This year's Gesmolder Kirmes is a mixture of the new and the tried and tested, with around 130 showmen and women taking part as usual. In addition, the local innkeepers and a number of clubs have once again joined in to make the fair a complete success.

In 1937 the NaturZoo was opened in Rheine in the Münsterland region. Around 100 animal species live on an area of 13 hectares. The first accessible monkey forest was opened here as the first zoo in Germany. You will also find large accessible aviaries

The Albanifest in Winterthur is the largest and oldest city festival in Winterthur and is even considered the largest annual old town festival in Europe. It is deeply rooted in the history of the city and has been celebrated since 1264.

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Alice Springs is located quite centrally on the Australian continent. In 2005, Chris 'Brolga' Barns founded the Baby Kangaroo Rescue Centre and subsequently (2011) built The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs, a 188-hectare sanctuary for rescued and

Little Amerricka amusement park, which opened in 1991, is located in the American city of Marshall in the state of Wisconsin. Founded by Lee Merrick, who built a miniature railway here back in 1987, the park's four-hectare site is now home to an 18-hole

The Palmitos Park botanical garden and animal park has been located in the holiday resort of Maspalomas in the south of the Canary Island of Gran Canaria since 1978. In addition to an orchid house, a cactus garden, the butterfly house, the aquarium and

Colchester Zoo has been located in Colchester in the county of Essex, around 64 miles (approx. 103 km) from the British capital London, since 1963. On the zoo grounds you will find around 180 animal species from all continents. From A for monkeys to R

In the Franconian town of Pleinfeld, near the B 2 main road, you will find the Fürst Carl summer toboggan run and adventure park. In addition to the two toboggan runs, each approx. 500 m long, you will also find a 4-person bungee trampoline facility, an

In Karls Erlebnisdorf Warnsdorf - just like in the other Karls Erlebnisdörfer - there is again the tractor ride, the potato sack slide and the straw hopscotch. But the little ones can also experience an unforgettable day at the mini excavator, the

In the north-west of England, in the county of Lancashire, you will find the coastal town of Blackpool and the Blackpool North Pier amusement park, one of a total of three piers in the town, directly on the Irish Sea. The pier, which opened in 1863 and