On the weekend before St John's Day (24 June), the people of Lorsch celebrate their oldest traditional festival: the four-day St John's Festival. A fairground and a creative market are set up on Karolingerplatz, idyllically situated at the foot of the

In Schiffweiler in Saarland, less than 5km from Autobahn 8, there is an excursion destination for the whole family: Gondwana - Das Praehistorium. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Gondwana was a major geological continent - today this museum is a

Since 1932, there has been a small amusement park in New Jersey, directly on the Seasight Hights peninsula, about 125km east of Philadelphia, called Casino Pier, which is built directly on the sea. Opposite this, the Breakwater Beach Waterpark was built.

The Ulm Folk Festival has been taking place since 1429. This makes it older than the Munich Wiesn and the Cannstatter Wasen together. Around 300,000 visitors come to the Volksfestplatz directly on the banks of the Danube every year. About 80 operators,

Magdeburg is home to Germany's oldest folk festival, the Herbstmesse. It was first mentioned in 1010 and has had different names over the years. In the end it was simply the "Herbstmesse".

The zoo in Slottsskogen is one of the oldest in Sweden. It is open all year round and admission is free.

With a focus on tame and wild Nordic animals, Slottsskogen aims to bring children and adults closer to the animal life around us. Here you can see

The Pfingstlaube in Bad Rothenfelde is a traditional funfair that takes place every year at Whitsun. It is a funfair for the whole family on the Palsterkamp fairground at Bahnhofstraße 58.

Visitors can look forward to a variety of rides, including both

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown is located in Spring, north of Houston. It is one of the oldest water parks in the region and has been in operation since 1984. Covering 48 acres, the park has two pools, 18 water slides and two areas for children.

The first fair in Pforzheim after the Second World War took place in 1947. The fair was first established at the "old Messplatz" on the eastern side of the city and from 1953 to 1959 in the Stadtgarten, and since 1960 the "Pforzemer Mess" has been set up

Egypt's largest theme park is located in Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar, a suburb of Egypt's capital Cairo. With the Great Sphinx as a backdrop just a few kilometres away, this park is a destination for around 2 million visitors a year. It is the result of