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For well over 400 years, the Peine Free Shoot has been celebrated, the biggest festival of the year for Peine. The festival has been opened with a large fireworks display since 1966. In addition to the many showmen and rides on the Schützenplatz, many

When people talk about zoos in Australia's Sydney, they usually refer to Taronga Zoo Sydney. Since 2019, the Sydney Zoo has existed not far west of the city centre (around 36 kilometres) and less than 8 kilometres from Raging Waters Sydney. On an area of

The White Water water park is located in southern Missouri, around 75 kilometres south of Springfield. It is part of the Silver Dollar's City theme park, but is around 10 kilometres away from it. Covering around 13 hectares in Branson, White Water is one

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The home and school festival began in 1764 as a one-day festival for schoolchildren on St

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- Alter Markt: Here,

The beginnings of the fair up to the present day

The beginnings of the St Michael's Fair date back to the Middle Ages. In 1428, the market day was first explicitly mentioned by name as "frigge Kermesse to sente Michels misse". This name was mentioned in a