In Lehre-Essehof in Lower Saxony, about 12 km from Braunschweig, you will find the privately run Essehof Zoo, founded in 1968. Fifty different species of animals live here on an area of about 10 hectares. In addition to the native lynx, fallow deer and

Magdeburg is home to Germany's oldest folk festival, the Herbstmesse. It was first mentioned in 1010 and has had different names over the years. In the end it was simply the "Herbstmesse".

With around 500,000 visitors, the folk festival on the banks of the Main is considered the largest in the south-eastern Rhine-Main area.

Tuesday = family day with reduced prices.

Fireworks around 10.30 p.m. on the opening day and on the last day.

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In Wingst, Lower Saxony, in the district of Cuxhaven, around 35 kilometres south of the mouth of the Elbe into the North Sea and just west of the lower reaches of the Baltic Sea, you will find the Wingst play park. Children and adults can romp, play and

Summe Besse is an Alpine adventure world in Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise and is located around 52 kilometres south-west of Clermont-Ferrand, the capital of the French department of Puy-de-Dôme in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region with just under 150,000

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

The Christmas market in Halle (Saale) is actually a collection of several markets with different themes, spread across the historic old town during Advent, with the main market taking place on the market square.

The market square forms the traditional and

Two funfair events take place in Ochtrup every year: the spring funfair and the autumn funfair.

Both events start on Friday and end on the following Monday and are organised by the Ochtrup fairground company Rosenboom OHG.

The spring fair takes place on

The traditional Easter fair in Beuel takes place in the area north and south of the Kennedy Bridge with fairground rides and food stalls. For more than 40 years, showmen have been bringing their stalls and carousels to the banks of the Rhine in Beuel

In mid-October, the colourful fun starts again in Speyer on the festival square. The Speyer Autumn Fair invites you to have fun. As always, with many showmen, attractions and gastronomic establishments that want to make your visit extraordinary.