Dierenpark de Oliemeulen

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Dierenpark De Oliemeulen
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The Oliemeulen zoo
Date opened1987 [1]
Location Tilburg, Netherlands
Coordinates 51°34′15″N5°03′43″E / 51.5708549°N 5.062058°E / 51.5708549; 5.062058 Coordinates: 51°34′15″N5°03′43″E / 51.5708549°N 5.062058°E / 51.5708549; 5.062058
Annual visitors45,0000 (2003) [2]
Website www.oliemeulen.nl

Dierenpark De Oliemeulen (Zoo The Oliemeulen) is a small zoo in Tilburg, Netherlands that describes itself as "the strangest zoo in the Netherlands". [3]

Tilburg City and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Tilburg is a city in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 217,595, it is the second largest municipality in North Brabant, and the sixth largest in the Netherlands.

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The Netherlands, also called Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with some overseas territories in the Caribbean. In Europe, it consists of 12 provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with those countries and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba—it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

The zoo opened in an old farmhouse in 1987. It was initially just a reptile house, but was expanded in 1992 to include mammals such as monkeys and raccoons, and birds including parrots and birds of prey. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "History". oliemeulen.nl. Dierenpark & Reptielenhuis de Oliemeulen. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  2. ↑ "The Oliemeulen Business". scientificcommons.org. Scientific Commons. 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Dierenpark de Oliemeulen". oliemeulen.nl. Dierenpark & Reptielenhuis de Oliemeulen. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

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