At Monte Tamaro in Switzerland, near Lake Maggiore, you can expect, among other things, an Alpine coaster and a high ropes course on the mountain. At the foot of the mountain there is also a large adventure pool.

The Silesian Christmas Market takes place every year in the romantic old town of Görlitz, Germany's easternmost city. It is characterised by its picturesque backdrop, surrounded by the magnificent historic buildings of Upper Lusatia.

What makes this

The town of Kaltenkirchen usually organises its traditional fair with around 80 shops on the fairground, Norderstraße, on the first weekend in September.

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By public transport:

- by train - Kaltenkirchen railway station (distance to the

The funfair takes place on the Rio de Janeiroplein in Almere Buiten. There are around 30 attractions in total, including 10 large rides.

Fridays are family days with reduced prices.

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By public transport:

- by train - Almere Buiten station

The long-established folk festival in Bad Mergentheim looks back on a history spanning more than 85 years and offers a four-day break from everyday life. The region’s largest folk festival attracts thousands of visitors every year to the fairground on

The Saurierpark Bautzen with its more than 200 dinosaurs is the most famous of its kind in Germany.

And its "population" is constantly growing.

With a primeval forest like flora the park offers a unique scenery for the replicas of the extinct primeval

A safari park with an adjoining amusement arena, which offers a small but fine selection of attractions. A Log Flume, a Tivoli roller coaster and a Ferris wheel are also part of the offer.

In addition, the animals are the highlight of the park. In

In Bürstadt in southern Hesse, around 10 km south-west of Worms in Rhineland-Palatinate and around 20 km south of Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg, you will find the Dschungelcamp indoor playground. Open all year round (closed on Mondays), the indoor

30 kilometres south of Campinas and 70 north of the Brazilian capital São Paulo lies the largest amusement park in Latin America: Hopi Hari. At 76ha, it is twice the size of the Vatican and opened for the first time in 1999. Hopi Hari was conceived as a

Walt Disneys Magic Kingdom Park was opened in 1971 and looks like identically to the Walt Disneyland Park in Anaheim. Nevertheless this park ranked all other parks out and is now the park with the most visitors worldwide.

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