Every year, the Valkenburg Christmas Market transforms the picturesque town of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Netherlands into the ‘Christmas town of the Netherlands’, a title it rightly deserves thanks to its unique and atmospheric concept. What

Mirabilandia near Ravenna is a nice amusement park for the whole family.

As befits an amusement park in warm areas, it also has some rides on offer that can get you really wet.

From 1996 to 2006 the park belonged to the Löffelhardt family (Phantasialand),

When you think of Schwabach, gold immediately springs to mind, but at the Kinderkirchweih it is the eyes of the young visitors that really sparkle. It’s not a huge, chaotic fair, but rather the cosy heart of the town, spread out right on Königsplatz.

The Paaskermis in Oss is a lively start to the Dutch fair season and traditionally transforms the town centre of this Brabant municipality into a vibrant amusement park during the Easter holidays. As one of the first major spring events in the region,

The huge amusement park, 6 festival tents, traditionally called ‘Hütten’ in Karpfham, with around 19,000 seats, the Rottal Show and the performances of the famous ‘Rottaler Zehnerzug’ attract almost half a million visitors to Karpfham every year.

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The Martinimarkt in Sondershausen, which despite its name strongly resembles a regional fair, is an annual autumn folk festival and a traditional highlight in the calendar of events in this music and mining town. The event attracts visitors from across

The animal and plant park Fasanerie, which is run by the state capital Wiesbaden, is located in the city forest in the north-west of the Hessian state capital. The 23-hectare site, which was opened in 1955, is currently home to around 250 animals of 50

In October, Hückelhoven's town centre is transformed into a colourful funfair area with lots of attractions. Rides for young and old offer fast-paced rides around Hartlepooler Platz, the town hall and Breteuilplatz.

On Sunday, in addition to the funfair

The Coburg Spring Festival - which can now look back on decades of tradition - opens its doors every year on Coburg's Ketschenanger.

Lots of attractive rides, musical entertainment and a large selection of festival catering offer plenty of fun. So, pack

Twenty kilometres south of the Gold Coast city centre and also only 97 kilometres south of Brisbane is Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. Currumbin is world famous for feeding huge flocks of free-ranging rainbow lories. Since opening in 1947, this zoo has