Twice a year, the festival grounds on Dreizehnerstraße are in a state of emergency. It's a folk festival. Of course, there are many showmen on site who will thrill you with their rides and spoil you with their culinary offerings.

The Vaihingen May Day is the oldest secular festival in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz and takes place annually over the Whitsun holidays.

History and origins:

The roots of May Day go back a long way, possibly as far as the 15th century. It began as a

The shooting festival takes place on the Schützenplatz at the city park. There are fireworks after dark on Fridays and Monday is family day with reduced prices.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Remscheid railway station (2.6 km on foot)

Versmold's St. Petri market, also known as Sünne Peider, attracts almost 100,000 visitors from near and far every year in February. But what is the secret of this success?

Sünne Peider presents a spectacular funfair with state-of-the-art rides that are

The fair takes place in Tienen on the Grote Markt.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Tienen railway station (distance 800 m)

- by bus - bus stop Markthalte

By car:

- Venue: Grote Markt

Parking facilities:

- Car park APCOA Parking Tienen

Cottbus Zoo, which was opened in 1954 and is maintained by the city of Cottbus, is located in Cottbus, Brandenburg. Around 1,200 animals of 170 species live here on 25 hectares. From A for Abgott's snake to E for elephant, M for Malayan duck, S for

The popular excursion destination Alp Pfingstegg is located in the Swiss canton of Bern, more precisely in Grindelwald, around 20 kilometres from Interlaken. Here, Luftseilbahn Pfingstegg AG operates the aerial cableway and the Pfingstegg Fly Line &

The Cocodrilo Park reptile zoo is located in Los Corralillos on the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, off the north-west coast of Africa. Around 300 Nile crocodiles up to 5 metres long live here. Several show feedings take place every day, where visitors

Erfurt Zoo is one of Germany's largest zoological gardens and is idyllically situated on the Roter Berg hill in the north of Thuringia's capital. Covering an area of around 63 hectares, the zoo offers a natural home to more than 1,000 animals of over 130

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