On the weekend before St John's Day (24 June), the people of Lorsch celebrate their oldest traditional festival: the four-day St John's Festival. A fairground and a creative market are set up on Karolingerplatz, idyllically situated at the foot of the

The big spring fair takes place directly on the banks of the Rhine at the Tonhalle. If the attractions at the fair are not enough for you, you can finish off with a short detour to the "longest bar in the world" in the old town next door.

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The Hague (Scheveningen district) is home to one of the biggest tourist attractions in the Netherlands. Madurodam, a miniature park depicting the Netherlands in miniature, covers an area of approx. 18,000 m². The models are built on a scale of 1:25,

In beautiful Bergen aan Zee, right on the Dutch coast just off Texel, the Zee Aquarium was opened in 1956 - when Sealife was not even in the planning stage - on the site of the former Hotel Nassau. Over 350 species of fish live here in more than 850,000

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

The Incredible Pizza Company in Oklahoma City is a huge indoor leisure paradise that combines action, games and delicious food under one roof. As soon as you enter, you'll notice the colourful, lively atmosphere: flashing lights, cheerful music and lots

The Freiberg Christmas Market is known as one of the most traditional and beautiful Christmas markets in Germany and proudly bears the title ‘Original Bergmännisch im Erzgebirge’ (Original Mining Tradition in the Ore Mountains). It takes place

Just a stone's throw from Parc Astérix and partly overlooking the Tonnerre 2 Zeus roller coaster, you will find the 4-star Hotel Les Quais de Lutèc. With its fairytale location on the banks of a river, this hotel, built in the style of an old town, will

Magliaso, on the right bank of Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino, has been home to the privately run Zoo al Maglio-Neggio since 1974. Over 300 animals of around 60 species from various continents live on the zoo's 2.2 hectare site. In addition to

In the north-eastern part of Saarland, more precisely in Freisen in the district of St. Wendel, approx. 47 km from the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Kaiserslautern, the Freisen Nature Wildlife Park has been located since 1999. The natural wildlife park,