The Whitsun Festival Week in Bad Kötzting always takes place from Whitsun Saturday to the following weekend. The festival week starts on Saturday with the horse market on Amberg Island. The official opening of the Whitsun folk festival then follows in

In 2010, the Bracalândia Park opened on the Magikland site. It was expected with a visitor number of 400,000 annually. In fact, there were only 145,000 visitors in the first year and only 112,000 in the second year 2011. This resulted in bankruptcy and

Asakusa Hanayashiki is a hidden time capsule nestled in the heart of Tokyo’s historic Asakusa district, right next to the famous Senso-ji Temple. Founded in 1853 as a botanical flower garden, it is Japan’s oldest amusement park. Over the decades, the

The Zoo del Fin del Mundo in Ushuaia, Argentina, is considered the southernmost zoo in the world and is nestled in the impressive landscape of Tierra del Fuego National Park, about 12 kilometres west of the southernmost city on Earth. It allows visitors

AquaFun Soest has something to offer for everyone. The connoisseurs can relax in numerous saunas and the adrenaline junkies can let off steam on the slides. For families there is a wave pool and of course a large children's pool. The sporty ones can

In Norddeich, a district of Norden, in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, you will find the only state-recognised care centre for marine mammals in Lower Saxony, the Seal Sanctuary National Park House, which opened in 1971. Every year, around 80 to 180 seals and

The town of Alsdorf is located around 15 kilometres north of the westernmost German city of Aachen. It is a medium-sized regional town and centre in the North Rhine-Westphalian city region of Aachen and was a mining town until the end of the 20th

With up to 1.5 million visitors, the Tilburgse Kermis is the largest fair in the Benelux and also one of the largest events in the Netherlands. The funfair stretches through various streets and squares for about 4.5 kilometres through the city. In total

Opened in 1997 as The aquarium of the lakes, the Lakes Aquarium, renamed in 2008, shows fish from all over the world. It is located on the west side of the Windermere in Lakeside, about 45 kilometres by car north of Lancaster and about 90 kilometres

Set against the historic backdrop of Roosendaal town centre, a vibrant work of art unfolds every year at Easter, transporting visitors on an atmospheric journey back in time to the golden age of funfairs. The Nostalgic Fair in Roosendaal is regarded as