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The Venray funfair takes place in the centre of Venray.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Venray station (distance 2.8 km to the fairground)

- by bus - no information available

By car:

- Venue: City centre

Parking facilities:

- Centrum Garage

In beautiful Bergen aan Zee, right on the Dutch coast just off Texel, the Zee Aquarium was opened in 1956 - when Sealife was not even in the planning stage - on the site of the former Hotel Nassau. Over 350 species of fish live here in more than 850,000

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