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

Halloween funfair in Almere Buiten. 29 cool attractions, spooky characters, games and lots of treats await you.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Almere Buiten station (200 metres away)

- by bus - bus stop Station Buiten

By car:

- Venue:

The Göppingen May Day is one of the oldest and most traditional local festivals in southern Germany and has been combining tradition and modernity for over 350 years.

The original peace and thanksgiving festival was held for the first time in 1650 on 11

An amusement park right by the sea, set up like a fair.

There are also several roller coasters, flat rides and themed rides on offer.

The highlight is the wooden roller coaster "Roller Coaster" from 1932, which has a brakeman on the train.

The whole family

Just over the German border, the Dutch town of Hengolo hosts a beautiful city centre fair.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Hengolo railway station (distance 50 m)

By car:

- Venue: City centre

Parking facilities:

- Hengelo Centre car park

The Winterberg Fair is a traditional folk festival that is considered one of the highest-altitude fairs in North Rhine-Westphalia. It takes place annually in August and transforms the central fairground ‘Am Rad’ into a lively festival site.

The festival

In May 2024, the town of Norden celebrated 475 years of the Whitsun market around Norden's market square.

With the funfair, a colourful stage programme on the square in front of the bell tower, a jumble and flea market on the street opposite the former

In the Great Smoky Mountains, or rather in Pigeon Forge in the US state of Tennessee, around 26 miles (approx. 42 km) from Knoxville, you will find the alpine coaster The Goat Coaster, which opened in 2015. The coaster, which was built by Josef Wiegand

Around 18 km from Gdańsk city centre and just 7 km from the Baltic Sea as the crow flies, the Plopsa Group, whose parent company is Studio 100, opened its third indoor amusement park in Poland in May 2024. Majaland Gdańsk features popular Plopsa

The Fête Foraine de Tours (often referred to as the Foire de Tours) is one of the largest and most important funfairs in France. Every year in May, the Parc des Expositions (Rochepinard) exhibition centre is transformed into a huge, brightly lit