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A replica of the German Federal Chancellery is being built at the miniature park in Meckenbeuren. This world of miniatures is located about eight kilometres away from Lake Constance, right next door to the Ravensburger Spieleland park. During his (...) read more

  A complex Eco & Thermal Resort is to be built for 150 million US dollars in Hedervar, Hungary (approximately 30 kilometres away from the Austrian-Hungarian border in Nickelsdorf). The project is scheduled to be completed by 2012. The one-million (...) read more

According to ocregister.com, city council members of Garden Grove voted in favour of the construction of a hotel with a three-acre adjacent waterpark starting in 2012. With this decision, Garden Grove overruled residents’ objections. Developer (...) read more

  Austria’s first science centre ever is being constructed at the fairgrounds in the city of Wels and is set to open by the spring of 2011. The focal point of the future world of knowledge: renewable energy. The company Petri & Tiemann (of (...) read more

  The Thuringian city of Gera has a good chance of getting a new open-air pool at the Hofwiesenbad swimming facility by the time the 2011 swimming season rolls around! Lord Mayor Dr Norbert Vornehm wants to present the city council with a (...) read more

  According to a study done by BBDO Consulting, Real Madrid is the most valuable football club in the world, estimated at 1.06 billion euros. To utilise the club’s potential, its new president, the building contractor Florentino Perez, is planning (...) read more

For some months now, the Monte Mare Group has been operating Rurwelle, a recreational pool facility with a South-Sea flair and a deficit of around 800,000 euros per annum. Roughly 200,000 euros will now be invested in a range of smaller types of (...) read more

  The indoor waterpark operator Great Wolf Resort enhanced its newest waterpark, the Great Wolf Lodge Concord, NC with a Fort Mackenzie, a treehouse-waterfort provided by SCS Interactive. The Great Wolf Lodge opened its doors on April 23, 2009, and (...) read more

According to the Chinese news agency Xinhuanet, a Chinese company signed letters of interest for the construction of a 770,000 square metre theme park. Huaquiang Holdings Ltd., a state-owned company engaged in electronics and sugar production based (...) read more

  Since late May, Disneyland Paris has been presenting itself on Google Earth with an interactive three-dimensional tour through both amusement parks at its resort. The tours are linked in such that they provide a direct connection to the online (...) read more

  The largest fossil oyster reef, the world’s largest fossil pearl and a look-out tower shaped like an auger shell: this and a whole lot more can be found at the world of fossils in Stetten (a town of 1,200) which was ceremoniously opened on the 5th (...) read more

  We recall: Mystery Park, inspired and initiated by Erich von Däniken in Interlaken, Switzerland, had closed its doors in mid-November 2006 due to massive payment difficulties. In December 2007, Stefan Lindner’s and Peter Stähli’s company “New (...) read more

  On the 3rd of July, the theme park „Weltentor“ - Middle Ages and fantasy as central theme - should have been opened in Ronneburg (Thuringia). However, three weeks before the scheduled opening, an application for bankruptcy was filed at the (...) read more

Alton Towers – 2.5 million visitors each year – planned building a third hotel as the British media reported some weeks ago. In an announcement on its long term development strategy, the company stated that there would be no plans for a third hotel (...) read more

  Once again, wild safaris and shows with birds of prey are on the daily agenda at the tradition-rich park in Sauerland. Back to the roots, so to speak. The toboggan run called “Fichtenflitzer” (literally “spruce racer”) is basically the only thing (...) read more

  The Schwabenpark, which attracts around 200,000 visitors a year, is planning on constructing a rollercoaster according to media reports. A permit has already been procured for the building plans says the deputy manager, Thomas Hudelmaier, and the (...) read more

  The financially ridden north German bird park Vogelpark Walsrode has been saved – at least for the meantime. The Belgian garden centre operator Floralux wants to do some garden work to spruce up the park visually, and plans on making the (...) read more

  The 66-year-old architect of the Vals thermal spa, Peter Zumthor, received the 2009 Pritzker Award of 100,000 USD, which is held in the architectural industry as the “Nobel Prize”. Zumthor had accomplished a masterpiece with the Vals spa, which (...) read more