Oud Valkeveen is a beautiful family park with something for every age group. It was first opened in 1930 in Naarden, about 20 kilometres west of Amsterdam city centre, as a beach with a pancake house. In the years that followed, the park was constantly

Madeira is a unique archipelago located more than 700 kilometres west of the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. As part of Portugal, Madeira, with its approximately 250,000 inhabitants, belongs to the European Union, but offers them only about 800

The Butzbach Katharinenmarkt is a centuries-old and important folk festival in the Hessian town of Butzbach, which traditionally takes place every autumn. This four-day event offers a varied programme that combines the historic Krammarkt with modern

The Berlin Zoological Garden is Germany’s oldest zoo. Spanning 33 hectares, it is home to over 20,000 animals representing approximately 1,115 species. Visitors can discover many exotic and endangered species there. There is also a large aquarium

The Rottaler Volksfest in Pfarrkirchen is an outstanding example of Lower Bavarian festival culture and is the social highlight of the spring. Every year around Whitsun weekend, the extensive grounds of the historic trotting track are transformed into a

If you travel diagonally from Stuttgart to Feuchtwangen and from Heilbronn to Ulm, you will come across the municipality of Kaisersbach in Baden-Württemberg pretty much at the centre. Around 52 kilometres north-east of Stuttgart, a summer toboggan run

The Zoo del Fin del Mundo in Ushuaia, Argentina, is considered the southernmost zoo in the world and is nestled in the impressive landscape of Tierra del Fuego National Park, about 12 kilometres west of the southernmost city on Earth. It allows visitors

The vacation and leisure park Weissenhäuser Strand is located directly on the Baltic Sea and was built from 1971 to 1973. The area consists of vacation apartments, a hotel and various recreational facilities with shopping. The attractions are not only

The Christmas market in Naumburg an der Saale, known as the “Naumburg Advent Experience,” immerses the historic cathedral city in an atmospheric sea of lights during the Advent season. It unfolds around the market square and in front of the

Paradisland in Saint-Martin-aux-Chartrains is a charming, family-owned amusement park that deliberately sets itself apart from noisy, overcrowded mega-parks. It was designed as a safe and relaxed environment for families with young children (ideal for