Zoo Schönbrunn – the oldest zoo in the world and best zoo in Europe | Vienna, Austria

Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

A lion roar echoes across the Baroque grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, where the oldest zoo in the world has operated since 1752. Peacocks strut past imperial fountains, and the scent of animals mingles with the fragrance of manicured hedges. Emperor Francis I started this menagerie as a royal collection, and today it ranks among the […]

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Zoo Karlsruhe – one of the best and oldest zoological gardens in Germany

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Zoo Karlsruhe is one of Germany’s oldest and best zoological gardens, a 22-hectare zoological park in the heart of Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, that has been delighting visitors since 1865 and is consistently ranked among the most family-friendly and attractively landscaped zoos in the country. The zoo’s historic heart is the Stadtgarten, a beautiful English-style landscape park, […]

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Zoo and Safari in Czech Republic – African safari in the heart of Europe

Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

\\n \\n\\n Updated: August 8, 2020 |\\n\\n\\nBy Claire \\n\\n| \\n\\n\\nMore\\n\\n \\n \\n \\n \\n Originally a small zoo, with more than 60 years of history, grew into one of the largest zoo in the Czech Republic. Now also belong to the most important breeders of African animals in the world. \\n Zoo and Safari Park […]

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Weltvogelpark Walsrode – World’s Largest Bird Park | Germany

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Weltvogelpark Walsrode is the world’s largest bird park, a 24-hectare aviary paradise in Lower Saxony, northern Germany, home to over 4,000 birds from 675 species from every continent on Earth, including rare and endangered birds that visitors can experience in enormous walk-through aviaries, spectacular free-flight shows, and one of the world’s most comprehensive bird breeding […]

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The Prague Zoo – the 7th best zoo in the world, Czech republic

Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored No Comments

Updated: September 21, 2020 | By Claire | More Prague Zoo is a beautiful piece of nature located at the bottom part of the Prague, in Troja district. History of breeding of exotic animals in Prague is much older than it looks, it goes back to the first kings periods. By visiting the Prague Zoo […]

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ZOO Bojnice – oldest and most popular zoo in Slovakia

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Slovakia’s oldest zoo opened in 1955 in the shadow of Bojnice Castle, a fairy-tale Gothic castle that looks like it was lifted from a Disney film, and today ZOO Bojnice is the country’s most popular zoo with over 350 species housed across 41 hectares of wooded hillside in the Strážovské Vrchy mountains. Unlike many European […]

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