Parc d’Olhain – A nature experience in the heart of northern France

The Parc départemental d’Olhain is a popular nature and leisure area in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region, about 15 kilometres south-west of Béthune. Nestled

In 1880, the municipal council decided that the three fairs held simultaneously on the Grand Place, the Place des Martyrs and the Marché-aux-Grains should be combined into a single large fair to be held on the Boulevard du Midi at the beginning of July.

In one of the fastest growing cities in Poland, in Zory, 40km south of Katowice, Upper Silesia, there is the only park that deals with the United States of America. Twinpigs sees itself not only as an entertainment park, but also wants to convey

The largest folk festival in the Weschnitz Valley, the Rimbach Whitsun Market, provides a colourful and varied entertainment programme for four days.

Various music groups on open-air stages create a great atmosphere. On the opening evening, visitors can

Around 100 years ago, Goldau Zoo opened in Goldau, between Lake Lauerz and Lake Zug, in 1925. In a rugged landscape created by a natural disaster, it began with a small zoo and a bird sanctuary. Over the years, the zoo grew to its current size of 42

In the south of France, more precisely in Fréjus, the Parc Zoologique de Fréjus – also known as Zoo Fréjus – has been located since 1971. The zoo is home to around 400 animals from over 110 species, including tigers, elephants, monkeys, reptiles

The Anakeesta Mountain Top Theme Park is located in Gatlinburg, a mountain village at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the east of the US state of Tennessee. The adventure park can be reached from the valley station in Gatlinburg

In the Polish town of Inwałd in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 30 km northwest of Bielsko-Biała and about 60 km southwest of Krakow, you will find the KUCYK Mini Zoo. Here you can see various species of birds such as cranes, peacocks, parrots,

The popular excursion destination Alp Pfingstegg is located in the Swiss canton of Bern, more precisely in Grindelwald, around 20 kilometres from Interlaken. Here, Luftseilbahn Pfingstegg AG operates the aerial cableway and the Pfingstegg Fly Line &

The beginnings of the fair up to the present day

The beginnings of the St Michael's Fair date back to the Middle Ages. In 1428, the market day was first explicitly mentioned by name as "frigge Kermesse to sente Michels misse". This name was mentioned in a