Busch Gardens Tampa Bay was previously known as Busch Gardens Africa because it was originally an Africa-themed park. Started as a zoo, it quickly developed into a theme park with a large roller coaster. Lanes like SheiKra, the first dive coaster in

In the harbour city of Portsmouth on the south coast of England, you will find the South Parade Pier, opened in 1879, one of a total of two piers in Portsmouth where you can have fun 364 days a year at its amusement park. In addition to a family roller

Leipzig Zoo is one of the best zoos in Germany. It has an area of 26 hectares and is being converted and expanded into the "Zoo of the Future". The concept of Zoo Leipzig is a species-appropriate animal husbandry, species conservation, education and

In Lille, a major city in northern France near the border with Belgium in the Hauts-de-France region, you will find the Cita-Parc amusement park, which opened on 15 August 2018, not far from the Citadel and the zoo. The Parc de la Citadelle was located

In Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, or rather in the Zündorf district of Cologne, you will find the small but beautiful Rolf's Petting Zoo. The petting zoo, which grew out of a volunteer parrot rescue centre, has set itself the task of taking in old,

St John's Festival - the festival of joy

Once a year - usually on the first weekend in July - Eschwege is "in a state of emergency" at the St John's Festival. For five days, all life in the town is centred on this traditional festival, and the

On 30 June 1996, the Stratosphere Tower opened in Las Vegas, the largest city in Nevada and the cultural, infrastructural and economic centre of the US state. At the beginning of 2019, the renaming to The Strat was announced, meaning that the hotel,

Not so long ago, in 2000, the Germendorf animal, leisure and dinosaur park opened in Oranienburg, Brandenburg. Around 40 species of animals are shown on an area of 69 hectares, ranging from smaller animals such as ducks to gibbons and foxes to ostriches

In the Upper Austrian capital Linz, or rather in its district Urfahr, the nine-day Urfahranermarkt, also known colloquially as Urfahr-Markt or Urfix, takes place twice a year. The Urfahranermarkt in spring always begins on the last Saturday in April and

In the immediate vicinity of the Rennsteig, the mini-a-thür is located in the Wartburg district of Ruhla in Thuringia. Since 1999, over 100 1:25 scale models of Thuringian landmarks have been on display in an area of over 18,000 square metres. For