If Winter is a good season to visit Germany Zoo?

Lucas Lang

Lucas Lang

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Hi everyone.
This might be a stupid question, but I wonder if winter is a good season to visit zoo and aquarium in Germany? I find that at my last Winter Break as a student I have about one month vacation from December-January.
I'm not sure if it would be a suitable season to visit zoo and aquarium in Germany? I love Carnivore, Birds and Reptiles, so I'm not sure how would the winter influence the animals' exhibition?
Thanks a lot!
 
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It depends a lot on the weather and the individual design of the zoo. If it's calm and snowing in a German zoo with a nice landscape, you'll be walking through a literal winter wonderland. If it's windy and rainy, it might be less of a fun experience, especially when not adequately clothed, and you'll try to get indoors asap. In general, there will be less visitors than in the summer, so at times you might feel like you're the only visitor in the zoo. The public aquaria and the animal houses, however, can be quite crowded, especially when the weather is bad.
Depending on the species, some animals will stay in their indoor quarters most of the day. So if the latter are off-show - good luck seeing them.
 
Batto said:
It depends a lot on the weather and the individual design of the zoo. If it's calm and snowing in a German zoo with a nice landscape, you'll be walking through a literal winter wonderland. If it's windy and rainy, it might be less of a fun experience, especially when not adequately clothed, and you'll try to get indoors asap. In general, there will be less visitors than in the summer, so at times you might feel like you're the only visitor in the zoo. The public aquaria, however, can be quite crowded, especially when the weather is bad.
Depending on the species, some animals will stay in their indoor quarters most of the day. So if the latter are off-show - good luck seeing them.
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Thanks the information!
 
Winter can be pleasant in Germany, but it's good to choose zoos with more Houses and access to the Indoor quarters of the animals. You can be lucky to see the animals closer than in summer. Cologne, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Berlin zoo are probably the best choices.
 
Lucas Lang said:
Thanks the information!
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You're welcome; I'll thank them if I see them.:D;)
However, one more bit of advice: to fully enjoy a German zoo in the winter like a German, you will have to dress accordingly, i.e. as if you were about to embark on a long journey to the most remote regions of Patagonia. Jack Wolfskin is a start, before upgrading to Fjällräven, Mammut, Salomon etc.:p
 
Believe it or not, but I have visited Tierpark Hellabrunn in Munich in March once, and I was extremly happy to have merchandising stuff - a scarf, gloves and a bonnet - with me I bought the day before as I was watching a soccer game of Bayern Munich. Well, even when you wear clothes from the best football team in the world (Nur der FC Bayern..), doing that in a zoo is a kind of weird I confess. So my advice is: Put also "normal" things that protect your ears, neck and hands from the cold in your bag...
 
zoomaniac said:
Believe it or not, but I have visited Tierpark Hellabrunn in Munich in March once, and I was extremly happy to have merchandising stuff - a scarf, gloves and a bonnet - with me I bought the day before as I was watching a soccer game of Bayern Munich. Well, even when you wear clothes from the best football team in the world (Nur der FC Bayern..), doing that in a zoo is a kind of weird I confess. So my advice is: Put also "normal" things that protect your ears, neck and hands from the cold in your bag...
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Good to know; so the next time I see "oan Roten " in Hellabrunn, I'll offer him an Apèro out of my portable Chuchichäschtli. ;)
 
Batto said:
You're welcome; I'll thank them if I see them.:D;)
However, one more bit of advice: to fully enjoy a German zoo in the winter like a German, you will have to dress accordingly, i.e. as if you were about to embark on a long journey to the most remote regions of Patagonia. Jack Wolfskin is a start, before upgrading to Fjällräven, Mammut, Salomon etc.:p
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Given the OP is from Ann Arbor I'm pretty sure they know how to do this already. ;)
 
twilighter said:
Winter can be pleasant in Germany, but it's good to choose zoos with more Houses and access to the Indoor quarters of the animals. You can be lucky to see the animals closer than in summer. Cologne, Leipzig, Frankfurt and Berlin zoo are probably the best choices.
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That's great! These zoo are on my plan!
 
Coldness isn't the problem; the combination of low temperature + rain + wind/storm + short daylight hours + lots of sneezing miserable people around you who nevertheless drag themselves to work is the main reason why German winters can be dreadful. Give me an icy & snowy, yet sunny and calm winter over that previously mentioned combo any day of the week.
 
Batto said:
Coldness isn't the problem; the combination of low temperature + rain + wind/storm + short daylight hours + lots of sneezing miserable people around you who nevertheless drag themselves to work is the main reason why German winters can be dreadful. Give me an icy & snowy, yet sunny and calm winter over that previously mentioned combo any day of the week.
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That would definitely a terrible day.
 
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