A good 65 kilometres east of Australia's southernmost city, Melbourne, lies Healesville Sanctuary, which opened in 1934 under the name Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary and was later renamed. This zoo specialises in native animals and is home to, among

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

Around 70 showmen await you in Bremerhaven. The fairground is completely fenced in, but there is no entrance fee.

Important information:

Wednesdays - family day with reduced prices

Fridays - high-altitude fireworks

The Kusel Autumn Fair is a large, traditional folk festival that takes place every year on the first weekend in September in the district town of Kusel in the Palatinate. It is one of the largest folk festivals in the region and attracts up to 80,000

The spring funfair in the centre of Wanne-Eickel opens the funfair season in Herne. Two fairground rides, a children's carousel and tasty treats await visitors on Hauptstrasse at Biuschmannshof.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train to

Directly on the Seaside Heights peninsula in New Jersey, around 125 kilometers east of Philadelphia, there has been an amusement park on the pier with four roller coasters since 1932. The park was built according to the Tivoli principle, so admission is

A hotel with a huge water park and a small amusement park.

Here you can let off steam and ride all kinds of water slides and a few other attractions.

Definitely worth a visit when you're around!

The Wildpark Panorama Park in the Sauerland was purchased in 2007 and since then has hardly any rides.

However, different animal species like wolves, goats and many more can be admired.

But don't miss a ride on the summer toboggan run!

The park celebrates

The Stoppelmarkt in Vechta is one of the oldest markets in northwest Germany. It was already mentioned in a document in 1298. The market got its name from the stubble fields (harvested cornfields) where it was once held when the plague raged in Vechta.

It was not until 2005 that the GaiaZoo opened on 25 hectares in Kerkrade, near the border with Aachen. The zoo is divided into 4 areas and houses animals from the continents of Europe, America and Africa. Around 100 animal species from different areas