On the way from Chemnitz towards Prague, just 19 kilometres after the German-Czech border, lies the Czech Republic's largest zoo on the outskirts of Chomutov / Komotau. Since its opening in 1975, the zoo has grown to a stately size of 112 ha and is home

Autumn market in Mölln: tradition and thrills in the town of Eulenspiegel

The autumn market in Mölln is an event that has been sneaking into visitors' hearts year after year for over 460 years. On the first weekend in November, the historic old town of

Within sight of the Sydney Opera House, Taronga Zoo Sydney is located directly on the Pacific Ocean in the northern part of Sydney. It first opened its doors as a city zoo in 1916 and has since grown to cover an area of 28ha. Well over 150 animal species

In Ruhla in Thuringia, directly on the Rennsteig, an Alpine coaster with a length of almost 1,000 metres awaits you. The special feature here is that the coaster runs on only one track and, with a gradient of 35%, is the steepest in all of Germany,

In Wackersberg in Bavaria, around 6 km south of Bad Tölz, you will find the jack-of-all-trades Blomberg in the Bavarian foothills of the Alps. At 1203 metres above sea level, hikers, winter sports fans, but also fans of summer toboggan runs and alpine

On the weekend before St John's Day (24 June), the people of Lorsch celebrate their oldest traditional festival: the four-day St John's Festival. A fairground and a creative market are set up on Karolingerplatz, idyllically situated at the foot of the

In Schömberg in the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg, around 12 km north of Balingen and 13 km south-west of Rottweil, you will find the Waldschenke Schömberg. In addition to the restaurant there, you will also find a petting zoo with various

In one of the fastest growing cities in Poland, in Zory, 40km south of Katowice, Upper Silesia, there is the only park that deals with the United States of America. Twinpigs sees itself not only as an entertainment park, but also wants to convey

Halfway between Zakopane and Kraków, in Rabka-Zdrój, is the small amusement park Rabkoland. Since May 1988, countless visitors have enjoyed themselves on an area of just 2 hectares. At that time still under the name Alibaba - named after the wooden

The Zoo de Servion is a small zoo with 5.5ha, but is considered the largest zoo in western Switzerland and is only 12 km north-east of Lausanne and Lake Geneva. The zoo in Servion opened in 1974 and is home to a relatively small number of around 200