There's a huge mounted bear at the Royal Zoo, Artis, and a polar bear as well. I was quite excited to show them to my 1,5 year old nephew yesterday, but they replaced it with a hippo. Wasn't amused.
The real, living bear they had was a disappointment as well, didn't even want to show his face, was all curled up ans sleeping.
Still, the Zoo is ace.
(this, of course, is a reply to 3 days ago, but I hadn't been to the Zoo then, so didn't know the bear wasn't there. Loved it the last time I saw him, it's terrifying to see such a large animal so close)