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Grøn Verden Zoo is an exceptional institution with lots to offer .
Tourist attraction with a tropical environment, open all year.
Handicap accessibility.
A workplace which cares about its birds, animals, plants, visitors and employees.
Adaptability to the individual needs of the employees.
Priority to environmentally friendly solutions e.g. in connection, with insect pest control, recycling of materials, and alternative methods of heating.
Grøn Verden Zoo is an important cultural institution in the local community.
Grøn Verden Zoo has exciting plans for the future.
Extension of the greenhouse area with more tropical plants animals and birds.
New unusual outdoor area, retaining the beauty of nature, a school/educational service.

Grøn Verden Zoo is an unusual, exciting and ”socially inclusive” workplace for the disabled and for people needing work training.

The aim is to help and to improve the qualifications of each individual, and facilitate their return to the labour market.  Grøn Verden Zoo also offers the opportunity of job experience to mentally retarded youngsters from a local school.

Grøn Verden Zoo plays an important role in altering the attitudes of adults and children to people who are different, thus encouraging greater tolerance.  Many foreign tourists show considerable interest in this integrated and unusual place of work, and Grøn Verden Zoo also receives visitors in a professional capacity, e.g. from institutions in other countries.

You are very welcome to enjoy your own picnics here in Grøn Verden:

·        In our Tropical Café

·        In the play area

·        At the tables outdoors.

Beverages must be purchased in our café.  Thank you.

2009