if you are a resident and live only 10mins away, it's a given that you have an annual ticket for the zoo in hannover. if on weekends or just after work - it's a great destination to visist your non-human species and just to relax. if you're a visitor of hannover, you should plan an entire day to spend at the zoo for there is so much to see. hannover never stops remodeling its zoo in order to give the animals conditions to live in that are as close as possible to their natural environment. you can relax on a boat tour through the zoo, while you watch shows or when you cuddle with fluffyness on four legs ;-) it's one of my favourite places to go in hannover because it never ceases to come up with pleasant surprises.

It's the coolest zoo I've ever been to, especially the boat trip around some part of it, where you can almost touch the animals or get scared that they will come to you.

It's not really a zoo with cages for each creature, it's more a zoo with themes: africa, asia...! several animal live together in one areal.

Absolutely worth a visit. Take a whole day to explore it.

I saw an elephant peeing like a fire truck when I was 5.