Located 65 kilometers north of Bordeaux as the crow flies, directly on the Atlantic coast and overlooking the Bay of Biscay, the Zoo de la Palmyre sits on the outskirts of Les Mathes. Opened in 1966, the zoo spans 18 hectares between two forests.

On the south side of Lake Zurich in Pfäffikon SZ you will find a fun pool that really deserves its name. The Alpamare Switzerland offers 12 very nice slides, which also fully satisfy adrenaline junkies. There are cozy whitewater rides, but also a ride

The Mooswiese has been held for over 450 years. With various stalls, agricultural exhibition stands, a fun park, beer and wine tents, the festival is known as one of the most beautiful meadow festivals in Franconia. There is a full programme and a good

The Bilker Schützen- und Heimatfest in Düsseldorf is a real crowd-puller, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from across the region every year. The centrepiece of the five-day spectacle is the huge family funfair on the fairground on

The Hochheim market is the event of the year and is known far beyond the city limits. It takes place on the first weekend after All Souls' Day and lasts five days. This special mixture of folk festival, fair and funfair is unique in Germany.

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The Ludwigshafen Christmas market is held every year on the central Berliner Platz and is considered one of the earliest and most important Christmas markets in Rhineland-Palatinate, attracting visitors from far beyond the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan

The largest folk festival in the Inn Valley, the Pfingstdult, takes place on the fairground at the LOKschuppen in Simbach. With only a few interruptions, the Dult has been taking place since 1779. Originally on the church square, from 1970 on the apron

The Gaggenau May Market has been a firmly established highlight in the Murg Valley for years. It always takes place on Mother's Day weekend (second Sunday in May), lasting four days from Friday to Monday. The May market is traditionally the ‘club

The Foire de Pâques in Reims is regarded as one of the most vibrant signs of spring in the whole of Champagne and transforms the city every year into a bustling hub of fairground culture. Along the Chaussée Bocquaine, right on the banks of the Vesle, a

When people talk about zoos in Australia's Sydney, they usually refer to Taronga Zoo Sydney. Since 2019, the Sydney Zoo has existed not far west of the city centre (around 36 kilometres) and less than 8 kilometres from Raging Waters Sydney. On an area of