The Efteling Loonsche Land has been a 15-minute walk from the Efteling for several years. Beautifully laid out around a small lake, there are themed rooms in the middle of nature as tree houses, in the dunes or directly on the lake. There is also a hotel

In Schwarzach in the Neckar-Odenwald district of Baden-Württemberg, which is part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region, you will find the Schwarzach Wildlife Park, which opened in 1966. More than 400 wild and domestic animals from over 50 species

In Disentis/Mustér in Switzerland, a monastery village in the canton of Graubünden in the Surselva region that is mainly known to hikers and winter sports enthusiasts, fans of Alpine Coasters have been able to enjoy an Alpine Coaster 2.0 from Josef

In the French winter sports resort of Le Markstein, located at an altitude of around 1,260 metres in the heart of the Ballons des Vosges regional nature park, you will find the Luge sur rail Markstein alpine coaster, which was built in 2013. The 735

The Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park, which opened in 1878, is located in the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier in the US state of Pennsylvania, around 80 km east of Pittsburgh on US Route 30. Founded in 1878 as a campground on the Ligonier Valley

The festival takes place on the Sülzwiesen in Lüneburg, transforming the area into a large festival site. It attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, who celebrate in Bavarian traditional dress.

- Festival tent: The centre of the festival is the

Oud Valkeveen is a beautiful family park with something for every age group. It was first opened in 1930 in Naarden, about 20 kilometres west of Amsterdam city centre, as a beach with a pancake house. In the years that followed, the park was constantly

Kläschen - that means a state of emergency in Lemgo! There are always big celebrations around St Nicholas' Day. From Thursday to Sunday when the shops are open, fairground rides and many stalls in the town centre and on the Kastanienwall provide an

In Peoria, Illinois, the Glen Oak Zoo was opened in 1955, then renamed Peoria Zoo in 2009. A smaller area of just under 6ha is offset by a selection of around 100 animal species. With the construction of its African exhibit, the zoo doubled its original

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