Between Sydney and Melbourne, a mountain world awaits you that has a lot to offer in both winter and summer. In winter you can go skiing and in summer you can ride the summer toboggan run.

In Klingenthal in the south-east of the Vogtland district in Saxony, you will find the Mühlleithen summer toboggan run, built in 1993. The 800-metre-long track leads through a chicane and eleven curves with a maximum gradient of ten percent. You can

The traditional folk festival in Brunsbütel will take place again this year in August in Koogstraße.

The official opening is on Friday at 17:00 with the marching band of the Marner Karnevals Gesellschaft (MKG).

The festival ends with a big fireworks

The Säubrennerkirmes runs through the whole of Wittlich town centre. In addition to the amusement park around the castle gallery, there are many other highlights. These include the parade through the town centre and the festival play "Die Säubrenner".

The Butzbach Faselmarkt is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in Upper Hesse and looks back on over 500 years of history. Originally created purely as a cattle market where breeding animals – known as ‘Faselvieh’ in the Hessian

Opened in 1974 under the name Birmingham Nature Centre, Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park (first opened in 1964 from Birmingham Zoo) is a small zoo managed by Birmingham City Council. It is located on the edge of Cannon Hill Park; there is also a

The Selb Local Heritage and Meadow Festival is the largest and most traditional folk festival in the town of Selb in Upper Franconia, with a history stretching back centuries as a children’s and local heritage festival. It takes place every year on the

The Easter market has its origins in the Napoleonic era, when Mutterstadt was the cantonal capital, and today takes place as an amusement market from Easter Saturday to the Tuesday after Easter on the Messplatz.

(Source: City of Mutterstadt)

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It is certainly one of the biggest attractions in southern Germany - the Markgröninger Schäferlauf. Its roots go back to the 16th century and its ingenious mixture of tradition and folk festival with modern elements fascinates around 100,000 visitors

In the district of Harz, or rather in Schierke near Wernigerode, which is mainly known for its half-timbered houses, the castle and the "leaning house", there has been a 341 metre long Brocken Coaster for fans of mountain coasters since 2003. Open all