Reinhard Mey once sang "Above the clouds, freedom must be boundless". You don't go quite that high, but the balloon you climb into is 100 metres above sea level. You'll be higher than Big Ben in London. Just a few metres from Disneyland Paris - in the

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 festival takes place on the Ackerloh fairground.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Deggendorf railway station (1 km on foot)

- by bus - no bus stop nearby

By car:

- Venue: Ackerloh fairground (Eginger Straße)

Parking facilities:

- Donau

The large "Nuremberg Folk Festival" takes place twice a year on the 100,000 square metre Volksfestplatz. Numerous showmen provide you with delicacies from Franconia or offer action-packed rides. The average number of visitors is around 2 million per

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After the mayor has tapped the first barrel on the first evening and opened the

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The feast day of St. Martin of Tours on 11 November

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