The Schelmenmarkt is the largest local festival in the Kinzig valley and takes place every year on the 2nd weekend in October.

Ride and sales shops are spread across 7 market squares in the town and invite you to linger. There are offers for young and old

St John's Festival - the festival of joy

Once a year - usually on the first weekend in July - Eschwege is "in a state of emergency" at the St John's Festival. For five days, all life in the town is centred on this traditional festival, and the

The highlight of our annual calendar of events is the Schützen- und Heimatfest, which we always celebrate on the 4th weekend in June with a funfair, fireworks, parades and festive evenings in our marquee. A festival for everyone. Come and celebrate with

The first independent Peppa Pig theme park in the world opened its doors for the first time in February 2022 right next to Legoland Florida and is also part of the Merlin Group. So it is also the first time that preschool children have their own park.

The Augsburg Herbstplärrer, the second part of the Bavarian-Swabian folk festival double, marks the glittering end of the summer festival season and is considered by many locals to be the ‘real’ highlight of the Augsburg event calendar. While the Easter

Near Lago Maggiore in Italian Switzerland you can ride an alpine coaster or enjoy hiking and other outdoor activities. You can also ride the lift and enjoy the beautiful view and stop in a hut. In winter you can ski here.

The butterfly zoo Papiliorama originally opened in Marin-Empagnier in 1988, burned down in a major fire in 1995 and was reopened in the same year. Due to the lack of space, the zoo relocated in 2003 and celebrated its reopening in Kerzers. About 100

The Hanseatic city festival ‘Bunter Hering’ in Frankfurt (Oder) and its Polish sister city Słubice is the largest twin city festival in the region and transforms the banks of the Oder into a gigantic festival mile every year. The funfair is a

Twice a year, the Erfurt Folk Festival takes place on the Domplatz. In April as the "Erfurter Altstattfrühling" and in October as the "Erfurter Oktoberfest". Both festivals are among the largest in Thuringia.

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In the Great Smoky Mountains, or rather in Pigeon Forge in the US state of Tennessee, around 26 miles (approx. 42 km) from Knoxville, you will find the alpine coaster The Goat Coaster, which opened in 2015. The coaster, which was built by Josef Wiegand