Every year, the Christmas market in Meppen creates a particularly festive and lively atmosphere, bathing the city centre in a warm, wintery sea of lights. As the days grow shorter and a touch of frost settles on the rooftops, the historic city centre

Ready for some great funfair days: Rinteln on the Weser is set for a great time on the first weekend in November. The traditional fair attracts visitors from near and far to the historic old town centre.

This well-known event with over 100 showmen and

Every year, the Brokser Heiratsmarkt, one of the largest folk festivals in northern Germany, attracts up to 400,000 visitors to the climatic health resort of Bruchhausen-Vilsen. The grounds cover a total of nine hectares, of which around 3000 square

In the West Midlands, or rather in Worcestershire in the west of the United Kingdom, you will find Treasure Island Amusement Park. With its various rides and attractions, this amusement park offers a great day out for young and old. In addition to a

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

In the Rhine-Sieg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, or rather in Königswinter, around 14 kilometres from the former German capital Bonn, you will find the Drachenwelt Königswinter. Here, halfway up Drachenfels, you can immerse yourself in the

The Kurpfalz-Park offers something for families with children.

There is the pirate's nest and a children's land where the little ones can let off steam. There they climb, hide and play.

For the somewhat bigger ones there are bumper boats, a summer toboggan

Assumption Day is Warendorf's traditional local festival in summer. The Christian tradition of devotion to the Virgin Mary, the Assumption Fair and the town marksmen's festival are unique in the world. The highlights of the popular Marian devotion are

The Efteling Hotel has been a 5-minute walk from the Efteling for many years. The imposing building stands out from Midden-Brabantweg and Europalaan as soon as you arrive and invites visitors to enter the fantastic world of themed rooms. Whether Snow

With a population of over 780,000, Kraków is Poland's second largest city and the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 1929, the Fundacja Miejski Park i Ogród Zoologiczny w Krakowie, or Ogród Zoologiczny w Krakowie for short, has been