In Lehre-Essehof in Lower Saxony, about 12 km from Braunschweig, you will find the privately run Essehof Zoo, founded in 1968. Fifty different species of animals live here on an area of about 10 hectares. In addition to the native lynx, fallow deer and

SEA LIFE Charlotte-Concord is located in the Concorde Mills mall 45 kilometres northeast of the Carowinds theme park and is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also includes the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland or

The Kronacher Freischießen, usually simply called Freischießen, is the shooting festival organised by the Kronach Shooting Society. It takes place every year in August and is the largest public festival in the Franconian Forest with around 300,000

Avifauna Vogelpark is a zoo specializing in birds in Alphen am Rhein between The Hague and Amsterdam. In 1950 the zoo was opened as the first bird park in the world and presents penguins, kiwis and rainbow lorises on 15 hectares.

In the north-west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in Dassow in the district of Schönberg, approx. 25 km from Lübeck, is the Farell family's seasonal adventure and tiger park. The park was opened in 2003 and is home to 19 big cats and other animals on an

Mirabilandia near Ravenna is a nice amusement park for the whole family.

As befits an amusement park in warm areas, it also has some rides on offer that can get you really wet.

From 1996 to 2006 the park belonged to the Löffelhardt family (Phantasialand),

Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier is a municipality in the Canadian capital of Quebec in the valley of the Jacques-Cartier River. The centre of Quebec is just 35 kilometres to the southwest. This is where the Valcatier Resort is located, which consists of the

In the middle of Taiwan, in Nantou County, about 240 kilometres south of Taipei and about 20 kilometres from the city of Puli, Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village has been located since 1986. The park is intended to convey the traditional culture of

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

When the maritime atmosphere of the Elbe blends with the historic charm of the imperial city, Tangermünde celebrates its popular harbour festival. The waterfront promenade and the historic harbour basin are then transformed into a lively festival area