About 35 kilometres north of Newcastle on the Australian east coast, less than 3 kilometres from Pacific Beach, lies the privately run Oakvale Wildlife Park since 1979. Mainly indigenous animals are kept on an area of around 25ha. Especially for younger

The Isny children's and local history festival has a long history dating back to 1620. It is reported that around 100 boys marched around the town with ‘hiltzin Helleparten, item Bixen, brennenden Lunten, Trummen und Pfeiffen’ and finally marched

The Dresden Showmen's Association is the organiser of the large Dresden folk festivals (Dresdner Rummel) which take place on the "Pieschener Allee" fairground. In spring there is the "Spring Festival", in summer the "Bird's Meadow" and finally the

The Gerresheimer Winter Magic in Düsseldorf is much more than just a Christmas market; it is a spectacular and lovingly designed winter experience for the whole family that lasts several days. The event takes place on the extensive historic industrial

Twenty kilometres south of the Gold Coast city centre and also only 97 kilometres south of Brisbane is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Currumbin is world famous for feeding huge flocks of free-ranging rainbow lories. Since opening in 1947, this zoo has

SEA LIFE Nagoya is located directly next to LEGOLAND Japan about 30 kilometres south of the centre of Nagoya on a peninsula and is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also includes the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland

In the Great Smoky Mountains, more precisely in Pigeon Forge in the US state of Tennessee, approx. 26 miles (approx. 42 km) from Knoxville, you will find the shopping and entertainment centre The Island in Pigeon Forge. In addition to various

The Fürther spring market at Fürther Freiheit offers, among other things, haberdashery, leather and steel goods. There is also a daily changing supporting programme, which is offered by the Association of Fürth Market Traders and Showmen in addition

Hawaiian Falls The Colony water park is located just 50 kilometres north of the Texan city of Dallas. It was opened to visitors for the first time in May 2004 in The Colony, Texas, and was the second park in the Hawaiian Falls chain. Hawaiian Falls The

The Aschersleben Spring Festival, which many locals still affectionately refer to by its traditional name, the Gildefest, marks the town’s lively start to the warmer months. Following its rebranding, the festival has evolved from a purely guild-based