St John's Festival - the festival of joy

Once a year - usually on the first weekend in July - Eschwege is "in a state of emergency" at the St John's Festival. For five days, all life in the town is centred on this traditional festival, and the

In Mönchengladbach-Rheydt, spring is welcomed with a truly traditional event: the Frühkirmes (early fair) on Grachtplatz. As soon as the days get longer, this central location in the Rheydt district is transformed into a vibrant world of experiences.

You can observe animals all year round at the Silz Wildlife and Hiking Park in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstraße. On the approximately 100-hectare site of the Silz Wildlife and Hiking Park, you will find around 400 animals from

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

Just a few kilometres north of Halle an der Saale and three quarters of an hour's drive from Leipzig, Saxony-Anhalt has had an Alpine coaster with a descent of over 500 metres since 2002. On the southern slope of the Petersberg, this coaster winds its

In Delbrück-Schöning in the district of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia, 21 kilometres south-east of Gütersloh and also 21 kilometres north-west of Paderborn, you will find the privately run Nadermann Zoo, which opened in 1967. Today, you will

Halfway between Zakopane and Kraków, in Rabka-Zdrój, is the small amusement park Rabkoland. Since May 1988, countless visitors have enjoyed themselves on an area of just 2 hectares. At that time still under the name Alibaba - named after the wooden

Midlothian Snowsports Centre, often known as Hillend Ski Centre, is the largest man-made ski centre in the UK. It is located near Edinburgh, in the Midlothian region to be precise, and offers skiing opportunities all year round, regardless of the season

The Knowsley Safari Game and Safari Park, opened by Edward Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby, and Jimmy Chipperfield in July 1971, is located in Prescot, about 13 miles (approx. 21 km) east of Liverpool city centre. The 220-hectare site is home to over 700

A world of delicious chocolate experiences? That's what awaits you at Cadbury World in Bournville in the north of England, around 6 miles (approx. 10 km) south-west of Birmingham. The delicious Cadbury chocolate has been produced here in the village of