Zoo
Parken Zoo
🇸🇪 Sweden
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Sweden 63 spp. present
Parken Zoo is a combined amusement park and zoo in the town of Eskilstuna in Sweden. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
59.373° N 16.482° E
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Essentials
Entrance
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Tourism
High
Species present
63
speciesOpened
1954
Size
Large
Visit
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Jardine River turtle
Emydura subglobosa
Before you go
Where is Parken Zoo?
Sweden
Parken Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Sweden. Its coordinates are 59.373° N, 16.482° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Gauja National Park, about 550 km away.
What animals can you see at Parken Zoo?
63 species
Citizen-science photos record 63 species at Parken Zoo, including Slender-tailed Meerkat, Common Peafowl, Jardine River turtle, Greater Flamingo and Oriental Fire-bellied Toad. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Parken Zoo in the wild?
Slender-tailed Meerkat: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Some of the animals photographed at Parken Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park), Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park) and Greater Flamingo (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Camargue).
When is Parken Zoo open?
Mon · 11:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Parken Zoo is open Mon · 11:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Parken Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1954, 22 ha
Parken Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Sweden, opened in 1954 and covers about 22 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 63 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · the centre's official website