The tranquil municipality of Houthalen-Helchteren is located less than 15 kilometres north of Hasselt on the E314 from Aachen to Brussels. The Dutch city of Maastricht is 28 kilometres to the south-east and Brussels around 72 kilometres to the

The privately run Plättli Zoo has been located in Frauenfeld in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, around 30 kilometres from Constance, since 1958. The small but charming zoo is home to around 200 animals from around 50 species, including Barbary macaques,

With a population of almost three million, Toronto is Canada's largest city and the capital of the province of Ontario. The Wet'n'Wild Toronto water park is located in Brampton, 34 kilometres from Toronto and just 9 kilometres from the airport. The park

Leiden Ontzet, also known as the Liberation of Leiden, is an annual city festival celebrated on 3 October to commemorate the liberation of the Dutch city of Leiden from Spanish siege in 1574. It is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in

The huge amusement park, 6 festival tents, traditionally called ‘Hütten’ in Karpfham, with around 19,000 seats, the Rottal Show and the performances of the famous ‘Rottaler Zehnerzug’ attract almost half a million visitors to Karpfham every year.

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The Bergkirchweih in Erlangen is the Franconian Oktoberfest and also the oldest beer festival in the world. The first Bergkirchweih took place in 1755, so the festival is over 265 years old. The festival takes place on the "Burgberg" and in a total of 13

Since 1993, the Mainfränkische Werkstätten has operated the Sommerhausen zoo on 14ha. This means that special people work here who would have had very few chances of getting a job on the primary job market. The zoo lives from the idea of inclusion.

Tomelilla is located around 70 kilometres east of Malmö. Until the closure of the railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s, the town was an important railway junction with connections in five directions and grew to around 6,000 inhabitants over the years. 5

Burgers` Zoo opened in 1913 on a total area of 45 hectares, with around 18 hectares available for the actual zoo. Originally around 35km away, the zoo was reopened at its current location 10 years later. In 1968 the safari area opened for the first time

30 kilometres northwest of Charleston in South Carolina, around 350 km from Charlotte, is the small indoor park Frankie's with a small outdoor area. This is a park with free admission, but the rides and attractions have to be paid for when used. From