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The largest folk festival in northern Swabia with attractive fairground rides, beer tents, over 200 market stalls and the Ries consumer exhibition.

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The funfair takes place at Plein 1945.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Hilversum railway station (distance 5.0 km)

- by bus - bus stop Kermisterrein (line 108)

By car:

- Venue: Plein 1945

Parking facilities:

- Car park (Stationsweg 1)

- Car

Ferris wheel and carousel at the fair

Stomach bread and candy floss, Ferris wheel and carousel: a tour of the fairground is simply part of every OFFA visit. Let your nose guide you and discover what the showmen have to offer.

Source: Olma Messen St.Gallen

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A children's amusement park with indoor play areas.

There are bumper boats, go karts, carousels, free fall towers, slides and a roller coaster.

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In Weilrod-Hasselbach in the Hochtaunus district of Hesse, around eleven kilometres from Bad Camberg and around thirty-three kilometres from Limburg an der Lahn, you will find Vogelburg Weilrod, which opened in 1981. The privately run Vogelburg Weilrod

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