Every year in November, the popular Martinikirmes takes place. It is a real highlight: every year many people in the Ruhr area and the Lower Rhine region look forward to this particularly beautiful fair.

The feast day of St. Martin of Tours on 11 November

At the foot of the spectacular West MacDonnell Ranges and only 10 minutes by car or 7 kilometres , seven kilometres west of Alice Springs town centre, lies Desert Park. Opened in 1997, the park covers 1,300 hectares of land. With a core area of 54

In 1954, the Gdansk Zoo, Gdańsk in Polish, was founded. The facility is world-famous for breeding large condors, as they regularly give birth to offspring. Poland's largest zoo covers a total area of 125ha and in terms of visitor numbers it is also one

The Porz Island Festival is a popular festival in the Cologne region that takes place from Father's Day (Ascension Day) to Sunday. It is a cultural and musical event that attracts thousands of visitors. The island festival offers a variety of activities,

The Salzgitter-Lebenstedt City Festival is the largest public festival in the city and is considered one of the largest funfairs in the region between the Harz Mountains and the Heath. It traditionally takes place on the third weekend in August.

The City

A beautifully landscaped park ideal for families and teenagers. A nice big wave pool with several slides for both small children and the older ones. Even if it is not the adrenaline slides that you find in some other parks, this water park offers a very

At the end of the monorail station and right next to the water park, the Alton Towers Hotel is just a few minutes' walk from the Alton Towers theme park. The unusual combination of sumptuous accommodation, quirky looks and above all fantastic

Just 30 kilometres as the crow flies from the Gulf of Riga lies the town of Sigulda on the eastern bank of the River Gauja. Around 53 kilometres north-east of Latvia's capital Riga, just along the A2 motorway, you reach a region that is often referred to

The Baden-Baden Christkindelsmarkt takes place in the elegant spa town of Baden-Baden in Baden-Württemberg and is one of the most atmospheric and exclusive Christmas markets in Germany. It stretches along the magnificent Lichtentaler Allee and in front

Canton, the capital of Van Zandt County in the north-east of the US state of Texas, is home to a farm experience with a difference: Yesterland Farm. What began in 1994 with the planting of Virginia Pine and Lob-lolly Pine, developed over the years into a