In 1829, the first Corpus Christi fair was held in Sterkrade. The small, contemplative market (six to eight traders) has developed into one of the largest city centre and street fairs in Germany. The festival now attracts over 1 million visitors a year.

In Lampertheim on the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, the traditional Lampertheimer Kerwe takes place every year over three days in September. After the opening on Saturday at 5 p.m. on the Europaplatz in front of the old town hall, with the Kerweredd and

In Poland's fourth largest city, Łódź, the city's zoo has existed since 1938. According to its own information, it is the most modern zoo in Europe. Many hundreds of animal species are kept on an area of more than 16 hectares. Over the years, the zoo

Irrland – Europe's largest farm adventure park – is located in the Lower Rhine region, just a few minutes from the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer and not far from the Dutch border. Covering an area of over 300,000 square metres, the park offers a unique

In the largest shopping centre in the Netherlands, the Westfield Mall in Leidschendam in the province of South Holland, about 10 km from The Hague, you will find the Peppa Pig World of Play - Indoor Play Centre, which opened on 10 February 2022. Here the

The Waldbröl Town Festival transforms the entire town centre into a lively fairground and is regarded as the largest fair in the Oberbergischer Kreis district. Over the course of several days, colourful fairground rides, traditional fairground stalls

The White Water water park is located in southern Missouri, around 75 kilometres south of Springfield. It is part of the Silver Dollar's City theme park, but is around 10 kilometres away from it. Covering around 13 hectares in Branson, White Water is one

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 Hellenthal Bird of Prey Station & Game Reserve has been located in Hellenthal in the Euskirchen district of North Rhine-Westphalia, south of the Eifel National Park, since 1967. On the approximately 65-hectare site of the private game reserve, native

The fair or carnival market in Halle is one of the larger of its kind and takes place on the Stationsplein, the Leideplein, along the Leide, the "De Bres" car park and the Possozplein.

(Source: City of Halle)

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