On 4.7.1926, Knoebels Groves, the forerunner of today's Knoebels Amusement Resort, opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. A steam-powered carousel and the Chrystal Pool were two of the first attractions in the amusement park. On an area of around 45ha, the

The Meppen Town Hall Fair is a large, multi-day folk festival that traditionally enlivens the entire city centre of Meppen in autumn. The colourful fairground activities extend across the city centre, particularly in the area between the historic town

If you travel diagonally from Stuttgart to Feuchtwangen and from Heilbronn to Ulm, you will come across the municipality of Kaisersbach in Baden-Württemberg pretty much at the centre. Around 52 kilometres north-east of Stuttgart, a summer toboggan run

Wild Life Sydney has been located directly at Darling Harbour, next to SEA LIFE Sydney, since 2006. Originally built as a pure aquarium with the name Sydney Wildlife World, it was expanded in 2011 to include a wildlife park and renamed in the process.

Connecticut is located to the north of New York State. Bristol (not to be confused with the city in the southwest of England) is 60 kilometers north of New Haven and only around 30 kilometers from the capital Hartford. The leisure and water park Lake

The pedestrian zone in the heart of Bückeburg once again offers a colourful programme for young and old. For four days, the funfair is a hive of activity. The spring market offers the family audience everything that makes a funfair attractive. It smells

The Dippemess is Frankfurt's largest and oldest public festival and takes place twice a year. Showmen and market traders of all kinds can be found on the festival square on Ratsweg. Carousels, chain rides, roller coasters, everything is there and, of

In Reedam, just 11 kilometres from Great Yarmouth and 30 kilometres east of Norwich, lies Pettitt's Animal Adventure Farm, which is a combination of an animal park or zoo and a small amusement park. Some of the rides are located between the enclosures,

On the festival site directly on the Rhine, Worms celebrates a combination of amusement park and trade fair event for nine days.

Chosen by Forbes Traveler as one of the 15 best zoos in the world and even found in the world's top 10 zoos by Tripadvisor, ZooParc de Beauval is always worth a visit. Located halfway between Tours and Bourges, the 40-hectare zoo, which opened in 1980 -