When Marburg celebrates its Harbour Festival, the city shows its most relaxed side. Even though Marburg doesn’t have a huge seaport, the banks of the Lahn are transformed for a weekend into a maritime promenade that perfectly captures the university

Hawaiian Falls The Colony water park is located just 50 kilometres north of the Texan city of Dallas. It was opened to visitors for the first time in May 2004 in The Colony, Texas, and was the second park in the Hawaiian Falls chain. Hawaiian Falls The

The Futuroscope is a somewhat different amusement park. It presents mainly media technologies of the future. But there is also a roller coaster in the park with a space theme. Furthermore, there are many different cinemas, including an IMAX and a Flying

In Ruhla in Thuringia, directly on the Rennsteig, an Alpine coaster with a length of almost 1,000 metres awaits you. The special feature here is that the coaster runs on only one track and, with a gradient of 35%, is the steepest in all of Germany,

The Hansemarkt Dortmund is a traditional and diverse autumn folk festival that transforms Dortmund's city centre into a lively journey back in time to the heyday of the Hanseatic League, emphasising Dortmund's historical significance as an important

Over eleven days, the Cranger Kirmes attracts around four million funfair enthusiasts to the eleven-hectare fairground on the Rhine-Herne Canal every year. Always on the first Friday in August, the mayor of Herne opens the largest fair in North

In the Belgian town of Kortrijk in the province of West Flanders, about 9 km from the Belgian-French border, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Kortrijk Weide. The pool, which belongs to the LAGO Group, which currently operates twelve swimming

In Sevierville in the Great Smoky Mountains in the US state of Tennessee, around 35 kilometres west of Knoxville, you will find the NASCAR SpeedPark, which opened in 1999. In addition to eight different race tracks, which you can drive on with karts and

In the French municipality of La Bourboule in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, you will find Parc Fenestre. This amusement park, which mainly appeals to families with children up to around 13 years of age, promises a great day out with a wide variety of

The Eitorfer Kirmes is not only the absolute highlight of the municipality, it also has a particularly long tradition: it has been around since 1145.

The fair always takes place from the last Saturday to Tuesday in September on Eitorf's market square. It