The Dessau Pumpkin Fair is an annual folk festival that transforms the town's market square into an autumnal amusement park at the end of October, taking up the theme of the approaching Halloween season. This multi-day fair, traditionally organised by

Erfurt Zoo is one of Germany's largest zoological gardens and is idyllically situated on the Roter Berg hill in the north of Thuringia's capital. Covering an area of around 63 hectares, the zoo offers a natural home to more than 1,000 animals of over 130

The town of Unterschleißheim, the innkeepers and the showmen invite you to the Lohhofer Volksfest, the highlight of Unterschleißheim's social life.

The Lohhofer Volksfest is a long-standing, much-loved tradition and is eagerly awaited every year by young

Twice a year, the Erfurt Folk Festival takes place on the Domplatz. In April as the "Erfurter Altstattfrühling" and in October as the "Erfurter Oktoberfest". Both festivals are among the largest in Thuringia.

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The Foire d'hiver de Rennes, the traditional winter fair in the Breton capital, transforms the heart of the city into a dazzling spectacle of light, sound and movement every year. On the spacious Esplanade Charles de Gaulle, flanked by the modern

Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier is a municipality in the Canadian capital of Quebec in the valley of the Jacques-Cartier River. The centre of Quebec is just 35 kilometres to the southwest. This is where the Valcatier Resort is located, which consists of the

With around 700,000 visitors, the Worms Backfischfest is one of the largest public festivals in Rhineland-Palatinate. For a total of 9 days, there is a big party on the "Kisselwiese". On the second Backfisch Sunday, the raft harbour is transformed into

The Prenzau Christmas market traditionally takes place in the heart of the district town of Prenzlau in the Uckermark (Brandenburg) and transforms the historic market square around the town hall into a festive meeting place during Advent. In contrast to

In the Upper Austrian capital Linz, or rather in its district Urfahr, the nine-day Urfahranermarkt, also known colloquially as Urfahr-Markt or Urfix, takes place twice a year. The Urfahranermarkt in spring always begins on the last Saturday in April and

In Branson in the south-west of the US state of Missouri, just 44 miles (approx. 71 km) from Springfield, you will find Shepherd's Adventure Park. In addition to the Copperhead Mountain Coaster, a 1021 metre-long alpine coaster from Josef Wiegand GmbH &