Every year at the beginning of August, around 50 amusement, 50 catering and 60 trade show businesses as well as 180 stallholders gather around the Königsberg on an area of around 10 hectares. "Das" Arolser Kram- und Viehmarkt - the largest folk festival

The spring funfair in the centre of Wanne-Eickel opens the funfair season in Herne. Two fairground rides, a children's carousel and tasty treats await visitors on Hauptstrasse at Biuschmannshof.

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In the West Midlands, or rather in Worcestershire in the west of the United Kingdom, you will find Treasure Island Amusement Park. With its various rides and attractions, this amusement park offers a great day out for young and old. In addition to a

The Franconian Folk Festival in Crailsheim is one of the highlights of the year in the town of Crailsheim and is also the largest folk and local festival in the Hohenlohe-Franconia region.

The origins of the festival date back to 1840, when the "patriotic

In the southern Hessian district of Bergstrasse, in the Odenwald, or rather in Wald-Michelbach, you will find the Erlebnishöhe Wald-Michelbach, which belongs to the Wiegand Erlebnisberge. In addition to the 1360-metre-long Odenwaldbob all-weather

In Duisburg Zoo you can discover 9,000 animals from 400 species. The zoo has become famous by having the first permanent and long unique keeping of koalas in Germany. The large tropical hall Rio Negro shows the fascinating world in South America. Here

Irrland – Europe's largest farm adventure park – is located in the Lower Rhine region, just a few minutes from the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer and not far from the Dutch border. Covering an area of over 300,000 square metres, the park offers a unique

Joyland was opened in 1949 as a children's theme park. So even today it offers unique rides for all children, which banish boredom.

There are rides here that are unique for children and which you won't find in other parks. For example "Tyrolean Tubtwist"

Just a stone's throw from Germany's largest reservoir, the Bleiloch reservoir in Thuringia, not far from the A9 motorway, lies the Saalburg Fairytale Forest in the village of Saalburg-Ebersdorf. Stories have been coming to life here since 1990. Around 40

The Ulm Folk Festival has been taking place since 1429. This makes it older than the Munich Wiesn and the Cannstatter Wasen together. Around 300,000 visitors come to the Volksfestplatz directly on the banks of the Danube every year. About 80 operators,