It opened in 1969 under the name “Løveparken” (meaning “Lion Park”), with lions as its only animals. To this day, it remains the only zoo in Denmark that is home to gorillas. Over the years, the zoo’s total area has grown to 120 hectares,

The Clover Seed Market in Harsewinkel is a traditional folk festival deeply rooted in the agricultural history of this town in the Münsterland region. Originally established as an important trading centre for clover seeds, over the decades the event has

TELUS World of Science Edmonton is one of Canada's leading science centres and has been inspiring explorers of all ages for decades. The interactive museum combines education with entertainment and invites visitors to experience science and technology 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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Only about 10 kilometres from the Lower Saxony border, between Duderstadt and Leinefelde in Worbis, lies the Alternative Bear Park. The bear park was opened in 1996 through the initiative of the "Aktion Bärenhilfswerk" on the site of the former

In the Swiss town of Studen in the canton of Bern, around 33 kilometres from Bern, you will find the Seeteufel adventure world, which was opened in 1960 by Hugo Steiner, one of the first scuba divers and marine aquarists in Switzerland. What started out

In Lievestuore, Finland, located directly on motorway 9 and around 24 kilometres from Jyväskylä, you will find the family-friendly Nokkakivi amusement park, which opened in 2007. On the park's 2.2 hectare site, you will find over twenty different rides

The traditional Easter fair in Beuel takes place in the area north and south of the Kennedy Bridge with fairground rides and food stalls. For more than 40 years, showmen have been bringing their stalls and carousels to the banks of the Rhine in Beuel

Ústí nad Labem is located 70 kilometres south of Dresden and 90 kilometres north of Prague. In 1908, a merchant founded the present-day Ústí nad Labem Zoo here, originally as a bird park. Over the years, the original 6 hectares that the bird park had

In 1973, Worlds of Fun opened for the first time in Kansas City, Missouri under the management of Mid-America Enterprises. In 1982, the Oceans of Fun water park opened before the theme park was sold to the Cedar Fair Group for 40 million dollars in 1995.