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45 kilometres west of the major city of Houston in south-west Texas, on Interstate 10 and US Highway 90, lies the small town of Katy with its 20,000 inhabitants. The Gulf of Mexico is around 105 kilometres away. The Typhoon Texas water park is located
…An amusement park with an attached zoo invites young visitors and families. There are rides only for the smaller clientele, such as a family rollercoaster, bumper cars, Samba Tower and a few other small attractions.
The Michaelis Kirchweih is the largest street festival in Germany. Around 1.5 million visitors now attend the festival every year. However, there are not only rides and beer stalls, but also numerous traders and market criers. A section of the B8 trunk
…30 kilometres south of Campinas and 70 north of the Brazilian capital São Paulo lies the largest amusement park in Latin America: Hopi Hari. At 76ha, it is twice the size of the Vatican and opened for the first time in 1999. Hopi Hari was conceived as a
…In the largest shopping centre in the Netherlands, the Westfield Mall in Leidschendam in the province of South Holland, about 10 km from The Hague, you will find the Peppa Pig World of Play - Indoor Play Centre, which opened on 10 February 2022. Here the
…The Augustuskermis in Sint-Truiden is the city's largest and most traditional folk festival and an annual highlight that attracts thousands of visitors.
The fair transforms the entire city centre into a huge open-air amusement park.
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…If you drive north from Hamburg to Denmark and pass Aarhus, you will inevitably arrive in Aalborg, Denmark's fourth largest city, on the E45 motorway. As is customary for any larger city, Aalborg has been home to a zoo in the middle of the city since
…In Brugge, the capital of the province of West Flanders, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Brugge Olympia. The pool, which belongs to the LAGO Group, which currently operates twelve swimming paradises in Belgium, is a popular destination for young
…The largest koala sanctuary in the world is located in Fig Tree Pocket, a suburb of Brisbane. Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, as it is called, covers 18ha and has been at its current location since 1927. Originally started with just 2 koalas named Jack and
…There are rides here that are unique for children and which you won't find in other parks. For example "Tyrolean Tubtwist"
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