On the weekend before St John's Day (24 June), the people of Lorsch celebrate their oldest traditional festival: the four-day St John's Festival. A fairground and a creative market are set up on Karolingerplatz, idyllically situated at the foot of the

The Lutherstadt Eisleben has been hosting the annual Eisleber Wiesenmarkt since 1521, which attracts about half a million visitors and around 350 showmen to Eisleben every year. The festival, called the Wiese, takes place over two weekends and is divided

In Grafenau in the district of Freyung-Grafenau in Lower Bavaria, the oldest town in the Bavarian Forest and formerly an important town for the salt trade, you will find Bärenbob Grafenau, which was opened in 1998 by Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. The 1250

In Atlanta, the capital of the US state of Georgia, you will find the Georgia Aquarium, which opened in 2005, at Pemberton Place, where you will also find the World of Coca-Cola and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. At the time of its opening, the

Halfway between Ostrava and Brno, near Olomouc, Czech Republic, lies Olomouc Zoo. When it was founded in 1956, the zoo had a size of 25ha. It all began there with a few deer, roe deer and pheasants.

Up to the present day, the zoo has grown to an area of

Austin's is an entertainment restaurant specialising in a unique concept that combines food, entertainment and fun for the whole family. The company operates its restaurant in Pflugerville, Texas, about 30 kilometres north of Austin, and offers its

In the US state of Michigan, more precisely in Muskegon County, today's Michigans Adventure amusement park was first opened in 1956 as Deer Park. After another change of ownership, it was opened as Deer Park Funland from 1972 to 1987. In 2001, the Cedar

E-World in Daegu, South Korea, is an exciting destination for amusement park fans, combining modern entertainment with Korean flair. The park opened in 1995 and is located at the foot of the 202-metre-high Woobang Towers, which serve as the landmark of

* How it all began

The Christmas market in Rostock has a long tradition. The history of the Rostock Christmas market began in the late Middle Ages with sales fairs in the city center in the run-up to Christmas. These sales fairs were a way for people to

Coney Island is on the one hand a peninsula and on the other a district in the south of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. And anyone who talks about Coney Island often falls into reverie in view of its history, because this is where the largest