Tokyo's Taitō district is home to Japan's first modern zoo, the Ueno Zoological Garden. Opened in 1882, the zoo is home to more than 3,000 animals from over 300 different species on an area of 14.3 hectares. In addition to Asian elephants, Sumatran

The Heiligenkirchen Bird Park is located in Detmold between Lemgo and Paderborn. Specialising in exotic birds and small mammals, the park has been in existence since 1969. 300 species of animals live here on an area of around 4 ha. In addition to a

The Sesame Place Philadelphia theme and water park has been located in Langhorne, USA, around 25 miles (approx. 40 km) from Philadelphia, the largest city in the state of Pennsylvania, since 1980. The approximately 5.7-hectare park, which is entirely

Speed, adrenaline and pure fear: these are the main ingredients of Velocity Valley Adrenaline Park. Barely 3 kilometres away from Lake Roturua and about 60 kilometres south of Tauranga, Auckland, adrenaline junkies will find everything they need for a

Over 100 fairground families come to Strasbourg for the Foire Saint-Jean to entertain you with rides of all kinds. The Ferris wheel is traditionally always there, but there are also plenty of rides for adrenaline junkies or for the little ones. Of

In the US state of Florida, or rather on Merritt Island, which is well-known to all fans of space technology, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is located in Cape Canaveral in the south of the island. On this 17-hectare visitor centre operated by

In Elbigenalp in Austria, a municipality in the district of Reutte in Tyrol, around 80 kilometres from Obersdorf in Germany, you will find the Brandauer Alpine Coaster Wally Blitz, which has been operated by Armin Knittel since 2014. This single-rail

Just a few hundred metres from the Aqualuna water park, on the border with Croatia, is the Olima thermal spa. Both water adventure centres belong together. The spa offers something for everyone and boasts the most extensive range of saunas in the whole

In the north-west of England, in the county of Lancashire, you will find the coastal town of Blackpool and the Blackpool North Pier amusement park, one of a total of three piers in the town, directly on the Irish Sea. The pier, which opened in 1863 and

The privately run Wild Cat Conservation Centre has been operating on an area of 10 hectares since 2016. It is located in Wilberforce, around 70 kilometres north-west of Sydney city centre and just 35 kilometres north of Featherdale Wildlife Park. It is a