There is still a funfair in Leipzig during the Christmas season. The organiser, the Volklandt family, is a fixture in the fairground industry and a sixth-generation family business. They organise a large pop-up winter leisure park at the Paunsdorf Center

The Lambertusmarkt in Erkelenz is the largest annual fair in the Erkelenz region. It is a five-day event that combines an open-air festival, music events and fairground fun.

- Numerous attractions: Over 100 showmen offer exciting and child-friendly rides.

The Mecklenburg seaside resort of Bansin on the island of Usedom is home to what is probably Germany's smallest zoo, TropenZoo Bansin, which opened in 1970. Around 150 animals from 70 species, including ring-tailed parakeets, iguanas, tortoises, snakes,

Ahoy, landlubbers! Although it's still a good 60 kilometres to the Mediterranean, with only a 5-minute drive to Avignon, Pirate Land is a popular destination in Rochefort-du-Gard for all dock swallows, pirates and those who want to become a pirate. The

Bodenmais am Silberberg is a small town in Lower Bavaria, 10 kilometres from the Czech border as the crow flies. To get here, take the A92 motorway from Munich to Deggendorf and then follow the B11 federal road for another 36 kilometres to the

By the Teutates! Go on an adventure in the comic world of the heroes Astérix and Obelix at Parc Astérix. A very beautiful amusement park that offers a wide variety of attractions for the whole family. Whether spectacular roller coasters, such as the B&M

In Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find the Olderdissen Zoo, which has been run by the city of Bielefeld since 1930. On about 16 hectares in the middle of the Teutoburg Forest, you can observe about 450 animals from 90 different species. But

The popular Kleve funfair in the heart of the city takes place in mid-July. The venue is the car parks on Wiesenstraße and Ludwig-Jahn-Straße.

Source: City of Kleve

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Kleve railway station (distance 400 m)

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The Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko, which was opened in 1959 and is the oldest amusement park in Poland, was renamed Legendia after its fundamental renovation by the Dutch design company Jora Vision.

With the Lech Coaster, the park’s fourth roller coaster

Around 70 kilometres away from Salzburg, near Bischofshofen, lies the tranquil village of St. Martin am Tennengebirge. A new roller bob track was opened here in autumn 2022. The bobs are designed as double-seaters, so that 2 people with a total weight of