In the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital Düsseldorf, the Aquazoo Löbbecke, which reopened in 2017, operates one of the most popular cultural institutions in the city as a unit consisting of an aquarium / zoo and natural history museum. Well over

The Bilker Schützen- und Heimatfest in Düsseldorf is a real crowd-puller, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from across the region every year. The centrepiece of the five-day spectacle is the huge family funfair on the fairground on

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

The big autumn fair takes place directly on the banks of the Rhine at the Tonhalle. If the attractions at the fair are not enough for you, you can finish off with a short detour to the "longest bar in the world" in the old town next door.

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Based on a first zoo from 1770, the first zoo was opened in 1972 under the Franco government in the Spanish capital Madrid. In 1997, the zoo was sold to Parques Reunidos, which operates the Weltvogelpark Walsrode, Movie Park Germany and Tropical Island

Magic Park Verden is located in Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony, about 45 km southeast of Bremen and about 95 km northwest of Hannover. It offers families a great mix of fairy tales, playgrounds and various rides. In addition to a family roller

Directly on the east coast of the United Kingdom, a few meters from the beach and around 40km east of Norwich, you will find Pleasurewood Hills Family Theme Park in the county of Suffolk. The amusement park, which was opened in 1983, extends over 24

If you think that tobogganing is only possible in winter, you've got the wrong idea. Carinthia's longest summer toboggan run climbs a good 400 metres in altitude over a distance of almost two kilometres, from the Madritsche mountain station on the

The Bietigheim Horse Market is a nationally renowned folk festival in Bietigheim-Bissingen, which takes place at the Bietigheim railway viaduct and attracts several hundred thousand visitors every year. Despite this large number of visitors, the festival

Between Sydney and Melbourne, a mountain world awaits you that has a lot to offer in both winter and summer. In winter you can go skiing and in summer you can ride the summer toboggan run.