"an island like no other!" - This is how Thorpe Park near London is described. It is considered one of the thrill parks in Europe! The amusement park belongs, like Alton Towers, to the Merlin Entertainment Group. Many roller coasters, such as Saw - The

In Norddeich, a district of Norden, in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, you will find the only state-recognised care centre for marine mammals in Lower Saxony, the Seal Sanctuary National Park House, which opened in 1971. Every year, around 80 to 180 seals and

33 kilometres west of Norfolk, Virginia, along Interstate 264 to Virginia Beach. With a population of just under half a million, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the state, twice the size of the capital Richmond. The Ocean Breeze water park is

In 2012, the planning of the Alpamare in Scorborough began in cooperation with the original Alpamare from Bad Tölz in Germany. Until 2016, the bath was built and then ceremoniously opened on July 30, 2016. The bath offers 4 water slides an indoor wave

In the Great Smoky Mountains, or rather in Pigeon Forge in the US state of Tennessee, around 26 miles (approx. 42 km) from Knoxville, you will find the alpine coaster The Goat Coaster, which opened in 2015. The coaster, which was built by Josef Wiegand

The Whitsun Festival in Wissembourg (Weißenburg), Alsace, is a large and traditional folk festival that takes place every year over the Whitsun holidays. It is known for its lively mix of Alsatian tradition, French hospitality and cross-border flair, as

The Flippolino children's play paradise is located in Kirchen in the Siegkreis district, less than 20 kilometres west of Siegen. The indoor park offers plenty of variety, especially for families with younger children, and is almost completely

In Nideggen-Schmidt in the district of Düren in North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find the popular destination for animal lovers and families, the Schmidt wildlife park. Open to visitors since 1968 and still family-owned by the Scheidtweiler family, the

The Foire de la Saint-Jean in Amiens is one of the largest and most traditional funfairs in the whole of northern France, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. This colourful and lively spectacle takes place against the expansive

In Assling, a municipality in the East Tyrolean part of the Puster Valley, about 10 km west of Lienz, you will find the Assling Adventure World, which, in addition to the wildlife park there, also offers a separately visitable Alpine Coaster, the Assling