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/ August 3, 2026
Berlin Zoo, formally the Zoologischer Garten Berlin, opened in 1844 in the city’s Tiergarten park, making it the oldest surviving zoo in Germany. Over nearly two centuries it grew into the most species-diverse zoo in the world, a record it has held for decades, while
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/ July 30, 2026
The Semperoper is the historic opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera), standing on Theaterplatz near the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Gottfried Semper, the building first opened in 1841 in a style blending early Renaissance and Baroque elements
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/ July 24, 2026
The Nürburgring is best known as one of the world’s most demanding motorsport complexes, but for one weekend each June its paddock and surrounding grounds in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, transform into the site of Rock am Ring, Germany’s biggest rock music festival. Since 1985, the sprawling
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/ July 23, 2026
Wacken Open Air has transformed a tiny farming village in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany into the self-proclaimed capital of heavy metal every summer since 1990. What began as a modest local gathering with a few hundred fans has grown into a four-day pilgrimage for tens of thousands
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/ July 17, 2026
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex built into the hills of the Eifel mountains near the village of Nürburg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Construction began in September 1925 and the circuit opened in the spring of 1927, originally conceived as a proving ground for German automakers
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/ July 14, 2026
Europa-Park is a 95-hectare theme park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, founded by Franz Mack and his son Roland and opened to its first visitors on July 12, 1975. Built as a showcase for the family’s ride-manufacturing business, Mack Rides, it grew from a modest site
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/ July 12, 2026
Tropical Islands Resort sits inside the Aerium, a colossal former airship hangar in Krausnick, Brandenburg, about 50 kilometers south of Berlin. Built by CargoLifter AG and completed in November 2000, the hangar became the world’s largest free-standing hall without interior support pillars before CargoLifter’s 2002
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/ July 12, 2026
Galaxy Erding is the water slide complex at Therme Erding, a massive thermal spa in the Bavarian town of Erding, about 30 minutes northeast of Munich, Germany. The Galaxy section opened on March 31, 2007, adding a dedicated slide park to the thermal baths that
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/ July 12, 2026
Movie Park Germany is a film and television-themed amusement park in Bottrop-Kirchhellen, North Rhine-Westphalia, about 50 kilometers north of Düsseldorf. The site began life in 1967 as the fairytale-themed Kirchhellener Märchenwald before being redeveloped and reopened on June 30, 1996 as Warner Bros. Movie World
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/ June 30, 2026
Standing 174 feet above the Palatinate countryside, Expedition GeForce is the tallest and fastest ride at Plopsaland Deutschland — and one of the most decorated steel roller coasters ever built. Since opening in 2001, this Intamin mega coaster has paired an 82-degree first drop with
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/ June 29, 2026
When Silver Star opened at Europa-Park on March 23, 2002, it instantly became one of the biggest steel coasters on the continent — the tallest ride Bolliger & Mabillard had ever built, and the tallest, fastest, and longest-dropping coaster anywhere in Europe. More than two
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/ June 24, 2026
Taron is a steel multi-launch roller coaster at Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany, built by Intamin and opened on June 30, 2016. Themed around the mythical Norse village of Klugheim, the ride blasts through faux rock formations and narrow canyon passes, delivering two LSM launches that
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