Kirw Sunday is always on the 2nd Sunday in August. The Hülzweiler fair ('Helzwella Kirw') begins on the Saturday before and ends on the Wednesday after. Johannes Knoll, known as "Kirwenhannes", rules the village of Hülzweiler over the 5 days.

With around

The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg's Speicherstadt is the largest model railway in the world. On almost 1500 square meters there is a world of its own, which impresses with numbers. As of July 2020, 1040 trains run here daily over 15,715 meters of laid

Since 1983, this park has resided near Los Angeles and was first known as Raging Waters San Dimas. The proximity to Los Angeles brought him but then his current name. With 60ha the park calls itself the largest water park in California. Open in the

When the ‘Berg’ calls in Westmalle, everyone in the village knows: it’s time for the Bergkermis again. Forget anonymous mega-parks or cookie-cutter, over-styled funfairs – this is all about pure, unadulterated Flemish joie de vivre, right on your

SEA LIFE Florida is located next to Legoland Florida and Peppa Pig Park. It is one of several aquariums operated by the Merlin Entertainments Group. This group includes the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland and Heide-Park. Each aquarium is

In Bonn, the funfair is the lively centrepiece of one of the most spectacular weekends on the Middle Rhine as part of the Rhine in Flames festival. While the Rheinaue is the venue for a huge public festival with concerts and cultural performances during

A good 55 kilometres east of Italy's capital Rome, on the A1 autostrada, lies the town of Valmontone with its more than 15,000 inhabitants. The mighty Palazzo Doria Pamphilj with its 365 rooms dominates the townscape from afar. It was built in 1654-1670

Moipark in Istanbul is considered one of the largest indoor leisure parks in Turkey and is located directly in the modern Mall of Istanbul shopping and entertainment centre in the İkitelli district. Covering an area of around 12,000 square metres,

The Foire de Pâques in Reims is regarded as one of the most vibrant signs of spring in the whole of Champagne and transforms the city every year into a bustling hub of fairground culture. Along the Chaussée Bocquaine, right on the banks of the Vesle, a

The Foire de Pâques on Place Darche in Longwy-Haut is pretty much the opposite of a boring history lesson – even though you’re wandering around here amidst the old Vauban fortifications, right in the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As soon as