zoo, then called a menagerie, consisted of 12 enclosures and was commissioned by Emperor Franz I. The zoo's size grew over the years to 17 hectares. Over the years, the range

The Cannstatter Volksfest, which is also colloquially called "the Cannstatter Wasen", is a two-week folk festival that has been held annually in Stuttgart from the end of September to the beginning of October since 1818. The same folk festival in spring

The Brno Zoo was opened in 1953, although an association for the establishment of a zoo had already been founded in 1935. The zoo is located in the north-west of the city of Brno and covers an extensive area of around 65 ha. The zoo is home to over 1,500