Originally started as a pancake restaurant (for Berliners: egg pancakes), Speelparadijs Pannenkoekenhuis, located about 15 kilometres east of Apeldoorn in the province of Gelderland, has developed into a small theme park for families with young children.

In Dudley in the West Midlands, around 16 miles (approx. 26 km) north-west of Birmingham, Dudley Zoo has been located in the ruins of Dudley Castle since 1937. There are over 1,500 animals from around 200 species to discover on the zoo's 16-hectare site,

The Monkey Park Tenerife Zoo & Animal Park, opened in 1991, is located in the harbour town of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the south of the Canary Island of Tenerife, around 10 minutes by car from Playa Las Americas. The monkey park is particularly

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 Center Parc Bispinger Heide is waiting for you in the Lüneburg Heath. In addition to the unique vacation homes with a view of the Lüneburg Heath, the park also offers its own hotel here. In addition to the many free activities, there are also

The Hochheim market is the event of the year and is known far beyond the city limits. It takes place on the first weekend after All Souls' Day and lasts five days. This special mixture of folk festival, fair and funfair is unique in Germany.

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Experience fun and action with a variety of throwing and skill games such as grappling, ball throwing, duck fishing and shooting galleries. For the little ones, there are 6000 square metres of rides such as the children's carousel, the rollercoaster and

In 1965, the vivarium in Darmstadt was opened at its current location. It is named after the aquarium and terrarium hall, which also contains a large part of the biodiversity. Although the vivarium is one of the small zoos in Germany with an area of

The Eitorfer Kirmes is not only the absolute highlight of the municipality, it also has a particularly long tradition: it has been around since 1145.

The fair always takes place from the last Saturday to Tuesday in September on Eitorf's market square. It

If you travel diagonally from Stuttgart to Feuchtwangen and from Heilbronn to Ulm, you will come across the municipality of Kaisersbach in Baden-Württemberg pretty much at the centre. Around 52 kilometres north-east of Stuttgart, a summer toboggan run