In Hückelhoven about 40 km away from Aachen, is an indoor playground with various play and climbing facilities. There are also several small rides, such as a small chain carousel or a small Ferris wheel and much more.

In the middle of the Ruhr area there is the longest indoor ski slope in the world with 640 meters. There is also a beer garden outside and an Alpinecoaster.

The Alpinecoaster is closed until mid-2025 due to expansion of the facility.

There is still a funfair in Leipzig during the Christmas season. The organiser, the Volklandt family, is a fixture in the fairground industry and a sixth-generation family business. They organise a large pop-up winter leisure park at the Paunsdorf Center

In the French municipality of Trappes in the Île-de-France region, around 13 km west of Versailles, you will find the Au paradis des enfants play and adventure park. This seasonal park is primarily aimed at families with children aged between two and

Every year, gingerbread and mulled wine fill the air with their enticing aromas at the Christmas markets in Bonn city center and its districts. The Bonn Christmas Market transforms the city center into an atmospheric village of stalls every year.

The

Forget all that typical marketing talk about ‘Ruhrpott romance’. At its heart, the spring fair in Castrop-Rauxel is quite simply the moment when the town realises that winter is finally over. When the first fairground rides start to be set up between

In the centre of Nancy, on the Cours Léopold, the big funfair takes place twice a year. In total, there are about 40 attractions on site, including about 20 fairground rides and games.

Travel information:

By car:

- Venue: Cours Léopold

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The Stoppelmarkt in Vechta is one of the oldest markets in northwest Germany. It was already mentioned in a document in 1298. The market got its name from the stubble fields (harvested cornfields) where it was once held when the plague raged in Vechta.

Not far from the Slovakian border, a mountain coaster awaits you in Čeladná, a community of just under 3,000 souls in the Czech Republic. This coaster, which has only been around since 2019, has a track of more than 800 metres. To get here, you drive

Since it was founded in 1986, the Zoo d'Amnéville has presented around 2,000 animals on an area of around 16 hectares. The zoo is divided into several areas, some of which correspond to the continents of South America, North America, Asia and Africa.