Just 30 kilometres as the crow flies from the Gulf of Riga lies the town of Sigulda on the eastern bank of the River Gauja. Around 53 kilometres north-east of Latvia's capital Riga, just along the A2 motorway, you reach a region that is often referred to

In the north-west of England, in the county of Lancashire, you will find the coastal town of Blackpool and the Blackpool North Pier amusement park, one of a total of three piers in the town, directly on the Irish Sea. The pier, which opened in 1863 and

With up to 1.5 million visitors, the Tilburgse Kermis is the largest fair in the Benelux and also one of the largest events in the Netherlands. The funfair stretches through various streets and squares for about 4.5 kilometres through the city. In total

Cloppenburg has a centuries-old tradition as a market town, and other festivals and special markets have been established in recent years and decades:

In 1950, the June market was organised for the first time as the successor to the Easter market. Over

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

The Heiligenkirchen Bird Park is located in Detmold between Lemgo and Paderborn. Specialising in exotic birds and small mammals, the park has been in existence since 1969. 300 species of animals live here on an area of around 4 ha. In addition to a

The Easter Market in Norddeich is one of the first major open-air events of the year on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony and traditionally marks the lively start of the tourist season. Directly behind the dyke, in the immediate vicinity of the Wadden

Visitors can look forward to around 60 showmen and women. There will once again be something for all ages at the event, which will take place as usual in the Trift, Rathausstraße and Twiete areas. Stalls with classic culinary offerings such as crepes

The town of Bremervörde organises an annual spring market on the first weekend in May.

Over 70 showmen provide an eventful fair on the market and exhibition grounds. Monday is family day with reduced prices and a large firework display at 10.00 pm.

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In Stuer, Mecklenburg, at the southern tip of Lake Plauer, 35 km from Waren an der Müritz, you will find the BÄRENWALD Müritz, opened by the animal welfare organisation Vier Pfoten in 2006. In the near-natural enclosures, where the bears can