The Butzbach Faselmarkt is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in Upper Hesse and looks back on over 500 years of history. Originally created purely as a cattle market where breeding animals – known as ‘Faselvieh’ in the Hessian

In Grafenau, Lower Bavaria—the oldest town in the Bavarian Forest and once an important trading hub for salt—you’ll find the Bärenbob Grafenau, opened in 1998 by Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG. The 1,250-meter-long mountain coaster, on which you can zoom

The Spring Festival is probably the WFV's oldest and most important event. It was handed over to the newly founded WFV at the beginning of the 1980s by the town of Wasserburg under the then mayor Dr Geiger in order to provide it with an economic basis so

Germany's largest reptile zoo has been in Landau in der Pfalz since 2004. Around 125 animal species live on 3,400 square meters and are provided with appropriate enclosures. The reptile zoo is divided into several areas such as a baby station where young

The American Lunapark in the Breton port city of Brest is an extraordinary winter entertainment spectacle that transforms the dark season on the Atlantic coast into a dazzling sea of neon colours and high-speed adventures. While the harsh westerly winds

The Stoppelmarkt in Vechta is one of the oldest markets in northwest Germany. It was already mentioned in a document in 1298. The market got its name from the stubble fields (harvested cornfields) where it was once held when the plague raged in Vechta.

The Vierordtbad spa, Karlsruhe's oldest bathing establishment, was built in the neo-Renaissance style in the Baden-Württemberg fan-shaped city of Karlsruhe, not far from the congress centre and the fairground. Built in 1867 by the banker Heinrich

The Düsseldorf Christmas market is a diverse experience that is not limited to a single location, but rather divides the entire city centre into several thematically different festive zones.

The crafts market in front of the town hall forms the

Every year, the Brokser Heiratsmarkt, one of the largest folk festivals in northern Germany, attracts up to 400,000 visitors to the climatic health resort of Bruchhausen-Vilsen. The grounds cover a total of nine hectares, of which around 3000 square

In Färjestaden, a town in the Swedish province of Kalmar län and the historic province of Öland, you will find the animal and amusement park Ölands Djur & Nöjespark, which has been open since 1974. The park, which is one of the five largest