The Helmond Zomerkermis takes place in the city centre and is slightly smaller than the Voorjaarskermis with around 40,000 visitors.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Helmond railway station (700 metres away)

- by bus - bus stop

In the Upper Austrian capital Linz, or rather in its district Urfahr, the nine-day Urfahranermarkt, also known colloquially as Urfahr-Markt or Urfix, takes place twice a year. The Urfahranermarkt in spring always begins on the last Saturday in April and

The Christmas market in the historic imperial city of Goslar in the Harz Mountains is known for its unique atmosphere against the backdrop of the UNESCO World Heritage Old Town.

A special highlight is the Goslar Christmas Forest on Schuhhof square: over

In the west of France, or rather in the municipality of La Flèche in the Pays de la Loire region, you will find the oldest privately run zoo in France, the Zoo de La Flèche. Opened in 1946 as the Parc Zoologique du Tertre Rouge and run by the European

With around 500,000 visitors, the folk festival on the banks of the Main is considered the largest in the south-eastern Rhine-Main area.

Tuesday = family day with reduced prices.

Fireworks around 10.30 p.m. on the opening day and on the last day.

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While Bavaria Filmstadt doesn’t have any roller coasters or dark rides, it does offer some extraordinary insights into past and current film productions at Bavaria Studios.

Who hasn’t heard of it? “U96 – Das Boot” is a world-famous film about the

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

Two funfair events take place in Ochtrup every year: the spring funfair and the autumn funfair.

Both events start on Friday and end on the following Monday and are organised by the Ochtrup fairground company Rosenboom OHG.

The spring fair takes place on

Right on the Vitava reservoir, in the very south of the Czech Republic and only 55 kilometres south of ?eské Bud?jovice (and thus only a handful of kilometres from the Austrian border), there is an Alpine coaster and a summer toboggan run in Lipno, a

The six-day Voorjaarskermis takes place in Heerlen in the Dutch province of Limburg every year at the end of May or beginning of June. Over 20 different showmen present their rides, shooting galleries, lottery and throwing booths as well as a variety of