The Kamenz Forest Festival is a traditional school and local festival that has been celebrated in its current form for more than 150 years. The colourful parades, which take place on Monday and Thursday, are at the heart of the forest festival week.

In

The oldest fair in Saxony takes place in the municipality of Lorenzkirch at the beginning of August. A colourful mixture of folk festival and market awaits visitors. A variety of different traders offer goods for everyday needs and unusual items. Here

The Mariä Himmelfahrtskirmes in Sögel is a traditional folk festival that takes place every August and is considered one of the oldest fairs in the Emsland region. It attracts numerous visitors from across the region and is a highlight of the annual

The Schneekoppe is the highest mountain in the Czech Republic and is located in the border region with Poland, about 180 kilometres northeast of Prague. In 2007, an Alpine Adventure World was opened in the village of Petzer, which houses an Alpine

The first big spring market of the year in the Emsland-East Frisian region takes place in May on the Untender market square in Papenburg. The traditional May market opens its doors to all visitors who fancy a funfair.

‘Every day from 2 pm, market

"Pützchens Maat is anjesaat, Minschemasse an där Kasse,

Stundelang stonn mer in där Schlang, tausend Mann sin noch vür uns dran,

Fünnef Mark avjedrück, ham mer lang jespaart vür die kurte Fahrt,

Rinn in de Kis', Anschnallpflich, Alles zu spät,

The May and Autumn Markets have a long tradition in Landau. Not far from the city centre, the "Landauer Weindorf" (Landau Wine Village), the "Fressgasse" (Eating Lane), the "Krammarkt" (Stuff Market) and the amusement park can be found on the old

The state of Indiana lies between Illinois and Ohio. About halfway between Indianapolis (150 kilometres north) and Chicago (190 kilometres south), the Indiana Beach amusement park and water park is located north of the city of Monticello on Lake Shafer.

The Kurpfalz-Park offers something for families with children.

There is the pirate's nest and a children's land where the little ones can let off steam. There they climb, hide and play.

For the somewhat bigger ones there are bumper boats, a summer toboggan

SEA LIFE Kansas City is located less than 20 kilometres southwest of the Worlds of Fun theme park and is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also includes the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland or Heide-Park. Each of the