This year's Gesmolder Kirmes is a mixture of the new and the tried and tested, with around 130 showmen and women taking part as usual. In addition, the local innkeepers and a number of clubs have once again joined in to make the fair a complete success.

The Coburg Spring Festival - which can now look back on decades of tradition - opens its doors every year on Coburg's Ketschenanger.

Lots of attractive rides, musical entertainment and a large selection of festival catering offer plenty of fun. So, pack

The funfair takes place in the centre on the Marktterrein.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Hilversum railway station (300 metres away)

- by bus - bus stop railway station

By car:

- Venue: Marktterrein

Parking facilities:

- Q-Park Markt

The Edersee Wildlife Park, founded in 1970 and open all year round, is located in Edertal-Hemfurth, Hesse, with a view of Lake Edersee with its dam wall and Waldeck Castle. Covering an area of 53 hectares, it is now home to around 250 animals from around

Whether families with children, teenagers or adrenaline junkies, everyone will find their attraction here.

The park also offers a wide range of roller coasters, from the Gerstlauer Euro Fighter to the children's roller coaster.

The construction is more

As a Westphalian city, Hamm lies on the border with the Ruhr area and has had its own zoo since 1934. Over 80 animal species are presented on an area of over 9 hectares. You will not only find small budgies or porcupines, but also pumas and zebras.

St John's Festival - the festival of joy

Once a year - usually on the first weekend in July - Eschwege is "in a state of emergency" at the St John's Festival. For five days, all life in the town is centred on this traditional festival, and the

Our fairground with over 15,000 m² offers stands for at least 50 fairground companies.

Visitors to the farmers' festival can expect a wide range of amusements.

(Source: webenheimer-bauernfest.de / Reiterverein Bliestal e.V.)

Travel information:

By public

Aquamarine Fukushima is a modern marine museum and aquarium in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. It opened in 2000 and is now one of Japan's most important institutions for environmental education and marine research. With its striking glass

On the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen, which is primarily known for its beaches and white chalk cliffs, you will find the 700-metre-long island toboggan run, which was opened in 2005 by Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. Not only is it the most northerly in