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AALBORG – Aalborg Zoo – KuduAalborg Zoo is open 363 days a year - and no two days are alike. With far more than 100 different exotic animal species, educational experiences can be found all year round. The great kudu is one of the world's largest antelopes, and adult bul [...]
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AALBORG – Aalborg Zoo – OryxAt Aalborg Zoo, you can meet 11 out of the 12 most popular zoo animals and this is the only place in Denmark where you can experience the African elephant, the orangutan from Borneo and the Asian lion. Aalborg Zoo is open 363 days a year - and [...]
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AALBORG – Aalborg Zoo – Polar BearAalborg Zoo participates in many international breeding programmes in order to preserve endangered animals. Aalborg Zoo got an environment certificate and the first zoological garden, and the overall purpose of the zoo is to preserve nature. A [...]
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AALBORG – Aalborg Zoo – TigerWhen visiting Aalborg ZOO, one of the main attractions is the installation, where wild, huge tigers live. There has been a great emphasis on creating an installation with surroundings, which are similar to the predators’ usual environment. The [...]
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ALKMAAR – Cheese CarriersIn the Middle Ages, it was common practice to establish a guild for every professional group, the cheese carriers established theirs in 1593. The cheese carriers’ guild consists of 30 men and the cheese father. Carriers can hold various positi [...]
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ALKMAAR – The Waag BuildingAThe Waag building is a National monument (Rijksmonument) listed building on the Waagplein in Alkmaar in the Netherlands. On this square Waagplein from April till the second week of September, the famous cheese market is held. The Dutch Cheese [...]
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ARNHEM – Koninklijke Burgers’ Zoo – SharkOn March 31, 1913, Faisanterie Buitenlust, the forerunner of the current modern animal park Burgers' Zoo, opens its doors to the public for the first time. Since its foundation by Johan Burgers, the first owner and the one who named the animal [...]
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ARNHEM – Koninklijke Burgers’ Zoo – TigerThe Sumatran tiger is unfortunately seriously threatened. Scientists estimate that there are only a few hundred animals in the wild on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The precious fur, the demand for tiger body parts for medicinal use, large [...]
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ARNHEM – Koninklijke Burgers’ Zoo – ButterflyHundreds of butterflies are flying in the Mangrove, Burgers Zoo Arnhem. There are over 18 different species in total. Most butterfly species of the Mangrove mainly show their striking colors when they fly around. At rest, when they eat fruit o [...]
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BLOKHUS – Farup – Egern-&-PindsvinGuest visiting Denmark’s Fårup Sommerland will be able to enjoy an encounter with a hedgehog, a squirrel and a Road Runner. Egerntårnet (The Squirrel Tower) will lift you 11 meters up in the air and will then suddenly let go, and Pindsvinet (T [...]
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BLOKHUS – Farup – Egern-&-PindsvinGuest visiting Denmark’s Fårup Sommerland will be able to enjoy an encounter with a hedgehog, a squirrel and a Road Runner. Egerntårnet (The Squirrel Tower) will lift you 11 meters up in the air and will then suddenly let go, and Pindsvinet (T [...]
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BLOKHUS – Farup – FalkenFalken (The Falcon), with its top speed at 75 km/hr, is Denmark's fastest wooden roller coaster. And it gives you a wiiild feeling in the stomach when you screaming speed through the 622 breathless meters of roller coaster. The Falcon is the f [...]
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BRUSSEL – Spirit of the North – Santa ClausIn and around the Horta Gallery, visitors are immersed in the atmosphere of the end-of-year period during 'Spirit of the North'. Nutcrackers, gifts, candy canes… No doubt, a Christmas air already reigns in the Horta Gallery in Brussels. With " [...]
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BRUSSEL – Spirit of the North – Snow FlakeA giant Christmas village in the heart of Brussels in the Galerie Horta started on October 21, 2022. It's a 360° experience walking through the stands that will populate this village, chalets, Christmas decorations, a bright decor and lots of [...]
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COPENHAGEN – Rilpey’s Believe It or NotRipley's is called, a museum of adventure and consists of 13 exciting galleries full of strange and exotic objects. It was the journalist, artist and adventurer Robert L. Ripley who collected the many strange objects in the museum during his l [...]
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GRANADA – AlhambraThe name Alhambra comes from an Arabic root which means "red or crimson castle", perhaps due to the hue of the towers and walls that surround the entire hill of La Sabica which by starlight is silver but by sunlight is transformed into gold. B [...]
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GRANADA – Alhambra – Court of the Lions – FountainThe Courtyard of the Lions is the main courtyard of the Nasrid dynasty Palace of the Lions, in the heart of the Alhambra, the Moorish citadel formed by a complex of palaces, gardens and forts in Granada, Spain. It was commissioned by the Nasri [...]
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GRANADA – Alhambra – Court of the Lions – PillarsThe Courtyard of the Lions is an oblong courtyard, 35 m in length and 20 m in width, surrounded by a low gallery supported on 124 white marble columns. A pavilion projects into the courtyard at each extremity, with filigree walls and light dom [...]
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GRANADA – Alhambra – Mirador de DaraxaTFrom the Hall of the Ajimeces (Sala de los Ajimeces) you enter into Daraxa's Mirador (Mirador de Daraxa) through a big pointed arch of mocarabes. There is a poem among the inscriptions that decorate its jambs, as well as a skirting board with [...]
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GRANADA – Cuidad de GranadaGranada is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of four rivers, the Beiro, the Darro, the Genil and the M [...]
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