It opened in 1969 under the name “Løveparken” (meaning “Lion Park”), with lions as its only animals. To this day, it remains the only zoo in Denmark that is home to gorillas. Over the years, the zoo’s total area has grown to 120 hectares,

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

An amusement park for children with themed worlds ranging from the Wild West to pirates and dinosaurs. This is how Gulliver's Valley near Sheffield in South Yorkshire, around 80 kilometers east of Manchester, can be briefly described. When it opens in

Deinkick Langenbruck - Solarbob & Seilpark is located in Langenbruck (BL) in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, about 40 km southeast of Basel and about 77 km west of Zurich. The 760-metre-long summer toboggan run was built by Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG of

The Dippemess is Frankfurt's largest and oldest public festival and takes place twice a year. Showmen and market traders of all kinds can be found on the festival square on Ratsweg. Carousels, chain rides, roller coasters, everything is there and, of

In the county of Northamptonshire, or rather in Kettering, about 88 km east of Birmingham and about 45 km from Leicester, you will find Wicksteed Park in the south-east of the city. The park was founded in 1921 by the industrialist and owner of the

The park was founded in 1860 and has belonged to the city of Paris ever since. It has around 40 attractions and offers families with small children lots of fun. But older visitors will also get their money's worth on the various roller coasters. In 2018,

In Lampertheim on the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, the traditional Lampertheimer Kerwe takes place every year over three days in September. After the opening on Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Europaplatz in front of the old town hall, with the Kerweredd and

In Isère, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, you will find the Alpinecoaster, which is over 700 meters long. It opened in 2017 and is located in the Alpine Adventure World, approximately 170 km from Lyon.

* How it all began

The Christmas market in Rostock has a long tradition. The history of the Rostock Christmas market began in the late Middle Ages with sales fairs in the city center in the run-up to Christmas. These sales fairs were a way for people to