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 Schützenplatz in Hanover covers a total area of 10 hectares, making it one of the largest festival sites in Germany. The festival has been held since 1954 and is now the largest spring festival in Lower Saxony with around 700,000 visitors. The

The Kobermännchen Festival is the largest folk festival in the town of Sangerhausen and a significant event in the South Harz region. It is a fascinating mixture of historical town festival, lively funfair and diverse cultural programme.

The name of the

The Mannheimer Mai-/Herbstmess is a funfair held on the new Meßplatz. It should not be confused with the Mannheim May Market, which takes place at the same time, but this is a real fair with an equestrian tournament.

At the Mai-/Herbstmess, many showmen

The Knüll Wildlife Park, which opened in 1968, is located in Homberg in the Schwalm-Eder district of North Hesse. Around 400 animals from 45 species live on the 50-hectare site of the wildlife park. You can see deer, wild sheep, Rhön sheep, pygmy

The Kurpfalz-Park offers something for families with children.

There is the pirate's nest and a children's land where the little ones can let off steam. There they climb, hide and play.

For the somewhat bigger ones there are bumper boats, a summer toboggan

SEA LIFE Berlin, originally opened as AquaDom & SEA LIFE Berlin, is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Group, which also owns the Legoland, Gardaland and Heide-Park parks. Each of the aquariums is designed as a tour and shows animals in a

In Belgium's capital, Brussels, you will find the LEGO® Discovery Centre Brussels. In contrast to Legoland, the Discovery Centre only has an indoor area and only one ride attraction. In addition to the LEGO® 4D cinema with changing films from the world

A children's amusement park with indoor play areas.

There are bumper boats, go karts, carousels, free fall towers, slides and a roller coaster.

Right next to the amusement park is the beach, which the park also advertises on its website. Thus, rides and

The Playmobil FunPark takes children into the world of Playmobil. What we know from our children's rooms in miniature format can be found here in large format and can often be walked on or climbed on.

Here, children can be active all day long without