The Katharinenmarkt on the third weekend in September is considered a superlative folk festival in the region. It is based on over 400 years of tradition as a livestock and craft market. Over four days, the farmers' market, business and sales show,

For four days, the Barbarossa market will be the centre of attention in the Barbarossa town of Gelnhausen. This is one of the most important folk festivals in the entire region and attracts many visitors to our unique town every year.

The Barbarossa

In Bougy-Villars, about halfway between Geneva and Lausanne, just a few kilometres from Lake Geneva, a small play world awaits you, with its first roller coaster in operation in 2023. There is also a mini-golf course, a climbing forest, trampolines and

Kassel in Hesse is the only major city in northern Hesse with a population of just over 200,000. TerraZoo Sontra in Hesse, located around 55 kilometres south-east of Kassel, has existed as a reptile sanctuary since 2008 and as a reptile zoo since 2010.

On the weekend before St John's Day (24 June), the people of Lorsch celebrate their oldest traditional festival: the four-day St John's Festival. A fairground and a creative market are set up on Karolingerplatz, idyllically situated at the foot of the

Located about 25 km west of Zwickau, in the municipality of Callenberg within the Zwickau district of Saxony, is the Oberwald Reservoir recreational area, which was established in 1982. It was created from what was once the largest nickel ore deposit in

Just a two-minute walk from Freizeit-Land Geiselwind, you will find the SEASIDE adventure and accommodation resort, which opened on 29 September 2022. It offers fantastic accommodation in one of thirty-nine pirate huts and pirate ships with a total of

According to the organisers, the Lullusfest is the oldest folk festival in Germany and the world. Its origins go back to the year 852, the name "Lullusfest" has existed since 1326, and the festival now attracts around 500,000 visitors a year.

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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 Oceanogràfic is the largest aquarium in the entire European Union and was inaugurated on February 14, 2003, in Valencia. Covering approximately 110,000 square meters, it is home to more than 20,000 specimens representing some 650 different species: