During Advent, the city on the Rhine and Moselle rivers is transformed into an atmospheric pre-Christmas paradise every year: the scent of freshly roasted almonds, mulled wine, and gingerbread wafts through the streets.

At the arts and crafts market,

In Königstein in Saxon Switzerland, in the south-east of Saxony between Pirna and the Czech border at the mouth of the Biela into the Elbe, model railway enthusiasts will find the Miniature Elbe Valley. The members of Miniaturelbtal Königstein e. V.

The Dessau Pumpkin Fair is an annual folk festival that transforms the town's market square into an autumnal amusement park at the end of October, taking up the theme of the approaching Halloween season. This multi-day fair, traditionally organised by

The Mecklenburg seaside resort of Bansin on the island of Usedom is home to what is probably Germany's smallest zoo, TropenZoo Bansin, which opened in 1970. Around 150 animals from 70 species, including ring-tailed parakeets, iguanas, tortoises, snakes,

The fair takes place in the Stadthof directly at the theatre aan de Schie.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Schiedam station (distance 1.1 km)

- by tram - stop Broersvest (line 1, 11)

By car:

- Venue: Stadserf (Theatre aan de Schie)

Parking

The all-in family resort Preston Palace is located in Almelo in the Dutch province of Overijssel, approx. 51 km west of Bad Bentheim. In addition to the actual hotel complex with various restaurants, you will also find the Boardwalk, an amusement park

About 270 miles from São Paulo, there's a water park with several water slides, relaxation pools, and a small zoo. The park opened in 1984.

Ahoy, landlubbers, all aboard: the hotel in ship design offers its guests the feeling of globetrotters in the middle of a paradisiacal harbour. It is located directly at the wave pool of the thermal spa and you can watch the splashing and hustle and

Friedrichskoog in the Dithmarschen district of Schleswig-Holstein has been home to the only approved seal breeding station on the Schleswig-Holstein North Sea coast, the Friedrichskoog Seal Station, since 1985. In addition to the harbor seals and grey

The Knowsley Safari Game and Safari Park, opened by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, and Jimmy Chipperfield in July 1971, is located in Prescot, about 13 miles (approx. 21 km) east of Liverpool city centre. The 220-hectare site is home to over 700