March 4, 2011
by europeexplored
Zoo Schönbrunn – the oldest zoo in the world and best zoo in Europe | Vienna, Austria Updated: May 15, 2020 | By Claire | More If you are looking for a trip to world-class zoo, then you should visit the park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna where is located the oldest existing zoo in […]
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Categories: Austria, Nature
September 24, 2010
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Danube-Auen National Park is one of Europe’s last remaining large-scale floodplain ecosystems — a 9,300-hectare protected natural paradise of meandering river channels, old-growth riparian forest, and vast water meadows stretching along the Danube between Vienna and Bratislava. One of Austria’s six national parks and part of the transboundary Ramsar wetland complex shared with Slovakia, the […]
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Categories: Austria, Nature
May 9, 2010
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The Seegrotte (Lake Grotto) in Hinterbrühl, Austria, is home to the largest underground lake in Europe — a surreal subterranean body of crystal-clear water, 60 metres below ground, formed when a gypsum mine flooded in 1912 and creating a spectacular underground world where visitors can glide across the lake’s surface by electric boat through vast, […]
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Categories: Austria, Nature
